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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steven Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bartek Pietrzak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stark comes to the cage accompanied by Sledgehammer!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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172 cm
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156 lbs
22 - 11 - 0 |
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171 cm
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152 lbs
43 - 21 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steven Stark! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
43 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bartek Pietrzak! The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pietrzak misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pietrzak misses with a kick to the body and Stark counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Bartek Pietrzak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A slapping leg kick lands for Pietrzak.
Stark has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Jacks Fight Club in the buildup to the fight. Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pietrzak - that will leave a mark!
Pietrzak misses with a hook. Stark takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Stark takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pietrzak looks to throw the jab but Stark is out of range. Pietrzak throws a nice inside leg kick. Pietrzak looks to land a left hand but Stark moved out of range nicely. Stark with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pietrzak to score with a decent uppercut. Stark connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pietrzak. Pietrzak circles away out of range and recomposes himself. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Stark ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Pietrzak fails with the takedown and Stark counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round. Stark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pietrzak was well out of range. Poor timing from Stark. Pietrzak looks to land a combination. Stark sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. Pietrzak throws a push kick but Stark slaps the foot to one side. Stark pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Pietrzak throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Stark scores with a punch to the head. Stark's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pietrzak connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stark scrambles back to his feet. Stark throws a nice inside leg kick. Steven Stark is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Pietrzak lands a jab to the nose. Nice body kick there by Pietrzak. Pietrzak buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Stark's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pietrzak connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stark scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Pietrzak scores with a leg kick.
Pietrzak pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pietrzak misses with a body kick. Stark is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Pietrzak digs a good body shot into Stark's ribs. Stark blocks a head kick by Pietrzak.
Stark appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick. Stark moves out of range of the strikes. Pietrzak fails with the takedown. Pietrzak scores with a head kick.
It looks like Steven Stark has been cut. Pietrzak scores with a jab to the body. Stark slips a jab and a cross from Pietrzak.
Stark dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pietrzak. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Stark throws a series of punches but Pietrzak moves out of range. Pietrzak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pietrzak with the counter takedown but Stark avoids it easily. Pietrzak lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stark circles away quickly and effectively. Stark staying out of range there. It appears Stark was looking to counter with a kick there. Pietrzak jabs Stark to the body, keeping him at a distance. A telegraphed right hand from Pietrzak misses the target. Pietrzak throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Pietrzak misses with the body kick and Stark counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Pietrzak connects with a crisp jab. Pietrzak moves out of range of the body kick. Nice takedown defense from Stark. No joy for Pietrzak on that attempt. Steven Stark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bartek Pietrzak. Pietrzak looks to land a left hand but Stark moved out of range nicely. Pietrzak throws a body shot but no joy. Stark is looking to counter punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Stark takes a body punch but keeps moving. Pietrzak scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Stark misses with a looping right. Stark takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Pietrzak throws a big shot that misses. A little feinted left hand from Stark on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pietrzak - that will leave a mark!
A chopping leg kick lands by Stark. Stark lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pietrzak throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Pietrzak tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Stark takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Pietrzak lands a head kick!
Stark getting the better of the striking in that exchange. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bartek Pietrzak dominated that round. The cut man is working on Steven Stark's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pietrzak lands a jab to the head.
Pietrzak misses with a looping right. Pietrzak plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Stark is rocked! This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Stark might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far. Stark throws a predictable looking body shot
and Pietrzak scores with a counter punch that sends Stark to the canvas! Pietrzak smells blood - he's punishing Stark with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Stark has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bartek Pietrzak! An out of breath Bartek Pietrzak thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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