PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joos Frank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Starr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joos Frank has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Frank
vs
Starr

202 cm
22
138 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

165 cm
18
136 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joos Frank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Patrick Starr!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frank scores with a three punch combo!
Starr takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Frank shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Starr has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Frank decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Frank is looking to clinch but Starr is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Frank misses.

Frank closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Frank lands in his opponent's guard.
Frank has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Starr is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Starr 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Frank tries to free his leg and advance position but Starr is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Frank throwing strikes but missing.
Starr is pulling down on Frank's head. It's preventing any offense from Frank, at least for the moment.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Frank wants to stand but Starr has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Frank throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Starr's head.
Frank scores with a three punch combo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank lands a head kick. Starr smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Frank misses with a combination

and Starr counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Frank!
Starr wants to control but Frank is keeping him busy.

Starr is trying to get an arm triangle but Frank is defending well.
Starr taking a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frank is looking to reverse the position.
Starr wants to lay and pray for a moment but Frank keeps working.

Starr is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Frank knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Starr is trying to move to mount but Frank reverses beautifully and ends up in Starr's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joos Frank dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Frank instigates a clinch.
Starr is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Frank is defending well.
Starr has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Frank is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Frank jumps guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frank wants to sweep here but Starr controlling him for the moment.
Starr is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Starr wants to pass the guard but Frank is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Starr controls the pace.
Starr passes Frank's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Frank wants to get back to full guard.
Frank is controlling Starr's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Joos Frank overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Starr is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Frank defends it well.

Frank is defending against the submission attempts here by Starr.

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.
Starr prevents Frank from improving his position.
Frank wants to control but Starr is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Starr wants to take a breather but Frank is having none of it.

Starr is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Frank doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Starr.
Frank tries to get to full guard but Starr has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Starr seems to be looking for submissions.

Starr is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Frank tries to get to full guard but Starr has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Starr wants to pass to mount but Frank is defending the position.
Frank is staying active underneath Starr, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Joos Frank is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Frank drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Frank showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Starr has control of Frank's left arm, preventing Frank from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Joos Frank will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Starr on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Frank is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Starr can do to turn this around?

Frank shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Starr is trying to defend but Frank finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Frank is controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Starr is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Frank stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
A head kick misses from Frank.
Starr is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Starr takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Frank closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Starr looking for a sweep but Frank has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Frank content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starr keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Starr manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Frank trying to mount his opponent but Starr defends it.
Frank is taking a breather. Starr says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Frank thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Starr's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starr wants to get back to full guard.
Frank seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Starr does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Frank sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Starr tries to roll over but Frank keeps him under control.

Starr actively working from the bottom here.
Joos Frank is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Frank performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Starr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Joos Frank seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frank tries to close the distance and clinch but Starr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Frank lands with a good body shot.
Frank scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joos Frank showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Frank 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joos Frank!