PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rickon Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Mustang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mustang has chosen Little Rock as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stark
vs
Mustang

176 cm
24
166 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

181 cm
32
169 lbs
39 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Rickon Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roy Mustang!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mustang on the side of the head.
Stark misses with a looping right.
Stark missing with a left hand there. Mustang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mustang blocks a low kick nicely.
Mustang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stark walks into a straight right hand from Mustang.
Mustang wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mustang goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stark on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Mustang shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Mustang was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Mustang is controlling him well.

Mustang is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Stark knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Mustang looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mustang tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mustang has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Stark is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Mustang happy to just control the position for now.
Stark tries to escape but Mustang is in control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustang trying to control the action but Stark is working from the bottom.
Stark is trying to get back to his feet.
Mustang working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Mustang prevents Stark from escaping the position.

Mustang goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Stark has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Mustang but great work by Stark.
Stark tries to stand but Mustang is controlling his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustang can't do much from the bottom here.
Stark tries to stand but Mustang is controlling his head.
Mustang is looking for a sweep.
Stark wants to stand but Mustang is controlling his arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark tries to stand but Mustang controls the position and pulls Stark into his guard.
Stark wants to stand but Mustang is controlling his posture from full guard.
Mustang told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stark wants to stand and escape but instead Mustang has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
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 Rickon Stark will probably get the nod.
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 throws the left hand but Mustang avoids the punch easily.
Stark thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Mustang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stark looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mustang misses with a few strikes there.
Stark looks to throw the jab but Mustang is out of range.
Mustang lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Stark backs up against the cage.
Stark throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Stark cracks Mustang with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Mustang looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Stark finish him?

Mustang is rocked!

It looks like Roy Mustang has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mustang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mustang is still on wobbly legs! Can Stark finish him?
Mustang tries to move into range but Stark moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mustang is looking to clinch.
Mustang checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stark finds Mustang's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Mustang flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Stark lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Mustang will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rickon Stark!
Rickon Stark gave a mention to Fury Nutrition Inc. in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
In defeat, Roy Mustang stepped up to the mic, saying 'He beat him the first time, and he got me this time. Maybe a rubber match in the futher'.