PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Striker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ale Jarod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Striker
vs
Jarod

167 cm
24
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

172 cm
19
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dennis Striker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ale Jarod!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Striker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Striker is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jarod trying to keep a closed guard but Striker is proving a slippery customer.
Striker content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Striker missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Striker works over Jarod with some ground and pound from guard.
Striker wants to control from the top but Jarod keeps moving.
Striker postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Striker's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Striker's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Striker throws a strike but Jarod rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Striker is pulling down on Jarod's head. It's preventing any offense from Jarod, at least for the moment.
Jarod working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Striker keeping moving, preventing Jarod from controlling successfully.
Jarod looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jarod missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Striker managing to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Striker 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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dennis Striker.
No luck for Striker with that takedown attempt.

Striker closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Striker is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jarod knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Striker working the ground and pound.
Striker has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Striker thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striker works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Striker scores with punches from side control.
Striker scoring with punches and elbows.

Striker is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jarod has escaped the position, nice work there.
Striker trying to control the position but Jarod is working away.
Jarod is trying to control Striker's posture but Striker avoids it.
Striker cracks Jarod with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jarod taking a bit of punishment here - Striker scoring with strikes.

Striker is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jarod has escaped the position, nice work there.

Striker looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jarod taking a bit of punishment here - Striker scoring with strikes.
Striker controlling the position.
Striker wants to control but Jarod is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Striker dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jarod stuffs the takedown attempt from Striker. Striker gets slowly back to his feet.
No luck for Striker with that takedown attempt.
Striker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dennis Striker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Striker defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jarod.

Striker closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Striker is looking for a kimura but Jarod is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Striker to get the leverage.
Striker looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Striker lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Striker lands a nice short elbow.
Striker looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Striker is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Striker wants to work for an arm triangle but Jarod is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Striker lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Striker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dennis Striker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nice strikes from Striker there.
Striker seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jarod does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Striker scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Striker working over Jarod with some ground and pound. Jarod looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Striker working Jarod over with strikes.
Striker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jarod with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Striker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jarod is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Striker is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jarod doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Striker.
Striker is pressing down on Jarod's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jarod is holding on for now.
Striker is trying to control the action in half guard but Jarod is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Striker is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Striker seems to be working for a kimura but Jarod defends the submission attempt.
Striker is keen to just control but Jarod is a slippery customer.
Striker not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jarod taking some punishment here, with Striker in his half guard.
Striker drops an elbow to the side of Jarod's head.
Jarod taking some punishment here, with Striker in his half guard.
Striker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jarod can do to turn this around?

Striker is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jarod defends it well.
Striker takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Striker is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jarod is just riding it out for now. Striker eventually gives up the hold.
Striker takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Striker is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Striker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jarod with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
It looks like Striker is going to stand back up.
Striker is trying to control. Jarod wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Striker dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Striker blocks a head kick by Jarod.
Dennis Striker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jarod is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jarod gets caught flat footed, as Striker shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Striker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Striker chips away with some ground and pound.
Striker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jarod is keeping the position for now.
Striker scoring with some ground and pound.
Striker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jarod swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Striker trying to control the position from guard on top but Jarod is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Striker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jarod takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Striker missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Striker is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Striker won't allow Jarod to sweep him here.
Striker postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Striker working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Striker's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Jarod is rocked!
Striker scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jarod is still in real trouble! Can Striker finish him?
Striker is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Striker working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jarod's head.
Striker keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jarod's head.
Striker scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Striker landing some decent shots from guard.
Striker makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Striker loads up on a big left hand. Jarod felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Striker looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Jarod can't hide his disappointment, as Striker celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dennis Striker!
Dennis Striker seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.