PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lord Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

James
vs
Stark

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Enjoys gardening

King of Fists

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jimmy James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lord Stark!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James throws a series of punches but Stark avoids them all with ease.
James dodges the punch combination from Stark.
James will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
James misses with a body shot.
Stark throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stark bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stark is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nice body punch from James.
Stark moves out of range of the leg kick from James.
James rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stark moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stark fails to land with a series of punches.
James throws a right hand that Stark ducks under and follows up with a left that Stark also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stark manages to avoid it.
Stark displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as James throws out the jab.

Stark drives through with a takedown into James's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James wants to stand and escape but Stark is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

James wriggles free and stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Stark. No joy for James on that attempt.
A shot to the liver by James. Beautiful body shot.
James misses with a double jab
and Stark counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
James throws a low kick, looking for Stark's leg but Stark calmly moves out of range.
Stark is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stark tries to bum rush James with a series of wild strikes but James uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stark.
Stark throws a right and a left that James avoids nicely.
Stark will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stark moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
James throws a right and a left that Stark avoids nicely.
Stark avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James tries to bum rush Stark with a series of wild strikes but Stark uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stark scores with a jab to the head.
Jimmy James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stark throws a combination. James tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Stark looks winded!
James lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Stark throws a combination that misses
and James counters with an inside leg kick.
James throws a series of punches but Stark moves out of range.
Stark is looking for the big counter here.
James thuds a left hand into Stark's body.
Stark throws a series of punches but James avoids them all with ease.
James went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
No luck with that takedown attempt from James.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy James. That's going to take a lot out of him.
James misses with a body shot.
Stark is looking for the big counter here.
James fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
James throws a looping overhand right but Stark ducks down to avoid it.
Stark is clearly trying to counter these attacks from James with a body shot.
James swings for the body but Stark moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Stark.
Stark lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but James circles away quickly and effectively.
James throws a nice looking combination but Stark bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stark looks to land a combination. James sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
James is looking to wear down Stark with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
James tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stark was well out of range. Poor timing from James.
James misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stark slips a jab and a cross from James.
Stark avoids the body shot from James.
Stark uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by James.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stark! But no joy.
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stark.
James misses with a jab, cross combination.
James just misses with a punch to the body.
James throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James misses with a two punch combination.
James throws a series of punches but Stark avoids them all with ease.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for James, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It seemed like Stark was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
James dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stark. That did some damage!
James looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
James throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
James tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Stark is able to avoid easily.
Stark dodges the punch combination from James.
Stark lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stark.
Stark closes the distance and lands a one-two.
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 Jimmy James will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

James chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A combination from James does no damage.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stark throws a combination but it was largely blocked by James.
James appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Stark throws a one two combo.
A right-left combo lands from James.
James displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
James shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Stark defends it nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Stark.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James shoots in looking for a takedown. Stark tries to sprawl out of it but James keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stark manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stark lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Stark closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Stark shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

James kicks Stark off and gets back to his feet.
Stark is breathing heavily.
James looks to score with a jab to the body but Stark is just out of range.
Despite the aggression on Stark's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
James throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
James swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from James.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy James. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark scores with a nice strike.
Stark lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
James throws a right hand that Stark ducks under and follows up with a left that Stark also avoids with ease.
James falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stark counters with a one-two to the body.
No joy there for Stark, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
James shoots in for a takedown but Stark shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
James works Stark's body with a nice hook.
A right-left combo lands from James.
James misses with a few strikes there.
James misses the shot to the body.
Stark throws a right hand that James ducks under and follows up with a left that James also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James connects with a single shot there.
Stark dodges the punch combination from James.
James lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by James.
James throws a body punch but Stark moves out of range.
James throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stark throws a series of punches but James moves out of range.
Jimmy James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
James fails with a takedown attempt.
Stark throws a right hand that James ducks under and follows up with a left that James also avoids with ease.
Stark keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James tries to bum rush Stark with a series of wild strikes but Stark uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
James fails to land with a series of punches.

Stark has taken the fight to the clinch.

Stark breaks from the clinch.
Stark misses with a looping right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stark swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A punch combination from James misses.
No joy there for James, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stark is clearly trying to counter these attacks from James with a body shot.
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stark.
James misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Stark drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
James might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Stark has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jimmy James will probably get the nod.
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.

James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stark.

Stark scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Stark decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Stark, as that shot connected.
James falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stark counters with a lovely straight right hand!
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stark.
Stark scores with a three punch combo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James closes this distance looking for a takedown but Stark circles away.

Stark closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

James manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
James throws a right and a left that Stark avoids nicely.
Stark has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stark gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Stark breaks the clinch.
A left and a right from James both land. Nice combination.
Stark looks to land a combination but James avoids it well.
James is looking for a counter combo.
James scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
James misses with the combination.
James falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stark counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
James throws a nice looking combination but Stark bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stark connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Stark takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stark.
A combination from Stark does no damage.
James went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
James throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
James with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stark misses with a jab, cross combination.
James slips a jab and a cross from Stark.
A looping hook to the body misses from James. Stark does a little dance to reset his feet.
James lands a right hook to the body.
Stark showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from James.
Stark avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James misses with a hook to the body
and Stark counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Stark.
Stark throws out a counter right but James avoids it with no problem.
No joy there for James, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stark manages to avoid it.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stark.
Good work by Stark as he checks the leg kick.
Stark is looking for the big counter here.
Stark might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
James rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stark moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
James slips a jab and a cross from Stark.
James misses with a low kick.
James tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stark was well out of range. Poor timing from James.
Stark throws a series of punches but James avoids them all with ease.
Stark slips a jab and a cross from James.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from James does no damage.
James just misses with a punch to the body.
Stark is looking for the big counter here.
James lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Stark drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Stark stands up and beckons James to his feet.
James lands a nice looking body shot.
Stark dodges the punch combination from James.
No joy there for Stark, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lord Stark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James closes this distance looking for a takedown but Stark circles away.
Stark looks like he wants to counter punch here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy James showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for James, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Jimmy James!
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Jimmy James!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Jimmy James!

Jimmy James wins by unanimous decision!