PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between C G Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Heidegger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heidegger has chosen Heartbeats as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

G Stark
vs
Heidegger

180 cm
28
187 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

200 cm
22
198 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, C G Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Martin Heidegger!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark throws a leg kick
and Heidegger counters with a stiff right hand.
Stark with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Stark takes a swing at Heidegger's ribcage but misses.
Heidegger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heidegger was well out of range. Poor timing from Stark.
Heidegger throws a push kick but Stark slaps the foot to one side.
An inside leg kick from Stark misses.
Heidegger scoring well with a low kick there.
Heidegger lands a head kick!
Heidegger wants to clinch.
Heidegger tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Stark manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heidegger ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stark checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stark shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Heidegger looks to score with a jab to the body but Stark is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark misses with a looping right.
Heidegger plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like C G Stark has been cut.
Stark lands a jab.
Stark attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Heidegger is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Heidegger throws a chopping leg kick but Stark manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Stark throws a low kick but Heidegger moves out of range easily.
Stark on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Stark does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Heidegger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stark was well out of range. Poor timing from Heidegger.
Heidegger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stark can pounce on him.
Heidegger misses with a straight left.
Heidegger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stark.
Stark throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heidegger tries a head kick but it misses.
Heidegger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heidegger staying out of range there.
Heidegger throws a body kick that misses.
Heidegger looks for the body kick but Stark saw that one coming.
That kick from Heidegger tenderised Stark's leg. Stark is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stark connects with a leg kick. Heidegger looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Heidegger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stark lands with a hook. Heidegger tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Martin Heidegger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Heidegger checks a leg kick.
Stark throws out a leg kick but Heidegger moves out of range and Stark only half commits.
Stark scores with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Heidegger misses the target.
Stark slips a jab from Heidegger.
Heidegger moves in looking to clinch but Stark pushes him off.
Heidegger blocks a head kick by Stark.
Stark circles away from the clinch attempt.
Martin Heidegger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Heidegger looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Stark checks a leg kick.

Heidegger takes the fight into the clinch.
Stark slows down the pace here.
Stark working hard to break the clinch.
Heidegger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Heidegger misses with an elbow strike.
Stark takes an elbow to the forehead.
Heidegger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stark avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Heidegger throws an elbow but misses.
Stark looking to stall.
Stark tries to circle away but Heidegger has him pinned against the cage.
Good body shot from Heidegger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heidegger throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Heidegger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stark wants to get back to striking at distance but Heidegger won't allow it.
Heidegger misses with a knee strike.

Stark breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good leg kick by Heidegger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heidegger checks the leg kick.
Heidegger throws a nice head kick!
A big left from Stark misses.
Heidegger's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stark under the eye.
Heidegger throws a nice head kick!
Heidegger stuns Stark with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heidegger checks the leg kick nicely there.
Stark bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Heidegger's head.
Stark tries to score with a low kick but Heidegger moves his leg out of the way.
Heidegger lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Heidegger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on C G Stark's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jab, jab by Heidegger - just one landing.
Stark throws a leg kick but Heidegger sees it coming and moves out of range.

Stark scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Heidegger keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stark working the head and body with strikes.

Stark is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Heidegger has managed to free his arm - good work.

Heidegger looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Heidegger tries to get to full guard but Stark has control of the leg.
Stark is trying to control the action in half guard but Heidegger is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Heidegger has a hand on Stark's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Stark takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Heidegger tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark lands with some strikes.
Stark controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stark prevents Heidegger from getting the reversal.
Heidegger is in a horrible position here. Stark smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Heidegger is rocked!
Stark lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Heidegger hang on?
Heidegger is still in real trouble! Can Stark finish him?
Stark working the ground and pound effectively.
Stark tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Stark connects with a bit shot that sees Heidegger covering up! More strikes from Stark and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Stark is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). C G Stark!