PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alfredo Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Strauss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strauss has chosen Shutterbugg - Big Boi Feat. Cutty as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Torres
vs
Strauss

168 cm
21
145 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

162 cm
27
142 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alfredo Torres!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Strauss!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Torres.
Torres avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Torres connects with a leg kick. Strauss looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Strauss checks the leg kick.
Torres staying out of range there.

Torres gets a clinch.
Strauss throws a punch but it's blocked by Torres.
Torres taking a breather.
Torres stalling.
Strauss is trying to force a seperation but Torres has the dominant position.
Torres lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Torres is stalling here.
Strauss lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strauss is keeping busy.
Strauss managing to block the knees to the body from Torres.
Torres is trying to stall.
Torres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Strauss's elbow.
Torres throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Strauss blocks it with crossed arms.
Torres with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Strauss is trying to break the clinch but Torres is controlling him.
Torres lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Strauss backwards.
Strauss misses with a punch on the inside.
Strauss blocking some punches.
Strauss wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Torres has him pressed against the cage.
Torres misses with a knee to the head.

Strauss manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Torres is looking to slow Strauss down with leg kicks.
Torres misses with a leg kick
and Torres takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Strauss 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torres slips under a jab from Strauss.
Torres swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strauss rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Torres counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Torres tries to clinch up.
Strauss checks the leg kick nicely there.
Torres attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Strauss looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice shot by Torres.
Torres lands with a thumping leg kick.
Torres moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Torres fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Strauss.
Torres moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice jab there from Torres.
Strauss takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Torres dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Strauss. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
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!
Strauss takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Torres lands a nice leg kick that just misses Strauss's sensitive parts.
Torres lands a jab.
Torres will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Strauss slips a straight right by Torres.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Strauss blocks a leg kick.
Torres scores with a shot to the body.
Torres scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Strauss doesn't seem bothered though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfredo Torres 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.

Torres feints a jab promting Strauss to slip. Torres then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Strauss slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Daniel Strauss has been cut.
Torres buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Torres finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Alfredo Torres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torres lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Torres 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 Strauss has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Strauss and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Crunch! Torres slams his shin into Strauss's torso.
Strauss misses with an uppercut
and Torres counters with a thumping low kick.
Torres looks to throw the jab but Strauss is out of range.
Torres turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres lands with a nice body kick.
Torres throws a nice outside leg kick.
Strauss takes one to the chin there.
A good leg kick by Torres.
Strauss ducks under a wild hook from Torres.
Torres lands a nice leg kick that just misses Strauss's sensitive parts.
Torres throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Strauss on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Torres fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Strauss has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres delivers a nice body kick.
Torres with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torres connects with a solid leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Torres.
Torres connects with a leg kick. Strauss looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Strauss misses with a left hand
and Torres counters with a nice low kick that buckles Strauss's knee momentarily.
Strauss's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Torres buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Torres lands a leg kick that knocks Strauss off balance momentarily.
Alfredo Torres is winning the standup battle so far.
That kick from Torres tenderised Strauss's leg. Strauss is trying to keep his angry face on.
Strauss is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Torres closes the distance and clinches.
Torres is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Torres looking to throw knees to the head but Strauss is blocking nicely.
Torres lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Strauss swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Torres stalling against the cage.
Torres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Strauss's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Torres wants to stall.
Strauss is looking to break free of the clinch but Torres has double underhooks.
Strauss looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Strauss misses with a short punch on the inside.
Torres tries to land a knee to the head but Strauss blocks with his arms.
Strauss lands a left hand.
Torres lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Torres blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Torres with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strauss misses with a hook from the clinch.
Torres tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfredo Torres dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Strauss's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Torres throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Strauss misses with a right hand
and Torres counters with a good low kick that Strauss was not able to check.
Strauss lands with an uppercut that bounces Torres off the cage and back into range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Torres darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Strauss takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Torres tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Torres throws a nice outside leg kick.
A big right from Strauss misses.
Torres misses with a low kick.
Strauss takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strauss has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Torres.
Torres smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Torres feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Strauss's calf.
Torres keeps Strauss at a distance using the push kick.
Strauss swings widly with a right hand
and Torres counters with a nice low kick that buckles Strauss's knee momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Torres, right into the meat.
Torres swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Torres attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres misses with a low kick.
Torres connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Torres throws a nice inside leg kick.
Torres throws a chopping leg kick but Strauss manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Strauss might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Torres tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Strauss is able to avoid easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Torres.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torres misses with a low kick.
Torres tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Strauss manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strauss checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Torres misses with a low kick as Strauss jumps back.
Torres turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Torres tries to land a front kick but Strauss steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Strauss checks a low kick from Torres.
A telegraphed right hand from Strauss misses the target.
Torres turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Torres moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Torres sizes up Strauss with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strauss paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Torres connects with a solid leg kick.
Torres wants to land a leg kick but Strauss is out of range.
Strauss tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Torres thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Strauss if he has to take too many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torres chopping away at his opponent's legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Torres looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good leg kick by Torres there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfredo Torres clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Strauss's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Torres looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Torres wants to slow Strauss down by chopping away at his legs.
Torres scores with the left hand. Strauss knows he should have avoided that one.
Torres tries to clinch there but Strauss circles away.
Strauss checks a leg kick.
Torres fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Strauss has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Torres. That's going to slow Strauss down.
Torres connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Torres buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strauss drops his hands momentarily and Torres takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Torres.
An inside leg kick lands from Torres.
Strauss takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Torres feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Strauss's calf.
Strauss misses with a straight right.
Torres lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Torres tries a low kick but Strauss avoids it.
Torres throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Torres scores with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strauss rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Strauss throws a right hand that misses
and Torres counters with an inside leg kick.
Strauss is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Torres digs a good body shot into Strauss's ribs.
Torres with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Torres throws a leg kick which misses Strauss's front leg but catches the back leg as Strauss tries to avoid it.
Torres feints and then cracks Strauss's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Strauss down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Torres.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Torres with a jab.
Torres feints and then cracks Strauss's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Strauss down.
Torres wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Strauss chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Torres can pounce on him.
Strauss on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Torres. Torres obviously looking to wear him down.
Strauss takes one to the side of the head.
Strauss takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres cracks the inside of Strauss's front leg.
Strauss misses with a straight right.
Good leg kick by Torres there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Torres lands with a straight right. Strauss didn't see that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Torres. That's going to slow Strauss down.
Torres connects with an inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Strauss misses with an uppercut
and Torres counters with a nice kick to the body.
Torres fakes the leg kick and cracks Strauss in the body.
Torres scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfredo Torres had his way with Daniel Strauss in that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Strauss's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Torres scores with a nice body kick.
Strauss misses with a hook. Torres ducked under it nicely.
Torres moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch but Strauss swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strauss 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.
A good leg kick by Torres.
Torres connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Torres tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Torres fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Torres gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Torres with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Torres.
Strauss is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Torres creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Torres.
Torres with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Torres with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torres.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Torres is working Strauss over against the cage.
Daniel Strauss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres displaying some good clinch control by pressing Strauss up against the cage.
Strauss is trying to push Torres away but Torres has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Torres throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Strauss blocks it with crossed arms.
Torres stalling against the cage.
Torres is looking to control Strauss's arms but Strauss gets an underhook and turns him. Now Torres has his back to the cage.
Strauss has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torres with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Alfredo Torres has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Torres is trying to stall.
Torres tries a knee to the head but Strauss blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres taking a breather.
Strauss lands an uppercut.
Torres working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Torres looking to throw knees to the head but Strauss is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strauss.
Torres tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Strauss has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Torres.
Torres manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Torres is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Strauss can do to turn this around?
Strauss misses with a punch on the inside.
Torres with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Torres blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Strauss is trying to break the clinch but Torres has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Strauss misses with a punch on the inside.
Torres pushes Strauss back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Torres tries to land a knee to the head but Strauss blocks with his arms.
Torres misses with a hook to the ribs.
Torres with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Strauss working hard to break the clinch.
Strauss looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Strauss is trying to break free.
Torres misses with a knee to the head.
Strauss swings wildly with an uppercut but Torres uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Torres misses with a knee strike.
Torres scores with a hook to the body.
Alfredo Torres is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strauss lands an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alfredo Torres showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Torres has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 50:44
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 50:44
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alfredo Torres!
Alfredo Torres is the new bantamweight champion!
A very excited looking Alfredo Torres made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.