PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Streburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Streburg
vs
Cage

200 cm
18
278 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

198 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jan Streburg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Luke Cage!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cage throws out a powerful jab.
Cage circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cage tests Streburg's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cage should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Streburg gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cage lands a jab to the head.
Cage looks to throw the jab but Streburg is out of range.

It looks like Jan Streburg has been cut.
Cage misses with an uppercut. Streburg saw that one coming.
Streburg wants to clinch up but Cage keeps it at a distance.
Streburg tries to clinch but Cage moves out of range.
Cage lands a jab to the nose.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Streburg ducks straight into an uppercut from Cage and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Streburg maanges to regain guard straight away.

Streburg is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Streburg is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cage is controlling him.
Oh Streburg is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cage slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Streburg seems to have got his legs back now.
Streburg keeping moving, preventing Cage from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cage trying to control the position from guard on top but Streburg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cage seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Streburg utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cage must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cage passes Streburg's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cage is looking to take a break and control but Streburg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cage thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cage working over Streburg with some ground and pound. Streburg looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cage throwing shots but Streburg is blocking nicely.
Cage thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cage missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Streburg avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cage.
Cage throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Streburg's head.
Cage missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cage is trying to control the action in half guard but Streburg is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Streburg wants to clinch up but Cage keeps it at a distance.
Jab from Cage.
Cage clobbers Streburg with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cage works Streburg's body with a nice hook.
Streburg is breathing heavily.
Streburg is looking to clinch.
Cage circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cage lands a glancing blow to the side of Streburg's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Streburg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cage scores with the left hand. Streburg knows he should have avoided that one.
Streburg takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cage lands with a shot to the body.
Cage scores with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Streburg has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Streburg there as he acknowledges the shot.

Streburg takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Streburg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Cage breaks the clinch.
Streburg fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cage bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Streburg's head backwards.
Cage might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cage missing with a left hand there. Streburg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Streburg tries to clinch but Cage is having none of it.
Streburg moves in looking to clinch but Cage pushes him off.
Streburg throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Cage crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jan Streburg!