PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wilson Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cloud Strife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Rage
vs
Strife

191 cm
24
199 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

182 cm
20
193 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wilson Rage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cloud Strife!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rage ducks under a wild hook from Strife.
Strife throws a shot to the body.
Rage shoots in but no luck this time.
Rage tries for a takedown but Strife sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Strife.
A punch combination from Strife misses.
Rage lands a high kick!
Rage 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.
Strife throws a series of punches but Rage moves out of range.
Rage uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Strife.
Horrible takedown by Rage or perhaps it was just good defense by Strife which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wilson Rage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Strife misses.
Strife swats away the attempt to clinch by Rage.
Strife lands a nice looking body shot.
Rage is breathing heavily.
Strife throws a right and a left that both miss.
Strife throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Wilson Rage has been cut.

Strife moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Rage goes down! Can Strife finish him!?

Rage is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Strife looking to pass the guard.
Oh Rage is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strife passes Rage's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rage seems to have got his legs back now.
Strife passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Rage!

Strife wants to finish this one by submission but Rage is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Strife.

Strife working for a guillotine from mount but Rage is in no mood to give up.

Strife goes for an armbar but Rage turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Rage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage looking to pass the guard.

Strife looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Rage passes into side control.
Strife is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Strife's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Strife tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rage wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rage wants to control but Strife is keeping him busy.
You can see the frustration on Strife's face as Rage controls the position.
Strife is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rage wants to control but Strife is keeping him busy.
Strife takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rage takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Strife connects with a looping right hand.

Wilson Rage's cut is getting worse.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Rage. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Rage tries to clinch up.
Strife misses with a series of wild punches.
Rage finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rage loads up on a big right hand but Strife slips the punch.
Strife staying out of range there.
Rage throws a series of punches but Strife moves out of range.
Rage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Strife moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Strife.
Strife takes a swing at Rage's ribcage but misses.
Rage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Strife.
Rage throws a right and a left that both miss.
Strife misses with an uppercut.
Strife lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Strife closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Strife looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Strife controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cloud Strife dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wilson Rage's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Strife throws a lazy head kick
and Rage counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rage fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Strife digs a good hook to Rage's body.
Strife lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strife throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rage counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Strife paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Wilson Rage's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Strife looks to score with a jab to the body but Rage is just out of range.
Strife cracks Rage on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Rage falls backwards against the cage. Strife follows up with more strikes that drop Rage to his knees. Strife keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Rage! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cloud Strife!