PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Bing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Strong
vs
Bing

180 cm
33
180 lbs
20 - 16 - 3

170 cm
24
170 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 3, fighting out of London, Oliver Strong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Bing!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bing throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bing swings for the body but Strong moves out of range.
Bing checks the leg kick.
Strong cracks Bing with an open hand slap.
Strong connects with a body shot.
Strong misses with a shot to the body

and Bing counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bing lands an elbow just above Strong 's eye.
A left hand lands to the body for Strong.
Strong blocks an uppercut.
Bing is stalling here.
Strong jumps guard but Bing turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bing lands an elbow inside that Strong shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bing.

It looks like Oliver Strong has been cut.
Bing lands a nice elbow.
Bing landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bing landing knees to the body.
Bing throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bing lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bing unloads a knee to the mid-section. Strong lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bing misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Strong.
Bing lands a damaging elbow.
Bing lands an elbow inside.
Strong tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bing smiles and moves away.
Bing lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bing looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strong misses the shot to the body.
Strong changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Strong 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.
Bing lands a nice leg kick that just misses Strong's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bing misses with a low kick.
Oliver Strong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strong throws an off balance right hand
and Bing counters with an inside leg kick.
Bing fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bing misses with a head kick.
Strong throws a low kick but Bing moves out of range easily.
Strong cracks a nice hook into Bing's ribs.
Bing tries to close the distance and clinch but Strong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Strong shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bing napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Strong working away.
Bing is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bing is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Strong tries for a kimura but Bing is defending well.
Bing is trying to get back to half guard.
Bing is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bing manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bing wants to sweep but no luck.
Strong trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Strong stopping the sweep attempt from Bing.
Bing is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Strong is controlling him.
Strong engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong trying to control but Bing is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Oliver Strong wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Bing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Strong looks to score with a jab to the body but Bing is just out of range.
Strong just misses with a punch to the body.
Strong blocks a head kick by Bing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bing misses with an attempted mid kick.
Strong with a body punch. A glancing blow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Strong checks a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Strong checks a leg kick.
Strong checks a leg kick nicely.
Bing throws a solid leg kick but Strong takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Bing dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oliver Strong's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bing throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Strong avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bing needs to keep his hands up - Strong had a free shot at his head there.
Bing throws a low kick but Strong avoids it.
Bing throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bing chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bing is looking to slow Strong down with leg kicks.
An inside leg kick from Bing misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Bing misses the target.
Strong misses with a wild body shot.
Bing avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bing thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut lands for Strong. That snapped Bing's head back.
Bing with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong misses with a body shot
enabling Bing to counter with a crisp jab.
Strong is looking to wear down Bing with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Strong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bing takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bing keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Strong.
Strong steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bing. That one must have hurt.
Bing tries a head kick but it misses.
Strong throws a looping overhand right but Bing ducks down to avoid it.
Bing throws out a leg kick but Strong moves out of range and Bing only half commits.

Bing has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bing throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short body shot lands from Strong as the two fighters clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Strong.
Bing stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bing.
Strong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bing.
Bing lands a damaging elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bing is looking to control Strong's arms but Strong gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bing has his back to the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Bing fails to land.
Strong tries to throw a body punch but Bing avoids it by throwing Strong back against the cage.
Bing misses with an elbow over the top.
Strong can't find room to land a body shot as Bing controls the action.
Bing throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A shot in the inside from Bing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bing's elbow.
Bing creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bing.
Bing lands with a left to the head.
Strong dodges an elbow strike from Bing.
Strong struggles to land a body shot inside as Bing controls his hands.
Bing lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bing taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bing throws an elbow but misses.
Strong avoids the elbow strike from Bing, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bing just misses with a elbow thrown towards Strong's brow.
Bing unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bing fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bing goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bing misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bing using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Strong misses with a body punch.
Bing stalling in the clinch but Strong improves position.
Strong prevents a body shot from Bing.
Bing misses with an elbow strike.
Bing lands a nice elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bing lands an elbow that stopped Strong in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Bing.
Strong prevents a body shot from Bing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Bing showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Oliver Strong's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Strong lands with a right hand.
Strong tests Bing's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Strong misses with a wild body shot.
Strong is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Strong swings for the body but Bing moves out of range.
Bing cracks the inside of Strong's front leg.
Bing tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Strong takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Strong throws a body punch but Bing moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Strong blocks the leg kick.
Bing steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Strong.
Eric Bing seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good work by Strong as he checks the leg kick.
Bing lands with a slapping head kick.
Bing tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Strong chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bing can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bing fails with an attempt to clinch.
Strong connects with a nice looking jab.
Strong pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bing is out of range and Strong settles back down.
Strong swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Bing closes the distance and pushes Strong back into the cage.
A right hand to the body from Bing.
Bing misses with a punch to the body.
Strong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bing connects with a nasty looking knee right to Strong's face.
Bing with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bing throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bing lands an elbow inside that Strong shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bing.
Oliver Strong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bing looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bing tries to land knees in the clinch but Strong avoids the damage to the body.
Bing prevents a body shot from Strong.
Bing tries to land knees in the clinch but Strong avoids the damage to the body.
Strong throws a punch but it's blocked by Bing.
Bing misses with a knee strike.
Bing misses with a knee strike.
Strong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Bing.
Bing gets through Strong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bing lands a nice knee to the body.
Bing misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bing lands a nice elbow.
Bing misses with a knee strike.
Bing throws a punch but it's blocked by Strong.
Bing misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Strong.
Bing tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bing as Strong tries to tie him up.
Bing lands a knee to the body.
Strong blocks the elbow strike.
Strong misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bing.
Bing throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Strong blocks it with crossed arms.
Bing trying to land knees to the body.
Bing unloads a knee to the mid-section. Strong lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bing comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Bing.
Eric Bing is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Strong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Strong misses with a punch to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bing blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Bing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bing has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Bing!