PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Ham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Stroud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeff Stroud is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ham
vs
Stroud

175 cm
25
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
26
208 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Ham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeff Stroud!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ham gets a takedown into half guard.
Ham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stroud keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ham thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stroud's head.
Ham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ham throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stroud has hold of Ham's hands but Ham slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ham missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ham is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stroud really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ham. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stroud avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ham.
Ham takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ham thows a huge punch but Stroud dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ham throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stroud is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ham scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ham throwing shots but Stroud is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Ham.

Ham is working for a submission of some sort.

Ham is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Stroud has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ham is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stroud avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ham.
Ham thows a huge punch but Stroud dodges it nicely.
Ham thows a huge punch but Stroud dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Ham.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ham drops an elbow to the side of Stroud's head.
Ham throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ham is looking to advance position but Stroud won't allow it.
Ham throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ham working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Stroud avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ham.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stroud taking some punishment here, with Ham in his half guard.
Ham lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Stroud is rocked!
Stroud looks winded!
Ham working over Stroud with some ground and pound. Stroud looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Stroud is still in real trouble! Can Ham finish him?
Ham winds up and cracks Stroud with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ham scores with a big shot! Stroud's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Stroud! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Ham!