PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Strife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oroku Saki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Strife
vs
Saki

180 cm
24
165 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

178 cm
24
163 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ka-POW Clothing
Supersize Me

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Strife!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oroku Saki!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saki looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Strife is fending him off so far but Saki persists. Nope, Strife circles away and we're back to standing.
Strife misses with a looping left.
Saki tries for a takedown but Strife sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Strife has closed the distance and engaged Saki in a clinch.
Strife content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Strife using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Strife with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Strife.
Strife working Saki over with knees to the body.
Saki looks gassed!
Strife lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saki is trying to drag Strife to the mat but Strife just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
John Strife has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oroku Saki.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Strife connects with a nasty looking knee right to Saki's face.
Strife connects with a knee to the head.
Strife will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Saki up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Strife.
Saki goes for a takedown attempt but Strife pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Saki on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Saki is rocked!
Strife cracks Saki with a hook to the temple - Saki is on wobbly legs here! Strife swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Saki falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Strife wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Strife!
John Strife retains his lightweight title!