PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drake Vonstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stark comes to the cage accompanied by Iron Man-Black Sabbath. Vonstein has chosen Seether - Remedy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Drake Vonstein has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stark
vs
Vonstein

189 cm
23
185 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

184 cm
27
180 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Red Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Hell's Balls Recovery
.: AFFAKETION :.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Drake Vonstein!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vonstein ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Stark swings for the body but Vonstein moves out of range.
Vonstein misses with a hook.
Stark misses the body punch

and Vonstein counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Stark looking to control but Vonstein passes into half guard.
Stark is trying to control but can't.
Vonstein working over Stark with some ground and pound. Stark looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Vonstein has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vonstein lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Stark is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vonstein's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vonstein's back!
Vonstein can't escape the position.
Stark doesn't have the hooks in and Vonstein manages to turn into his guard.
Stark wants to sweep but no luck.
Stark avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vonstein postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vonstein drops back looking for a leg! Stark is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Stark manages to kick Vonstein off! Vonstein jumps back into Stark's guard.

Stark had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Vonstein defends it easily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stark swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vonstein blocks a jab.
Vonstein takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stark looks to score with a jab to the body but Vonstein is just out of range.
Stark misses the shot to the body.
Stark thows a body shot but no joy.
Anthony Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stark gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Stark misses the shot to the body.
Stark steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vonstein.
Stark is looking to wear down Vonstein with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Stark is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Stark scores with a punch to the head.
Stark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stark waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vonstein.
Stark misses with a looping left.
Stark throws a good cross that connects.
Vonstein takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stark wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stark lands the left hand.
Stark misses with a series of wild punches.
Vonstein moves out of range as Stark strikes.
Stark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anthony Stark is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stark misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stark loads up on a big right hand but Vonstein slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Vonstein.
Vonstein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stark.
Vonstein looks to land a right hand but Stark moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark with a hook.
Stark cracks Vonstein with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stark looks to land a right hand but Vonstein moved out of range.
Stark is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vonstein.
Stark throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Vonstein misses its intended target.
Stark lands a two punch combo.
Vonstein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stark lands a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - Stark throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stark connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Stark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stark ducks under a wild hook from Vonstein.
No joy there for Stark, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vonstein takes a swing at Stark's ribcage but misses.
Stark lands a jab to the head.
Nice body punch from Stark.
Stark cracks Vonstein with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stark just misses with a punch to the body.
Vonstein throws a body punch but Stark moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Stark misses

and Vonstein counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Stark's guard now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vonstein trying to control but Stark is working from the bottom.
Stark is pulling down on Vonstein's head. It's preventing any offense from Vonstein, at least for the moment.

Stark looking for a guillotine here but Vonstein defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stark keeping moving, preventing Vonstein from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vonstein working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
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 Anthony 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 uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vonstein.
Stark changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stark misses with a looping left.
Stark moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Stark takes one to the side of the head.
Vonstein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stark connects with a right hand. Vonstein shakes it off.
Vonstein misses with a hook. Stark ducked under it nicely.
Stark lands a slapping body shot.
Vonstein uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stark.
Stark connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stark ducks under a wild hook from Vonstein.
Vonstein looks to score with a jab to the body but Stark is just out of range.
Stark throws a body punch but Vonstein moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Vonstein.
Left hook, right uppercut from Stark.
Nice body punch from Stark.
Stark throws a one two combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vonstein on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Anthony Stark is winning the standup battle so far.
Stark misses with a shot to the body
and Vonstein counters with a two punch combo.
Stark fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vonstein defending well as Stark loads up on a big left hand.
Vonstein bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Stark just misses with a punch to the body.
Stark avoids the body shot from Vonstein.
Stark misses with a straight left.
Stark cracks a nice hook into Vonstein's ribs.
Stark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stark throws an overhand right that lands on Vonstein's shoulder, as Vonstein tries to avoid the shot.
Stark throws a body punch but Vonstein moves out of range.
Vonstein misses with a straight left.
Stark punishes Vonstein's body with a nice straight punch.
Stark takes a swing at Vonstein's ribcage but misses.
Vonstein loads up on a big right hand but Stark slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark tries to clinch but Vonstein is having none of it.
Stark throws an overhand right that lands on Vonstein's shoulder, as Vonstein tries to avoid the shot.
Stark moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Stark swings for the body but Vonstein moves out of range.
Vonstein misses with a body shot.
Stark misses with a two punch combination.
Stark leaves Vonstein with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Stark keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vonstein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vonstein misses with an uppercut. Stark saw that one coming.
Stark misses with a shot to the body

and Vonstein counters with a shoot takedown. Stark fights it but they end up in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stark is trying to control the position but Vonstein postures up.

Stark is looking for a triangle but Vonstein pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stark wants to sweep here but Vonstein controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Stark is on top in guard.
Stark wants to control from the top but Vonstein keeps moving.
Vonstein is pulling down on Stark's head. It's preventing any offense from Stark, at least for the moment.

Vonstein had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stark defends it easily.
Vonstein is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Stark is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vonstein is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Stark sees it coming and defends easily.

Vonstein is looking for a kimura but Stark is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Vonstein to get the leverage.

Stark looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Stark is looking to improve his position.
Stark trying to hold on to Vonstein's head to control him but Vonstein postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stark wants to get back to full guard but Vonstein has passed into side control.

Vonstein is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Stark can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Stark dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Stark throws a jab when Vonstein was well out of range.
Stark misses with a jab to the body

and Vonstein counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Stark looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Vonstein passes into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stark is looking for a sweep.
Vonstein trying to control the position but Stark is working away.
Stark is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Vonstein tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Vonstein has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Stark is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Vonstein wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Vonstein is looking to take a break and control but Stark is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Vonstein tries for a kimura but Stark is defending well.
Vonstein working the ground and pound.
Vonstein lands some shots froms side control.
Stark is looking for a sweep.

Vonstein wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stark, who protects the arm well.
Stark is looking to reverse the position.
Drake Vonstein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anthony Stark is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Stark sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Stark trying to control from the bottom.

Vonstein is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Stark sees it coming and defends easily.

Vonstein is trying to work for a kimura but Stark is defending well.
Stark slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Stark has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark trying to keep a closed guard but Vonstein is proving a slippery customer.
Vonstein passes into half guard.
Stark is staying active underneath Vonstein, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Drake Vonstein has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vonstein thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Stark manages to get to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Stark not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Vonstein is working Stark over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Stark bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vonstein's guard.
Stark wants to control from the top but Vonstein keeps moving.
Vonstein looking for a sweep. Not yet Vonstein, not yet.
Vonstein throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Vonstein is on top in guard.
Vonstein lands a couple of elbows.
Stark lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Vonstein!
Vonstein really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drake Vonstein comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Stark has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Anthony Stark!