PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Grant Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Mms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grant Stark has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Stark
vs
Mms

216 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

165 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grant Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felipe Mms!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mms shoots in and gets a takedown into Stark's guard.
Mms is fighting to break Stark's control of his arms but Stark is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Mms cracks Stark with a solid left hand.
Mms throws an elbow that misses. Stark uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mms's guard. Nice move by Stark!

Mms looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stark is one step ahead there.
Mms is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Stark wants to get up but he can't break Mms's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mms is looking for a triangle here but Stark uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Mms is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Stark really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mms is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mms keeps trying to improve his position.
Stark working over Mms with some ground and pound. Mms looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Stark is thwarting Mms's attempts to control the position.
Mms has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stark working Mms over with strikes.
Stark not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stark seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mms does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mms is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Stark's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Stark's back!
Stark knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mms on the ground.

Stark preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Mms.

Mms has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Stark is defending well but eventually Mms manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Stark has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Felipe Mms!