PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bus Orez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnson Stroker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Orez
vs
Stroker

175 cm
26
265 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

193 cm
26
265 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

STEEL PENN'S 160 OF STEEL $50 Rio

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Bus Orez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnson Stroker!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stroker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Orez, pushing him back against the cage.
Stroker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Orez is trying to maintain a safe position but Stroker gets an underhook and turns Orez into the cage.
Stroker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Stroker lands a nice uppercut.
Orez leaning against his opponent.
Orez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Orez avoiding damage as Stroker throws knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Orez avoids the elbow strike from Stroker, against the cage.
Orez blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orez dodges an elbow strike from Stroker.
Orez is pushing Stroker up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Stroker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Bus Orez has been cut.
Stroker leaning his opponent against the cage.
Orez controlling the action here for a moment.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Orez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orez stalls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Orez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stroker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orez avoids it.
Stroker looking to stall.
Orez holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Orez drags the fight down to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Orez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Orez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stroker manages to get himself to full guard.
Orez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Orez stands up from Stroker's guard - Orez perhaps looking for a knockout.
Stroker moves out of range of the leg kick from Orez.
Orez moves out of range of the body kick.
Orez wants to clinch
and Stroker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Orez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Stroker thows a body shot but no joy.
Orez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stroker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Orez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Stroker circles away from the clinch attempt
and Stroker counters with a one-two to the body.
Stroker throws a right hand that Orez ducks under and follows up with a left that Orez also avoids with ease.
Orez throws a front kick aimed at Stroker's knee but Stroker avoids it well.
Stroker tries to bum rush Orez with a series of wild strikes but Orez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stroker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stroker keeps the fight on the outside.
Stroker misses with an uppercut. Orez saw that one coming.
Stroker moves in looking to clinch but Orez pushes him off.
Stroker looks to land a left hand but Orez moved out of range nicely.
Stroker looks to score with a jab to the body but Orez is just out of range.
Orez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Stroker tries to keep at a distance but Orez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stroker will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Orez up against the cage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stroker trying to stall but Orez improves his position.
Orez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Orez pulls guard successfully.
Orez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Orez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Orez is pulling down on Stroker's head to control his posture.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Orez is trying to keep Stroker in close.
Orez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

We're going to have a standup here because Bus Orez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Orez tries to close the distance and clinch but Stroker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Orez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stroker.
Stroker thows a leg kick but Orez checks it

and Orez counters by clinching up.
Orez leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stroker is pushing Orez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Stroker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stroker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orez.
Stroker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orez is defending well for now.
Orez looking to stall.

Orez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Orez moves in looking to clinch but Stroker pushes him off.
Orez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stroker takes a swing at Orez's ribcage but misses.
Stroker is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Orez rather than just go for the knockout.
Stroker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Orez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Stroker takes a swing at Orez's ribcage but misses.
Stroker throws a series of punches but Orez avoids them all with ease.
Stroker checks a leg kick.
Stroker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Orez was well out of range. Poor timing from Stroker.
Stroker slips a jab and a cross from Orez.
A big left from Stroker misses.
Stroker blocks the body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stroker is looking to clinch but Orez is avoiding it.
Orez tries to clinch but Stroker is having none of it.
No joy there for Stroker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnson Stroker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Stroker has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 9:10
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 9:10
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnson Stroker!
Johnson Stroker looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'AJ, it's better to give than receive.... And you sure took it like a bitch. Oooo Doggie!!!!'.