PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Goru Buodad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roc Starr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Starr comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rockstar kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Buodad
vs
Starr

185 cm
24
204 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
28
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Goru Buodad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roc Starr!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Starr is looking to land body kicks.
Buodad looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Buodad scores a takedown into full mount!
Starr wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Buodad.
Starr flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Starr swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Starr is trying desperately to improve position.
Starr gets back to half guard.

Buodad is working for a kimura here but Starr manages to reverse the position and he's now in Buodad's guard.

Buodad looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starr throwing strikes but missing.
Starr postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Buodad working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Starr.
Starr throwing strikes but missing.
Starr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Buodad works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starr throws a strike but Buodad rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Starr thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Starr trying to strike off his back.
Starr throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Starr throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Starr trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Starr trying to strike off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buodad missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Starr thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Buodad thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Starr throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Buodad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Starr trying to strike off his back.
Starr throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Starr really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Buodad. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Starr striking off his back but it's not causing Buodad any problems.
Buodad throwing strikes but missing.
Starr tries to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starr throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Starr striking from his own guard.
Buodad postures up in Starr's guard and throws a big left but Starr blocks it.
Starr striking off his back but it's not causing Buodad any problems.

Buodad drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Buodad jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Buodad accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Starr striking off his back but it's not causing Buodad any problems.
Starr doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roc Starr dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Starr misses with a body kick.
Starr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Buodad moves out of range as Starr throws a body kick.
Starr pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Buodad feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Buodad throwing strikes but missing.
Buodad postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Buodad postures up in Starr's guard and throws a big left but Starr blocks it.
Starr striking off his back but it's not causing Buodad any problems.
Starr throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Buodad drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Buodad jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Buodad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starr scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Starr trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Starr throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Starr thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Starr trying to strike off his back.

Buodad thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Starr striking off his back but it's not causing Buodad any problems.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Starr doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Starr throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starr throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Starr tries to strike from the bottom.

Buodad thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Starr throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Starr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Starr tries to strike from the bottom.
Starr thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Buodad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Starr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Buodad has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Starr doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starr throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Starr doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Starr throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Starr throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Starr throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Starr throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Buodad drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Buodad jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Starr will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Starr throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Starr tries to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starr striking off his back but it's not causing Buodad any problems.
Buodad throwing strikes from guard but Starr blocks nicely.
Starr trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Starr throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Buodad looking to pass the guard.
Starr doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Starr trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Starr thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roc Starr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Starr throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Starr avoids a punch combination nicely.
Starr tries to land a front kick but Buodad steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Starr looks to land a body kick but Buodad moved away.
Starr looks for the body kick but Buodad saw that one coming.
Starr throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Buodad decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Starr's guard.
Buodad throws a big right hand that misses.
Starr throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Starr throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Starr trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Buodad thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Starr trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starr trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Roc Starr has got the better of the ground game so far.
Starr tries to strike from the bottom.
Starr will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Starr tries to strike from the bottom.
Starr throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Buodad missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Starr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Starr trying to strike off his back.
Starr avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Starr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buodad tries to stand but Starr is controlling from the bottom.

Buodad thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Buodad accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Starr scores with a nice shot.
Starr throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Starr doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Buodad scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Buodad throwing strikes from guard but Starr blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starr avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Starr throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Buodad accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Starr throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Buodad trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Buodad is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Starr throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Buodad is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Buodad accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Starr lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Starr keeping full guard, as Buodad tries to pass.
Starr trying to strike off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Starr doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Buodad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Goru Buodad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Buodad trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Goru Buodad.
Well Starr has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roc Starr!
After winning the bout, Roc Starr thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.