PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Ringo (ranked 1535 p4p, 2637 weight class) and LaDaniel Strong (ranked 205 p4p, 320 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Ringo
vs
Strong

180 cm
23
160
7 - 4 - 0

179 cm
23
159
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

New Standard

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Ringo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, LaDaniel Strong!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strong slips under a jab from Ringo.
Strong lands a slapping body shot.
Strong throws a body punch but Ringo moves out of range.
Ringo appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ringo misses with a body shot.
Ringo throws a lazy right hand but Strong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ringo avoids the body shot from Strong.
A big right from Ringo misses.
Ringo misses the shot to the body.
Strong appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ringo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Strong.
Strong throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Strong smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
LaDaniel Strong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Strong ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Strong.
Ringo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Strong throws an off balance right hand
letting Ringo counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strong lands the left hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Strong darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Strong cracks Ringo with an open hand slap.
Ringo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Strong under the eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ringo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Strong.
Strong throws a sloppy head kick
and Ringo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Strong throws the left hand but Ringo avoids the punch easily.
Ringo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ringo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Strong throws out the jab.
Strong scores with a jab.
Ringo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Strong misses.
Ringo throws a hook but Strong blocks it.
Strong lands a jab to the head.
Strong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ringo ducks under a wild hook from Strong.
Nice jab there from Strong.
Strong is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ringo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Strong looks to throw the jab but Ringo is out of range.
Strong takes a swing at Ringo's ribcage but misses.
Ringo connects with a looping right hand.
Strong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ringo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strong misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong lands with a hook. Ringo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Strong is looking to land body kicks.
Ringo loads up on a big right hand but Strong slips the punch.
Strong takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Strong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ringo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Strong misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ringo missing with a left hand there. Strong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Strong dips to his left and cracks Ringo with an uppercut!
A slow jab from Ringo misses its intended target.
Strong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ringo moves away.
Ringo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ringo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strong moves away.
Strong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ringo misses the shot to the body.
Strong misses with a left hand
letting Ringo counter with a right hand.
Strong slips a straight right by Ringo.
Strong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ringo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ringo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Strong.
Ringo defending well as Strong loads up on a big left hand.
Strong throws out a loose jab but Ringo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ringo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Strong scores with a nice right hand.
Strong misses with a hook. Ringo ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Ringo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ringo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Strong.
Strong scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Strong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice uppercut there from Strong.
Ringo slips a jab and a cross from Strong.
Strong misses with a head kick.
Ringo scores with a hook to the body. Strong takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ringo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Strong throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Strong throws a big shot that misses.
Ringo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Strong.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ringo.
Ringo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Strong throws a series of strikes that have Ringo backpedaling.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ringo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Strong throws a shot from downtown. Ringo moves away and avoids it.
Strong misses with a few strikes there.
Strong missing with a left hand there. Ringo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Strong lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Strong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ringo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Strong.
Ringo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Strong.
Decent striking displayed by Strong there.
Ringo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ringo scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ringo connects with a body shot that sends Strong's belly button to the back.
Ringo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ringo lands a lovely overhand right.
Strong throws an overhand right that lands on Ringo's shoulder, as Ringo tries to avoid the shot.
Ringo misses with a looping right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

LaDaniel Strong dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ringo ducks under a wild hook from Strong.
Strong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Strong has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ringo throws a shot from downtown. Strong moves away and avoids it.
Strong slips under a jab from Ringo.
Strong looks to land a combination but Ringo avoids it well.
Ringo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ringo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Strong - the referee stops the clock and Ringo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Strong. Ringo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ringo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like LaDaniel Strong has been cut.
Strong connects with a crisp jab.
Ringo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Strong manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Ringo.
Ringo slips under a jab from Strong.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick from Strong.
Ringo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Strong loads up on a big right hand but Ringo slips the punch.
Strong with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ringo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice cross by Strong.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong lands a head shot.
A shot to the liver by Strong. Beautiful body shot.
Ringo scores with a jab to the head.
Strong lands with a straight right. Ringo didn't see that one coming.
Ringo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strong.
Strong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ringo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Strong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Strong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ringo is looking to counter punch.
Strong thows a left - swing and a miss!
Strong lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ringo throws a big shot that misses.
Ringo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Strong.
Nice jab there from Strong.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Ringo might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Ringo looks to score with a jab to the body but Strong is just out of range.
Ringo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Strong.
Strong looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strong throws a wild body kick that Ringo sees coming a mile off.
Strong misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ringo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Strong takes one to the side of the head.
Ringo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Strong.
Ringo needs to keep his hands up - Strong had a free shot at his head there.
A telegraphed right hand from Ringo misses the target.
It seemed like Strong was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ringo slips under a jab.
Ringo slips under a jab from Strong.
Strong connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice uppercut lands for Ringo. That snapped Strong's head back.
Strong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ringo.
Ringo ducks under a wild hook from Strong.
Strong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ringo.
Ringo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ringo looks to throw the jab but Strong is out of range.
Ringo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strong.
A big right from Ringo misses.
Strong looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Strong cracks a nice hook into Ringo's ribs.
Strong misses with a straight right.
Strong moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong missing with a left hand there. Ringo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Strong misses with an uppercut. Ringo saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Ringo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Strong looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Strong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Ringo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ringo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Strong looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Strong ducks under a wild hook from Ringo.
Ringo throws a hook to the side of Strong's head but Strong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ringo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Strong scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Strong tests Ringo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ringo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ringo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ringo slips a jab from Strong.
Strong misses with a series of wild punches.
Ringo just misses with a punch to the body.
Strong looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ringo lands the left hand.
A jab from Strong does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ringo throws a jab when Strong was well out of range.
Strong lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ringo moves out of range of the strikes.
Ringo avoids the head kick by Strong.
Strong keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ringo.
Ringo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ringo avoids the body shot from Strong.
Strong cracks a nice hook into Ringo's ribs.
Strong lands a slapping body shot.
Strong lands with a good body shot.
Ringo ducks under a wild hook from Strong.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Strong throws a hook but Ringo avoids it easily.
Strong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
LaDaniel Strong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Strong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Strong scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

LaDaniel Strong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on LaDaniel Strong's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Strong with a nice cross.
Strong cracks Ringo with a right hand to the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of Ringo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Strong throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ringo avoids the body shot from Strong.
Strong throws a head kick but Ringo moves out of range.
It looked like Ringo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Strong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Strong bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ringo's head.
Ringo lands a nice hook to Strong's body. Strong takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Strong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ringo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ringo looks to throw the jab but Strong is out of range.
Strong scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ringo connects with a single shot there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Strong throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ringo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ringo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Strong.
Ringo avoids the body shot from Strong.
Strong lands an overhand right.
Strong misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ringo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Strong on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Strong is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Strong scores with the left hand. Ringo knows he should have avoided that one.
Ringo staying out of range there.
Ringo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ringo misses with an uppercut. Strong saw that one coming.
Strong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Strong throws a big shot that misses.
Ringo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Strong.
Strong loads up on a big right hand but Ringo slips the punch.
Strong throws a series of punches but Ringo avoids them all with ease.
Strong misses with a combination
and Ringo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ringo cracks Strong with a good jab.
Ringo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Strong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ringo misses the shot to the body.
Johnny Ringo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ringo throws out the jab.
Ringo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ringo is looking to counter punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ringo slips under a jab.
Ringo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ringo misses the shot to the body.
Ringo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Strong. That one must have hurt.
Nice jab there from Strong.
Strong scores with a hook to the body. Ringo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ringo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Strong.
Ringo just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Ringo misses.
Strong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ringo, as that shot connected.
Ringo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Strong sizes up Ringo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ringo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Strong moves out of range of the strikes.

Ringo lands a big uppercut and Strong crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Strong looks OK. Ringo waves Strong back to his feet!

Strong is rocked!

That has opened up LaDaniel Strong's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong lands with a slapping head kick.
Strong is still on wobbly legs! Can Ringo finish him?
A big left from Ringo misses.
Ringo fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Strong square on the jaw! Damn, Strong is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Ringo!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Johnny Ringo made sure he mentioned New Standard, along with how happy he was to win his fight.