PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cole Orion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikko Rourke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rourke has chosen Rolling Stones - Paint it black as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Orion
vs
Rourke

188 cm
23
200 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

182 cm
26
196 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Perkele!

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 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Cole Orion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mikko Rourke!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orion ducks under a wild hook from Rourke.
Orion pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rourke looks to score with a jab to the body but Orion is just out of range.
Rourke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Orion swings for the body but Rourke moves out of range.
Rourke throws a hook but Orion blocks it.
Orion misses with an uppercut.
Orion takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rourke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rourke shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Orion as he avoids it easily.
Orion throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Orion throws a half hearted mid kick.
Orion throws a sloppy head kick and Rourke moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Orion misses its intended target.
Rourke ducks under a wild hook from Orion.
Rourke shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Orion as he avoids it easily.
Rourke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Rourke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rourke with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke throws the left hand but Orion avoids the punch easily.
Orion moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Orion tries to bum rush Rourke with a series of wild strikes but Rourke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A solid leg kick lands there for Orion.
Orion cracks Rourke with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Orion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orion dodges the punch combination from Rourke.
Orion drops his hands momentarily and Rourke takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Orion misses with a wild body shot.
Orion connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orion slips a jab and a cross from Rourke.
Rourke moves out of range as Orion strikes.
Orion misses with a looping right.
Rourke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Orion scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rourke misses with a wild combination.
A lazy left from Rourke finds it's target.
Orion looks to land a body kick but Rourke moved away.
Rourke slips a straight right by Orion.
Rourke avoids the body shot from Orion.
Orion stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Orion on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Orion misses with a head kick.
A solid body kick from Rourke.
Nice shot lands for Rourke.
Orion misses with a head kick.
Orion displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rourke throws out the jab.
Rourke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Orion throws out the jab.
Orion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rourke.
Rourke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Orion has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourke scores with a jab to the body.
Orion is breathing heavily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rourke.
Orion lands with a straight right. Rourke didn't see that one coming.
Orion tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rourke lands an overhand right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rourke, as that shot connected.
Rourke gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Orion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rourke was well out of range. Poor timing from Orion.
Rourke throws a leg kick which misses Orion's front leg but catches the back leg as Orion tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orion ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rourke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orion manages to avoid it.
Cole Orion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rourke throws a sloppy head kick and Orion moves out of range easily.
Orion just misses with a punch to the body.
Rourke throws a body punch but Orion moves out of range.
Orion avoids a kick to the body.
Orion throws a right hand that misses
and Rourke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orion takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Good exchange - Rourke coming out on top.
Rourke cracks Orion with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Orion throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rourke.
Orion fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rourke manages to avoid it.

Rourke shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Orion's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rourke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rourke trying to control the position from guard on top but Orion is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Orion working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rourke.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rourke passes Orion's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Orion on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Orion tries to get out of the position.
Orion on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikko Rourke dominated that 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.

Orion ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mikko Rourke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rourke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rourke staying out of range there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Orion lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rourke has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rourke and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Orion misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Rourke scores with a takedown into Orion's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rourke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rourke slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rourke postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rourke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rourke connects with a couple of short punches.
Rourke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Orion keeping moving, preventing Rourke from controlling successfully.
Orion working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rourke.
Rourke passes Orion's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Rourke wants to free his trapped foot but Orion is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Orion has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rourke is working away from the top position though.
Rourke missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rourke throwing shots but Orion is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rourke thows a huge punch but Orion dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rourke missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Rourke looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rourke lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rourke is nestled in close to Orion, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rourke not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Rourke looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rourke looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourke is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rourke not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Rourke seems to be working for a kimura but Orion defends the submission attempt.
Orion is not content to let Rourke control the position.
Rourke is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rourke throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rourke is trying to control the action in half guard but Orion is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rourke is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Rourke looking to sit in guard and control but Orion gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Rourke had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Orion defends it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rourke trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikko Rourke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Orion's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Rourke blocks a head kick by Orion.
A head kick misses from Orion.
Rourke tries a head kick but it misses.
Rourke goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Cole Orion has been cut.
Orion scores with a nice right hand.
Rourke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Orion moves away.
Orion turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orion. Rourke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rourke scores with a push kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Orion.
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!
Orion tries a head kick but it misses.
Rourke looks to throw the jab but Orion is out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Orion, right into the meat.
Rourke blocks a head kick by Orion.
Orion ducks under a wild hook from Rourke.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke misses with a body shot
and Orion connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rourke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Orion.
Nice sprawl there from Orion as Rourke shoots in.
Cole Orion is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rourke swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Orion counters with a right hand to the body.
Rourke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rourke closes the distance and clinches up with Orion, looking for a takedown. Rourke pushes Orion against the cage but Orion circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Orion closes the distance and clinches.
Still in the clinch, Orion scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rourke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Orion's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Orion displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orion throws a nice looking combination but Rourke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Orion throws a hook to the side of Rourke's head but Rourke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Orion throws a hook but Rourke blocks it.
A jab from Rourke misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rourke tries to land a leg kick but Orion saw it coming and moves away.
Orion pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Orion takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rourke misses with an uppercut. Orion saw that one coming.
Rourke looks to score with a jab to the body but Orion is just out of range.
Rourke takes a swing at Orion's ribcage but misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Orion.
Orion changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rourke has a takedown stuffed.
Cole Orion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikko Rourke.
Rourke ducks under a wild hook from Orion.
Orion tries to clinch but Rourke is having none of it.
Rourke takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rourke throws a poor cross that misses
and Orion counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Orion shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rourke checks a low kick from Orion.
Rourke throws out a loose jab but Orion uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Orion.
Rourke misses with an uppercut. Orion saw that one coming.
Rourke delivers a nice body kick.
Orion is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Orion checks the leg kick.
Rourke cracks the inside of Orion's front leg.
Orion is looking to score with low kicks.
Orion keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rourke avoids the body shot from Orion.
Orion throws a jab but it's blocked by Rourke.
Rourke cracks Orion with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rourke misses with an uppercut.
A low kick from Orion is predictable there
and Rourke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Orion scores with a jab.
Jab from Rourke.
Rourke tries for a takedown but Orion sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
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!
Orion tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A leg kick checked by Rourke.
Rourke moves out of range as Orion strikes.
Mikko Rourke is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Orion ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rourke moves away.
Orion looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cole Orion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Orion throws a leg kick
and Rourke counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rourke connects with a good right hand that stumbles Orion. Orion circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Orion throws a series of punches but Rourke avoids them all with ease.
Jab, jab by Rourke - just one landing.
Rourke is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cole Orion showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rourke has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikko Rourke!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Mikko Rourke made sure he mentioned Perkele!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.