PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Starr (ranked 3354 p4p, 5721 weight class) and Justin Boyington (ranked 412 p4p, 528 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Starr
vs
Boyington

175 cm
27
163
4 - 4 - 0

178 cm
20
164
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Knockaround Guys Fight Gear

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Starr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Boyington!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick from Boyington, right into the meat of the thigh.
Boyington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Starr.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Boyington throws a head kick that misses.
Starr throws a jab but it's blocked by Boyington.
Boyington scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Matt Starr has been cut.
Starr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Starr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boyington.
Boyington avoids the body shot from Starr.
Boyington misses with a head kick.
Starr lands a really nice looking cross but Boyington seems unphased.
Starr misses the shot to the body.

Starr tries to keep at a distance but Boyington has taken the fight into the clinch.
Starr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Starr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Boyington trying to land knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Boyington missing with knees to the body.
Boyington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Boyington tries to land knees in the clinch but Starr avoids the damage to the body.
Starr working hard to break the clinch.
Starr scores with a shot to the side of Boyington's head.
Boyington keeps control of Starr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boyington prevents Starr from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Boyington tries a knee to the head but Starr blocks it.
Boyington scores a nice knee to the body.
Starr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boyington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Starr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boyington creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Starr's defenses.
Starr blocks the elbow strike.
Starr avoiding damage as Boyington throws knees to the body.
Starr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Starr is trying to push Boyington away but Boyington has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Starr avoids the elbow strike from Boyington, against the cage.
Boyington working Starr over with knees to the body.
Starr is breathing heavily.
Starr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boyington lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Matt Starr's cut is getting worse.
Come on Boyington - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Boyington working Starr over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boyington looking to throw knees to the head but Starr is blocking nicely.
Boyington unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Boyington lands an elbow inside that Starr shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starr tries to break free but Boyington pushes him back against the cage.
Boyington landing knees to the body.
Starr avoiding damage as Boyington throws knees to the body.
Boyington with a knee to the head.

Matt Starr's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Boyington missing with knees to the body.
Boyington stalling against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Boyington throws an elbow but misses.
Starr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boyington unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Boyington misses with an elbow strike.
Boyington lands a nice knee to the body.
Boyington landing knees to the body.
Boyington connects with a knee to the head.
Boyington landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Boyington unloads a knee to the mid-section. Starr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boyington putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Starr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Boyington looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Starr takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Starr tries to break the clinch but Boyington is controlling the position.
Boyington misses with a knee strike.
Boyington lands a knee to the body.
Boyington lands an elbow inside that Starr shrugs off.
Boyington lands a damaging elbow.

Jeez, Matt Starr's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Matt Starr's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Justin Boyington!