PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lockon Stratos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Curran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Stratos
vs
Curran

197 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

186 cm
25
189 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lockon Stratos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pat Curran!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stratos gets a clinch.
Stratos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stratos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Curran throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stratos with a knee to the head.

It looks like Pat Curran has been cut.
Stratos connects with a knee to the head.
Stratos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Curran in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stratos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Stratos.
Stratos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Curran lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Curran takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stratos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stratos.
Stratos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stratos lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Stratos.
Stratos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stratos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stratos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Curran looks gassed!
Stratos working Curran over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Stratos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stratos scores with a knee to the head.
Stratos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stratos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Stratos.
Stratos scores with a knee to the head.
Stratos lands a good knee to the midsection. Curran won't want to take too many of those.
Stratos crunches a lovely knee into Curran's ribcage.
Stratos lands a good knee to the midsection. Curran won't want to take too many of those.
Stratos lands a good knee to the midsection. Curran won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stratos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stratos working Curran over with knees to the body.
Stratos scores a nice knee to the body.
Stratos with a knee to the head.
Stratos crunches a lovely knee into Curran's ribcage.
Stratos lands an elbow inside.
Stratos crunches a lovely knee into Curran's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Stratos.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stratos obliges.
Stratos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Curran lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Stratos.
Stratos landing knees to the body.
Curran throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stratos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Curran in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stratos lands an elbow inside that Curran shrugs off.
A knee to the head by Stratos.

Curran is rocked!

That has opened up Pat Curran's cut even more.
Stratos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Stratos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Curran in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Curran is still on wobbly legs! Can Stratos finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stratos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stratos connects with a knee to the head.
Stratos lands a big knee to the head and Curran goes down! Stratos pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lockon Stratos!
Lockon Stratos made sure to mention his sponsor, Kobra Clothing Inc. in his post fight interview.