PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vito Starkard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tanota Draco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanota Draco will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Starkard
vs
Draco

196 cm
18
242 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

210 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vito Starkard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tanota Draco!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Starkard closes the distance and clinches.
Draco wants to break free but Starkard has control.

Starkard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Starkard drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Starkard works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Draco is pushing Starkard's head away, looking to escape. Starkard manages to hold on to the position though.
Starkard in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sloppy strikes there by Starkard.
Starkard lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Starkard cracks Draco with a big elbow.
Starkard is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Draco's shoulder. That is not cool.
Draco is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Draco looks winded!
Draco takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starkard misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Draco being controlled for a moment.

Starkard tries for a kimura but Draco is defending well.
Draco wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Draco parries the strikes from Starkard easily there. Starkard is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Draco to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starkard tries to advance to mount but can't.
Draco is trying to buck Starkard off.
Starkard just content to control the position.
Starkard scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draco is working to avoid the ground and pound but Starkard connects with a decent elbow.
Draco regains half guard, as Starkard was trying to land strikes.
Starkard landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Starkard wants to lay and pray for a moment but Draco keeps working.
Draco keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Starkard lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Starkard scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starkard winds up and cracks Draco with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Starkard lands with a punch from half guard.
Starkard working over Draco with some ground and pound. Draco looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Starkard.
Draco has hold of Starkard's hands but Starkard slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Starkard looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Draco with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Starkard landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Starkard looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Starkard lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Starkard is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Starkard working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vito Starkard dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Starkard darts in and clinches Draco up against the cage.
Draco is looking to break free of the clinch but Starkard has double underhooks.

Draco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Draco.
Starkard tries to close the distance and clinch but Draco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Draco throws a nice outside leg kick.

Starkard dives in and scores a takedown into Draco's guard.
Draco wants to stand and escape but Starkard is having none of it.
Starkard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Draco avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Starkard working some strikes from top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draco working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Starkard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starkard landing some decent shots from guard.
Starkard might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Draco is looking to stand up but Starkard isn't so interested in that idea.
Starkard pushing down on Draco's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Starkard stops Draco from getting back to his feet.
Draco on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Starkard lands with a punch from half guard.

Starkard is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Draco is just riding it out for now. Starkard eventually gives up the hold.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draco has hold of Starkard's hands but Starkard slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Starkard controlling the pace.
Starkard wants to free his trapped foot but Draco is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Starkard landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starkard passes to side control.
Starkard works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Draco is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Starkard has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Draco takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Starkard landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Starkard lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draco on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Starkard is working Draco over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Starkard stands up.
Starkard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Draco scores with a head kick.

Starkard moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Starkard pulls guard successfully.
Draco tries to free his leg and advance position but Starkard is retaining full guard.
Draco wants to stand but Starkard has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vito Starkard dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Starkard.
Starkard working the ground and pound but Draco is defending the strikes.
Draco takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Starkard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Draco can do to turn this around?
Draco takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Starkard working the ground and pound.
Starkard working the ground and pound from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Starkard lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starkard cracks Draco with a big right hand but Draco just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Draco is trying to buck Starkard off.

Starkard tries for a kimura but Draco is defending well.
Draco taking punishment in the form of punches.
Draco is trying to buck Starkard off.
Draco takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draco takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Starkard landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Starkard landing strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Starkard lands some shots froms side control.
Draco is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Starkard wants to control but Draco is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Starkard tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Starkard scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Draco to see if he's OK.
Draco takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Starkard wants to lay and pray for a moment but Draco keeps working.

Starkard decides to stand up, so the ref orders Draco to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draco pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Starkard scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Starkard moves nicely into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Starkard working the head with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Starkard throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Vito Starkard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Draco taking punishment in the form of punches.
Tanota Draco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Draco taking punishment in the form of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vito Starkard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Starkard 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vito Starkard!