PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Faure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Strong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Faure
vs
Strong

192 cm
27
198 lbs
13 - 14 - 0

185 cm
29
192 lbs
15 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Faure!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Strong!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strong with a lazy takedown attempt
and Faure counters with a one-two to the body.

Faure gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Strong to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Strong trying to control but Faure is working from the bottom.
Strong lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Faure preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Strong wants to control from the top but Faure keeps moving.
Strong looking to sit in guard and control but Faure gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Faure throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faure throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Strong works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Strong is trying to keep Faure in close.

Strong looking for a guillotine here but Faure defends easily.

Faure avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Strong pushes Faure off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Faure closes this distance looking for a takedown but Strong circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Faure counters with a one-two to the body.
Faure misses with a jab, cross combination.
Strong tries to clinch up but Faure circles away and keeps his distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strong has his takedown stuffed
and Faure counters with a three punch combo that has Strong backing up. Strong nods at Faure to acknowledge the strikes.
Faure stuffs the takedown.
Travis Faure has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Strong.
Faure fails with a takedown attempt.
Strong misses with a leg kick.
Jack Strong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Faure dives in and grabs Strong's left leg, looking for a takedown. Strong pushes down on Faure's head and hops out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong looks for a takedown but Faure sprawls well.
A slow jab from Faure misses its intended target.

Strong pushes Faure up against the cage in a clinch.

Strong turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Strong tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Faure manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Nice strikes from Faure there.
Strong moves into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Strong throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Faure advances position into side control!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Faure with the ground and pound but Strong regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Strong on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Strong is defending against the submission attempts here by Faure.
Faure thows a huge punch but Strong dodges it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Faure throwing shots but Strong is blocking nicely.
Strong works his way to full guard. Good work.
Faure lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jack Strong will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Strong stuffs the takedown attempt from Faure. Faure gets slowly back to his feet.
Travis Faure is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Faure shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Strong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Faure swings for the body but Strong moves out of range.
Strong misses with a takedown attempt
and Faure connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Strong misses with a wild combination.
Strong fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Strong pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Strong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Faure manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Faure shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Strong napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Faure fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faure fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Strong is pushing Faure's head away, looking to escape. Faure manages to hold on to the position though.
Strong avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Faure.

Faure is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Strong knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Faure working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Strong tries to strike from the bottom but misses.

Faure goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Strong has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Faure but great work by Strong.
Strong wants to control for a moment but Faure uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faure misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Faure is staying active underneath Strong, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Faure works his way to full guard. Good work.

Strong postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Faure is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Strong, into his guard.
Faure is pushing down on Strong's leg trying to pass to half guard. Strong is fighting to maintain full guard but Faure has managed to sneak the leg through.
Travis Faure overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong trying to control from the bottom.
Faure 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.
Strong is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Faure is staying active.
Faure looks to land a strike but Strong avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Faure is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Strong has Faure pulled in close to control his posture.
Faure is looking to work some ground and pound but Strong has wrist control.

Strong is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Faure defends well.
Strong controls Faure momentarily but Faure frees himself.
Faure throwing strikes from guard but Strong blocks nicely.

Strong looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Faure working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faure in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Strong working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Faure doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Faure manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Faure throws a big right hand that misses.
Strong not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Faure throwing strikes but missing.
Faure wants to pass the guard but Strong is keeping the position.
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!
Faure with a nice head shot there.
Strong preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Faure stands and throws Strong's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Faure wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Strong, who protects the arm well.
Strong wants to control but Faure postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Faure dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Strong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Strong has his takedown stuffed
and Faure counters with a one-two to the body.
Faure looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Strong misses with the combination.
Strong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Faure manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Strong coming out on top.
Strong is looking to clinch but Faure is avoiding it.
Strong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Faure digs a good body shot into Strong's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong looks for a takedown but Faure sprawls well.
Faure keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Travis Faure has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Strong.
Strong takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Faure swats away the attempt to clinch by Strong.
Faure throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot by Faure.
Strong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch but Faure swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strong fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faure with a hook.
Faure slaps away a takedown attempt from Strong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Strong shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Faure connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Strong tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Faure is able to avoid easily.
Strong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Faure slips a jab from Strong.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Strong looks to land a combination but Faure avoids it well.
Faure fails with the takedown.

Strong feints and as Faure raises his hands in defense, Strong changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong looking to pass the guard.
Strong preventing the sweep.
Strong pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Faure is keeping the position for now.
Strong engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Faure keeping moving, preventing Strong from controlling successfully.
Faure wants to stand and escape but Strong is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jack Strong has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Faure shoots in and bounces Strong off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Strong looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Faure trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Faure missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Faure with a nice head shot there.
Strong wants to stand and escape but Faure is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Faure in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Faure postures up in Strong's guard and throws a big left but Strong blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Faure looking to pass the guard.

Strong is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Faure is aware though and is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Travis Faure.
I think Faure 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Faure!
Our winner, Travis Faure, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.