PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Delbert Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rob Morgan looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Stark
vs
Morgan

151 cm
18
278 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
250 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Delbert Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Morgan!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Stark counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Morgan looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Morgan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Stark breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morgan is looking to clinch.
Stark is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Morgan.

Stark has taken the fight to the clinch.
Morgan is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee is keeping an eye on Stark - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Stark breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch but Stark swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgan closes the distance and clinches.

Stark escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morgan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stark is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Morgan.

Stark clinches.

Stark manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Morgan won't allow Stark to get back to his feet.
Stark is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stark is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morgan is controlling him.
Morgan won't allow Stark to sweep him here.
Morgan prevents Stark from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Stark is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Stark thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Stark could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Morgan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Stark striking from the bottom.
Stark is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morgan is looking to stand up but Stark won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark wants to hit a switch here but Morgan passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Stark there!
Stark squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Morgan prevents Stark from getting the reversal.
Morgan tries to get up but Stark was controlling his body and he's reversed into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark works over Morgan with some ground and pound from guard.
Morgan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stark.
Morgan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Stark working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgan has a closed guard, preventing Stark from standing up.
Stark distracts Morgan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stark controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stark in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Delbert Stark will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Stark shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Stark showed some decent athleticism there.
Stark looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Morgan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Stark scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Stark is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?
Morgan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stark.
Morgan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Stark is working away from the top position though.

Stark is working for a submission of some sort.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ground and pound from Stark.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
Stark winds up and cracks Morgan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stark knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morgan on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark slips a nice elbow through Morgan's hands, connecting with Morgan's forehead.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Stark in particular looking to stall.
Morgan is looking to improve his position.

Stark is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Morgan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stark.
Stark is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Stark wants to stand up but Morgan has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Stark working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Stark looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Morgan taking some punishment here, with Stark in his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Stark connects with a nice short shot to Morgan's temple.

Stark seems to be looking for submissions.
Stark keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Morgan misses with a combination
and Stark counters with a three punch combo that has Morgan backing up. Morgan nods at Stark to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark throws a leg kick that misses.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Stark scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Stark thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Stark is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Morgan will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

Stark decides to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stark has taken the fight to the clinch.

Stark has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Morgan clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

Stark tightening his grip on Morgan, looking for the choke.
Stark biding his time, looking for the opening.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stark is not going to allow Morgan to sit and survive in this position.
Stark controlling from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Delbert Stark dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Stark shoots in looking for a takedown but Morgan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Stark's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Morgan just misses with a punch to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Stark blocks the leg kick.
Morgan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stark slaps away a takedown attempt from Morgan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan blocks the body kick.

Stark gets a double leg takedown into Morgan's guard.
Stark with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark throwing strikes from guard but Morgan blocks nicely.
Morgan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stark with a nice head shot there.
Stark scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Morgan controls Stark momentarily but Stark frees himself.
Stark is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Stark is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Stark chips away with some ground and pound.
Morgan is trying to keep Stark in close.
Stark working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morgan's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Morgan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Stark works over Morgan with some ground and pound from guard.
Stark sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Stark closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Stark lands in his opponent's guard.
Stark postures up and lands a big shot to Morgan's brow.
Morgan looking to control.
Stark missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stark's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Stark controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark lands a couple of digs.
Stark keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Morgan's head.
Stark sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Stark postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Stark has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Stark is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Stark postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Stark working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stark loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Stark makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stark trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Stark slaps away a takedown attempt from Morgan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Morgan tries to clinch but Stark moves away

and Stark counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Morgan!

Stark is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Morgan knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Stark tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Rob Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Delbert Stark is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morgan is working to avoid the ground and pound but Stark connects with a decent elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Delbert Stark showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stark has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:25
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Delbert Stark!