PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre Roussimoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Starks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roussimoff comes to the cage accompanied by Andre the giant tribute . Starks has chosen Eye of Tiger as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Roussimoff
vs
Starks

210 cm
19
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

196 cm
27
274 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andre Roussimoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jonny Starks!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Starks instigates a clinch.
Roussimoff creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Starks's defenses.
Starks blocks an elbow strike.
Roussimoff comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Jonny Starks has been cut.
Roussimoff pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Starks misses with a punch on the inside.
Starks misses with a punch to the body.
Nice elbow from Roussimoff.
Starks blocks the elbow strike.
Starks takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roussimoff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Starks's brow.
Starks blocks an elbow strike from Roussimoff.
Starks misses with some punches.
Starks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Starks avoids the elbow strike from Roussimoff, against the cage.
Starks blocks the elbow strike.
Starks blocks an elbow strike from Roussimoff.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Starks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roussimoff throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Starks.
Starks lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roussimoff pushes off an throws an elbow but Starks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Starks takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roussimoff throws an elbow but misses.
Starks struggles to land a body shot inside as Roussimoff controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roussimoff throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roussimoff.
A nice left hand lands by Starks.
Starks blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roussimoff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Starks's brow.
Starks dodges an elbow strike from Roussimoff.
Roussimoff looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roussimoff throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roussimoff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Starks's brow.
Nice elbow from Roussimoff.
Roussimoff misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Roussimoff.
Roussimoff pushes off an throws an elbow but Starks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Starks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Roussimoff backwards.
Still in the clinch, Starks scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roussimoff throws an elbow that misses.
Roussimoff comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Jonny Starks's cut even more.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Starks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roussimoff backwards.
Starks is trying to break the clinch but Roussimoff has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roussimoff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Starks's brow.
Roussimoff throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roussimoff throws an elbow but misses.
Roussimoff lands an elbow that stopped Starks in his tracks for a moment.
Starks working aggressively here.
Starks dodges an elbow strike from Roussimoff.
Roussimoff lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Jonny Starks's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Roussimoff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Starks tries to break the clinch but Roussimoff is controlling the position.
Starks blocks an elbow strike from Roussimoff.
Starks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roussimoff lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jonny Starks's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Roussimoff creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roussimoff lands an elbow just above Starks 's eye.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Andre Roussimoff!
Andre Roussimoff thanked the fans post fight for their support.