PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Warrior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Orton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Orton's choice of entrance music: What the World Needs Is a Few More Rednecks by Charlie Daniels. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Warrior
vs
Orton

205 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
23
295 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, The Warrior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Orton!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orton misses with a wild combination.
Orton missing with a left hand there. Warrior was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Orton throws a series of punches but Warrior avoids them all with ease.

Warrior has taken the fight to the clinch.
Warrior misses with a knee to the head.
Warrior has Orton pressed against the cage, preventing Orton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Warrior creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Orton wants to get back to striking at distance but Warrior won't allow it.
Warrior throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Orton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but Orton blocks it.
Warrior keeps control of Orton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but Orton blocks it.

Orton manages to break the clinch.
Orton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Orton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Warrior.
Orton misses with a wild combination.
Orton looks gassed!
Orton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Warrior gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orton is trying to break the clinch but Warrior is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Orton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but Orton blocks it.
Warrior misses with a knee to the head.
Warrior lands a nice elbow.
Warrior looking to throw knees to the head but Orton is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Warrior.
Orton is looking to break free of the clinch but Warrior has double underhooks.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Warrior looking to throw knees to the head but Orton is blocking nicely.
Orton working hard to break the clinch.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orton blocks it with crossed arms.
Orton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Orton is trying to force a seperation but Warrior has the dominant position.
Warrior landing knees to the body.
Warrior lands a shoulder strike.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Orton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Orton with a nice cross.

Warrior moves into range and clinches up with Orton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orton takes a knee right on the jaw!
Orton blocks an elbow strike from Warrior.
With the fighters up against the cage, Warrior throws an elbow but misses.
Orton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Warrior has him pressed against the cage.
Orton tries to break the clinch but Warrior is controlling the position.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Orton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Warrior has him pressed against the cage.
Orton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior misses with a knee to the head.
Orton tries to break the clinch but Warrior is controlling the position.
Orton tries to break free but Warrior pushes him back against the cage.
Orton is trying to break the clinch but Warrior has him pressed against the cage.
Orton tries to circle away but Warrior has him pinned against the cage.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orton working hard to break the clinch.
Warrior prevents Orton from breaking the clinch.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior lands a right hand that snaps the head of Orton backwards.
Warrior misses with a knee to the head.
Warrior lands a nice knee to the body.
Warrior lands a damaging elbow.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but Orton blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Warrior.
Warrior lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Orton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Warrior misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warrior with a knee to the head.
Warrior with a knee to the head.
Orton is trying to break free.
Warrior putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Orton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Orton blocks an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Orton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Warrior lands a knee to the head.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior works on Orton's body with a couple of short punches.
Orton takes a knee right on the jaw!
Warrior lands a knee to the body.
Orton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Orton tries to score a body lock takedown but Warrior shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Warrior lands a damaging elbow.
Warrior unloads a knee to the mid-section. Orton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Warrior obliges.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Warrior landing knees to the body.
Warrior scores a nice knee to the body.
Warrior has Orton pressed against the cage, preventing Orton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Orton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Warrior working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Orton is looking to break free of the clinch but Warrior has double underhooks.
Orton is trying to break free.
Warrior lands a nice knee to the body.

Orton breaks the clinch.
Jason Orton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Orton misses with a two punch combination.
Orton throws a series of strikes that have Warrior backpedaling.
Warrior lands the left hand.
Warrior defending well as Orton loads up on a big left hand.
Orton misses with a body shot.
Warrior moves away from the strike by Orton.

Warrior closes the distance and clinches.
Warrior scores with a knee to the head.
Orton has a couple of punches blocked by Warrior.
Warrior misses with a knee to the head.
Warrior looking to throw knees to the head but Orton is blocking nicely.
Warrior keeps control of Orton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Warrior with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Warrior connects with a nasty looking knee right to Orton's face.
Orton is trying to break the clinch but Warrior has him pressed against the cage.

Orton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Orton throws the left hand but Warrior avoids the punch easily.
Orton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Warrior dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Orton misses with a straight right.
Warrior uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Orton.
Orton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Warrior.
Orton throws a right hand that Warrior ducks under and follows up with a left that Warrior also avoids with ease.
Warrior has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Warrior rushes Orton and presses him up against the cage.
Warrior lands an elbow that stopped Orton in his tracks for a moment.
Warrior lands a knee to the head.
Warrior lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Warrior lands a right hand.
Warrior lands an elbow inside.
Warrior scores a nice knee to the body.
Orton struggles to land a body shot inside as Warrior controls his hands.
Warrior scores with a knee to the head.
Orton is trying to break free.
Warrior lands a hook to the side of the head.
Warrior lands a good knee to the midsection. Orton won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Warrior misses with a knee strike.
Orton avoiding damage as Warrior throws knees to the body.
Warrior unloads a knee to the mid-section. Orton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Orton tries to break free but Warrior pushes him back against the cage.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orton blocks it with crossed arms.
Warrior lands an elbow that stopped Orton in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Warrior pushes off an throws an elbow but Orton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Warrior scores with a knee to the head.
Orton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orton blocks it with crossed arms.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior looking to throw knees to the head but Orton is blocking nicely.
Warrior connects with a knee to the head.

Orton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Orton's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Orton duly obliges.
Orton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Warrior moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Warrior throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Orton looks to land a right hand but Warrior moved out of range.
Warrior misses with a two punch combination.
Orton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warrior.
Warrior uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Orton.
The fighters circling - Orton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Warrior gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Warrior with a knee to the head.
Warrior lands an elbow inside that Orton shrugs off.
Warrior using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Warrior with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Warrior prevents Orton from breaking the clinch.

Orton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Orton cracks a nice hook into Warrior's ribs.
Warrior throws a nice head kick!
Orton throws a jab when Warrior was well out of range.

Warrior closes the distance and pushes Orton back into the cage.
Warrior comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Orton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Warrior looking to throw knees to the head but Orton is blocking nicely.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Orton takes an elbow to the forehead.
Warrior lands a nice knee to the body.
Warrior gets through Orton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Warrior has Orton pressed against the cage, preventing Orton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Warrior pushes Orton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Warrior throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Orton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Warrior has him pressed against the cage.
Warrior lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Warrior.
Orton has had enough of the clinch but Warrior keeps him there for the moment.
Orton wants to get back to striking at distance but Warrior won't allow it.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orton tries to break the clinch but Warrior is controlling the position.
Warrior landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Orton working hard to break the clinch.
Warrior misses with a knee strike.
Orton tries to break free but Warrior pushes him back against the cage.
Orton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Warrior looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior tries to land knees in the clinch but Orton avoids the damage to the body.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warrior misses with a knee strike.
Warrior makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orton blocks it with crossed arms.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warrior lands a nice knee to the body.
Warrior connects with a knee to the head.
Orton is looking to break free of the clinch but Warrior has double underhooks.
Warrior looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Orton is looking to break free of the clinch but Warrior has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Warrior.
Orton is trying to break free.
Orton takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orton avoids it.
Warrior lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warrior lands a nice knee to the body.
Orton takes a knee right on the jaw!
Warrior misses with a knee strike.
Orton is looking to break free of the clinch but Warrior has double underhooks.
Warrior lands a good knee to the midsection. Orton won't want to take too many of those.
Orton takes a knee right on the jaw!
Warrior lands a good knee to the midsection. Orton won't want to take too many of those.

Orton breaks from the clinch.
Orton swinging wildly here.
Orton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Orton misses with an uppercut.
Orton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Orton misses with a double jab
and Warrior counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A jab from Orton misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Warrior dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! 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.

Orton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warrior sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Orton connects with a single shot there.
Orton swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Warrior counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Warrior is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Warrior lands a head kick. Orton smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Warrior moves into the clinch.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but Orton blocks with his arms.
Warrior landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Warrior gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Orton takes an elbow to the forehead.
Orton blocks an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Warrior.
Warrior misses with a knee to the head.
Orton wants to get back to striking at distance but Warrior won't allow it.
Orton managing to block the knees to the body from Warrior.
A short right from Warrior on the inside.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but Orton blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orton blocks it with crossed arms.
Warrior prevents Orton from breaking the clinch.
Warrior lands a right hand.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Orton is looking to break free of the clinch but Warrior has double underhooks.
Warrior working Orton over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orton has had enough of the clinch but Warrior keeps him there for the moment.
Warrior keeps control of Orton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Warrior unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Warrior keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orton's efforts to push away.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but Orton blocks with his arms.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but Orton blocks it.

Orton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Warrior moves away from the strike by Orton.
Orton throws out a loose jab but Warrior uses good head movement to avoid it.
Warrior throws a sloppy head kick and Orton moves out of range easily.
Warrior bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Warrior darts in and clinches Orton up against the cage.
Warrior lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Warrior tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Warrior with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Warrior lands a nice knee to the body.
The Warrior has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Orton is looking to break free of the clinch but Warrior has double underhooks.
Orton is looking to break free of the clinch but Warrior has double underhooks.
Orton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but Orton blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
With the fighters up against the cage, Warrior throws an elbow but misses.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Warrior connects with a knee to the head.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but Orton blocks with his arms.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Warrior lands a nice knee to the body.
Orton managing to block the knees to the body from Warrior.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but Orton blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Warrior.

Orton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Orton throws a combination that misses

and Warrior holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Orton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Orton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Warrior landing knees to the head.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orton tries to circle away but Warrior has him pinned against the cage.
Warrior misses with a knee strike.
Warrior misses with a knee strike.
Warrior with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Warrior obliges.
Warrior scores a nice knee to the body.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Warrior utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but Orton blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orton managing to block the knees to the body from Warrior.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Orton.
With the fighters up against the cage, Warrior throws an elbow but misses.
Orton wants to break free but Warrior has control.
Warrior landing knees to the body.
Warrior misses with a knee strike.
Orton is trying to break the clinch but Warrior has him pressed against the cage.
Warrior looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Orton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Orton tries to break free but Warrior pushes him back against the cage.
Warrior lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Warrior lands a nice knee to the body.
Orton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Orton tries to break the clinch but Warrior is controlling the position.
Orton wants to get back to striking at distance but Warrior won't allow it.

Orton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Warrior moves into the clinch successfully.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orton avoids it.
Orton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Warrior missing with knees to the body.
Warrior landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Orton avoids the elbow strike from Warrior, against the cage.
Orton presses Warrior against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Warrior keeps control of Orton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Warrior.
Warrior with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orton blocks it with crossed arms.
Orton is trying to break free.
Warrior lands with a short shot to the head.
Warrior pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Orton has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Warrior is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Warrior is pressed up against the cage. Orton has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Warrior down to the mat. Warrior avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Orton throws a combination. Warrior tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Warrior staying out of range there.
Warrior slips under a jab from Orton.
Warrior ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Warrior scores with a jab to the jaw.
Warrior misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Orton throws a body punch but Warrior moves out of range.
Jason Orton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Orton connects with a crisp jab.
Orton throws a left and a right that both miss
and Warrior counters with a straight right hand.
Orton throws the left hand but Warrior avoids the punch easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Warrior showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Warrior, 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Warrior!