PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Orton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Redfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Orton might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to BOOM by P.O.D.. Redfield is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Shouting. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Orton
vs
Redfield

193 cm
25
268 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

192 cm
23
275 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Orton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Redfield!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redfield on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Redfield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Redfield misses with a body shot.
Redfield has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Orton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orton tries a head kick but it misses.
Redfield just misses with a punch to the body.
Redfield throws a right hand that Orton ducks under and follows up with a left that Orton also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Redfield. Those never looked like landing.
Nice sprawl there from Orton as Redfield shoots in.
Orton throws a series of punches but Redfield avoids them all with ease.
Orton tests Redfield's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Redfield falls off balance throwing a combination
and Orton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Orton tests Redfield's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Orton misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orton throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Redfield on the side of the head.
Orton misses with a looping right.
Redfield keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Randy Orton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Redfield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Redfield with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Orton to score with a decent uppercut.
Orton lands with a nice body punch.
Redfield keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Orton throws a looping overhand right but Redfield ducks down to avoid it.
Orton lands a nice hook to Redfield's body. Redfield takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Redfield.
Orton lands a body shot.
Redfield looks winded!
Redfield takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Orton connects with the punch.
Orton comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orton takes a swing at Redfield's ribcage but misses.
Orton throws an overhand right that lands on Redfield's shoulder, as Redfield tries to avoid the shot.
Orton lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Orton lands with a shot to the body.
Orton tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Redfield is able to avoid easily.
Orton lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Orton throws a body kick that misses.
Redfield on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Redfield keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Orton.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orton. Redfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
Randy Orton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut lands for Orton. That snapped Redfield's head back.
Orton fails to land with a series of punches.
Orton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Orton throws a head kick but Redfield moves out of range.
Orton connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redfield moves out of range as Orton throws a body kick.
Orton lands a right hook to the body.
Orton smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Redfield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Redfield uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Orton.
Orton scores with the left hand. Redfield knows he should have avoided that one.
Redfield defending well as Orton loads up on a big left hand.
Redfield fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Orton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orton changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Orton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Redfield.
Orton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Orton is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Redfield stuns Orton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Redfield shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Redfield in particular looking to stall.
Nice strikes from Redfield there.
Orton wants to control but Redfield is keeping busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Redfield trying to control the action but Orton is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Orton 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.

Orton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Redfield swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Redfield blocks a jab.
Redfield is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Orton rather than just go for the knockout.
Orton blocks a jab.
Orton digs a good body shot into Redfield's ribs.
Orton digs a good body shot into Redfield's ribs.
Redfield tries a low kick but Orton avoids it.
Orton swings for the body but Redfield moves out of range.
Redfield lands with a right hand.

Redfield shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orton wants to control but Redfield is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Orton gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orton is adopting a defensive guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Redfield trying to stand up but can't free himself from Orton's guard.
Redfield pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Orton is keeping the position for now.
Orton working a defensive guard here.
Orton 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Redfield is pawing at Orton, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Orton's nose. Orton is badly hurt! Redfield pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Orton tries desperately to hold on but Redfield is relentless in his assault! As Orton receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Redfield away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Redfield!
Chris Redfield was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.