PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Orbiso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heavy Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurt Orbiso has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Orbiso
vs
Storm

193 cm
21
207 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kurt Orbiso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Heavy Storm!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orbiso throws a body punch but Storm moves out of range.
Storm changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Orbiso tries to avoid it but Storm manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Orbiso to the ground. Orbiso escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Orbiso lands a two punch combo.
A left and a right from Orbiso both land. Nice combination.
Storm drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Orbiso fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orbiso's corner calls for a 1-2. Orbiso obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Orbiso misses the jab.
Orbiso rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Storm moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Storm walks into a stiff left hand from Orbiso.
A punch combination from Orbiso misses.
Orbiso misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Orbiso connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orbiso will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Orbiso shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Storm eats them both and turns towards Orbiso to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Storm is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Orbiso's half guard.
Storm throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Storm missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Storm thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Storm wants to take a breather but Orbiso is having none of it.
Orbiso keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Orbiso keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Storm is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Storm missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orbiso is looking to control Storm's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Orbiso avoid being mounted?
Orbiso blocking the ground and pound attempt from Storm.
Storm should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Storm working the head and body with strikes.
Storm is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Orbiso wants to get back to his feet.
Storm slips a nice elbow through Orbiso's hands, connecting with Orbiso's forehead.
Storm not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Orbiso avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Storm.
Orbiso wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Storm thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Orbiso's head.
Storm sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Orbiso defending well though.
Nice strikes from Storm there.
Storm throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Orbiso is breathing heavily.
Orbiso is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Storm's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Storm's back!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Storm breaks Orbiso's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Storm lands a couple of elbows.
Orbiso wants to sweep but no luck.
Storm must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Storm is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Storm throwing strikes but missing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Storm keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Orbiso's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Orbiso trying to keep a closed guard but Storm is proving a slippery customer.
Storm is working Orbiso over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Storm works over Orbiso with some ground and pound from guard.
Storm working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Storm throwing strikes but missing.
Storm trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Storm postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Storm throwing strikes from guard but Orbiso blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Heavy Storm will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Orbiso throws a right and a left that Storm avoids nicely.
Orbiso throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Orbiso throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Orbiso does no damage.

Storm looking to score a takedown here. Orbiso is defending well but Storm drives through and ends up in Orbiso's guard.
Storm is looking to advance position but Orbiso has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Storm tries to hold on but Orbiso postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Storm is trying desperately to improve position.
Storm wants to hold on but Orbiso pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orbiso unloads with some shots from mount but Storm bucks and avoids them well.
Orbiso prevents Storm from getting the reversal.
Storm holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Orbiso tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Orbiso throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Storm can't escape the position.
Poor strikes thrown by Orbiso there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Storm tries to hold on but Orbiso pushes him away.
Storm blocking the ground and pound.
Storm is trying to escape the mount.
Storm is breathing heavily.
Storm wants to hold on but Orbiso pushes him away.
Storm takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Orbiso is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Storm to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Storm shrugs it off.
Storm is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Storm wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Orbiso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orbiso wants to control the pace but Storm is squirming around nicely.
Orbiso looking to finish with strikes here!
Orbiso throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Orbiso unloads with some shots from mount but Storm bucks and avoids them well.
Storm is looking to improve his position but Orbiso isn't that keen on the idea.
Orbiso thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Orbiso has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Storm gets back to half guard.
Orbiso thows a huge punch but Storm dodges it nicely.

Orbiso is looking for a kimura but Storm is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Orbiso to get the leverage.
Orbiso sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Storm defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Storm is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Orbiso pulls his head out easily.
Orbiso frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Orbiso thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Storm is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Storm really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Orbiso punching from mount but Storm doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Orbiso prevents Storm from getting the reversal.
Orbiso throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Orbiso throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Storm because Orbiso loaded up on that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orbiso misses with a head shot.
Storm is working to get back to half guard.
Orbiso will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Orbiso punching from mount but Storm doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Storm can't escape the position.
Storm is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Storm is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Orbiso looking to finish with strikes here!
Heavy Storm has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orbiso thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Orbiso sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Storm is looking to get to half guard.
Orbiso looking to ground and pound but Storm is blocking nicely.
Orbiso looking to ground and pound but Storm is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kurt Orbiso dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Orbiso scores with a three punch combo!

Storm scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Storm missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Storm scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Storm stops Orbiso from getting back to his feet.
Orbiso is trying to control but can't.
Storm is stalling here. Orbiso is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Storm seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Orbiso has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Orbiso creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Storm sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Storm is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Orbiso's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orbiso thows a huge punch but Storm dodges it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Storm avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Orbiso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm punching from the bottom.

Storm looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Orbiso throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Storm wants to get back to full guard.
Orbiso is thwarting Storm's attempts to control the position.
Storm blocking the ground and pound attempt from Orbiso.
Orbiso throwing shots but Storm is blocking nicely.
Storm trying to control from the bottom.
Storm keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Storm is looking for a sweep. Orbiso is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Orbiso missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm is looking to improve his position.
Storm avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Orbiso.

Storm looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Orbiso not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Orbiso lands a nice short elbow.
Orbiso trying to control the action but Storm is working from the bottom.
Storm trying to control here.
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!
Orbiso not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Orbiso throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Orbiso thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Storm's head.
Storm is trying to control but can't.
Orbiso thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Storm's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orbiso not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Orbiso missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Storm blocking the ground and pound attempt from Orbiso.
Orbiso sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Storm defending well though.
Orbiso throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Orbiso has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Orbiso lands a big elbow.
Orbiso thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Orbiso avoids the attempt from Storm to control.
Orbiso misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Storm tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Orbiso throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm is wriggling around trying to escape.
Storm wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Orbiso.
Storm tries to lock up and control but Orbiso gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Storm is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Orbiso is staying active.
Storm tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Storm wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Orbiso.
A nice elbow there by Orbiso.
Storm avoids a series of strikes thrown by Orbiso.
Storm wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Orbiso.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Storm tries to get back to half guard but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kurt Orbiso showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Orbiso has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kurt Orbiso!
After winning the bout, Kurt Orbiso thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.