PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Knuckles (ranked 6222 p4p, 567 weight class) and Jon Stark (ranked 6798 p4p, 586 weight class). Jon Stark acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Knuckles
vs
Stark

182 cm
20
187 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Knuckles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jon Stark!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Knuckles was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Knuckles checks a low kick from Stark.
Knuckles thumps Stark with a low kick.
Knuckles lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stark wants to clinch.
Knuckles tried to counter with a leg kick but Stark avoided it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stark misses with a low kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A left lands for Knuckles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles throws a push kick but Stark slaps the foot to one side.
Stark swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knuckles takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bobby Knuckles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knuckles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stark feints a counter leg kick.
Knuckles is looking to land body kicks.
A countering left hand to the body from Stark misses.
Stark moves in looking to clinch but Knuckles pushes him off.
Knuckles definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Knuckles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stark.
Knuckles sets himself, and Stark steps forward looking for the clinch! Knuckles avoids it this time.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Stark.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles throws a leg kick but Stark checks it.
Stark swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knuckles keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bobby Knuckles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Stark.
Knuckles stuffs the takedown attempt from Stark. Stark gets slowly back to his feet.
Stark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knuckles throws a quick counter kick to the body but Stark avoids it.
Knuckles scores with a leg kick.
Knuckles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Stark crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Knuckles - the referee stops the clock and Stark gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Knuckles. Stark manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark shoots in but Knuckles avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Stark or perhaps it was just good defense by Knuckles, which made it look bad.
Stark blocks the body kick.
Stark is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Knuckles with a body shot.
Stark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stark feints a counter leg kick.
Jab, jab by Knuckles - just one landing.
Knuckles throws the kick towards the body but Stark avoids it.
Stark replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Knuckles blocks it well.
Knuckles connects with a leg kick. Stark looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Stark shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Knuckles sprawls well. Knuckles wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Stark gets slowly back to his feet.
Knuckles is looking to chop away at Stark's legs.
Stark will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knuckles was well out of range. Poor timing from Stark.
Knuckles throws a nice head kick!
Stark wants to clinch
and Knuckles counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Knuckles dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Stark tries to clinch but Knuckles is having none of it.
Knuckles connects with a solid leg kick.
Knuckles throws a head kick that misses.
Knuckles lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Knuckles throws a quick inside leg kick.
Knuckles wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stark closes the distance but Knuckles moves to the side
and Knuckles counters with a thumping low kick.
Bobby Knuckles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knuckles scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark blocks the body kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Stark.
Knuckles lands a right hook to the body.
Knuckles connects with a solid leg kick.
Knuckles connects with a solid leg kick.
Knuckles misses with a wild body shot.
Knuckles is looking to wear down Stark with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Stark tries to clinch but Knuckles moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Knuckles misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands with a straight right. Stark didn't see that one coming.
Knuckles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knuckles tried to counter with a leg kick but Stark avoided it.
Stark fails to land the takedown.
Knuckles throwing a counter right hand but Stark manages to avoid it.
Knuckles throws a leg kick

and Stark counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Knuckles manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Stark keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Knuckles manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles tries to land a leg kick but Stark saw it coming and moves away.
Good standup being displayed there by Knuckles as he connects with a hook.
Stark on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Knuckles is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stark can do to turn this around?
Stark tries to clinch but Knuckles moves out of range.
Bobby Knuckles is winning the standup battle so far.
Knuckles comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A left lands for Knuckles.
Stark's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Knuckles looks to score with a jab to the body but Stark is just out of range.
Stark is looking to clinch.
Knuckles looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark misses with a takedown
and Knuckles counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bobby Knuckles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Stark.
Knuckles connects with a leg kick. Stark looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stark ducks under a wild hook from Knuckles.
Knuckles tries to land a front kick but Stark steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stark feints a counter leg kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Stark or perhaps it was just good defense by Knuckles, which made it look bad.
Knuckles quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knuckles scores with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Knuckles dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Stark with a poor takedown
and Knuckles counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Knuckles throws a sloppy head kick and Stark moves out of range easily.
Knuckles goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stark shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knuckles lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stark at a distance.
Knuckles throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stark shoots in for a takedown but Knuckles shows good takedown defense.
Bobby Knuckles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Stark.
Knuckles avoids the body shot from Stark.
Stark has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Knuckles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Knuckles as he avoids it easily.
Knuckles lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Stark takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Knuckles bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Knuckles.
Knuckles fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Knuckles lands a glancing blow to the side of Stark's head.
Stark blocks a head kick by Knuckles.
Jon Stark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles with a nice cross.
Knuckles throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Stark steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Knuckles lands a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knuckles looks to land a body kick but Stark moved away.
Bobby Knuckles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stark has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Knuckles.
Knuckles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Knuckles.
Stark shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knuckles fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Knuckles keeps the fight on the outside.
Knuckles is looking to counter with a body kick.
Stark takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Knuckles fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Knuckles cracks a nice hook into Stark's ribs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Knuckles.
Stark fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Knuckles avoids it really well and circles away.
As Stark backs away, Knuckles returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark shoots in looking for a takedown. Knuckles tries to sprawl out of it but Stark keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Knuckles manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Knuckles jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Knuckles lands a jab to Stark's midsection.
Stark throws a leg kick that is checked
and Knuckles counters with a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Knuckles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Knuckles 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:24
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Knuckles!
A victorious Bobby Knuckles thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.