PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cole Orion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cole Orion has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Orion
vs
Judah

184 cm
26
185 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

188 cm
26
195 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cole Orion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Judah!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orion motions for Judah to come forward. Orion throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Orion checks the leg kick nicely there.
Judah checks a leg kick nicely.
Judah wants to counter with a clinch but Orion pushes him away.
Orion delivers a nice body kick.
Orion paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Daniel Judah has been cut.
Judah fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orion tried to counter with a leg kick but Judah avoided it.
Judah misses with a body shot.
It looked like Orion wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Orion throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Judah throws the kick towards the body but Orion avoids it.
Orion looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Judah.
Orion has been working on his boxing with his coaches at White Eagle in the buildup to the fight.
Orion pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Judah looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Judah throws a solid leg kick but Orion takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Judah.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Orion.
Daniel Judah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Judah misses with a shot to the body
and Orion counters with an inside leg kick.
Orion attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Orion throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Orion misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Judah looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Orion throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Judah flicks out a counter leg kick but Orion steps away.
Orion misses with a low kick.
Judah looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Judah wants to land a leg kick but Orion is out of range.
Judah connects with a crisp jab.
Orion keeps Judah at a distance using the push kick.
Orion throws a push kick but Judah slaps the foot to one side.
Judah misses with a low kick.
Orion was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A lazy left from Judah finds it's target.
Orion throws the left hand but Judah avoids the punch easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Judah.
Orion connects with a leg kick. Judah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Judah throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Orion avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Orion misses the jab.
Orion moves out of range of the leg kick from Judah.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orion throws a sloppy body shot
and Judah counters with a left and a right that stings Orion.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orion throws a body shot but no joy.
Orion throws a body kick that misses.
Orion lands a glancing blow to the side of Judah's head.
Orion pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A telegraphed right hand from Orion misses the target.
Orion steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Judah.
Orion throwing a counter right hand but Judah manages to avoid it.
Judah checks a leg kick nicely.
Judah swings away with a body shot that misses
and Orion counters with an inside leg kick.
Orion takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Judah moves into the clinch.
Orion is looking to control Judah's arms but Judah gets an underhook and turns him. Now Orion has his back to the cage.
Orion misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Orion just misses with a elbow thrown towards Judah's brow.
Judah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Orion is blocking nicely.
Judah tries a knee to the head but Orion blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orion avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Orion just misses with a elbow thrown towards Judah's brow.
Orion throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Orion lands a shoulder strike.
Orion dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Orion lands a damaging elbow.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Orion is blocking nicely.
Orion lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Judah can't find room to land a body shot as Orion controls the action.
Orion throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Judah connects with a knee to the head.

Orion's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Judah connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Orion throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Judah on the side of the head.
Judah tries to clinch but Orion is having none of it.
Orion fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judah manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Judah misses with a hook
enabling Orion to counter with a crisp jab.
Orion takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Orion is looking to land body kicks.
Orion avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Orion misses with a wild body shot.
Orion moves out of range as Judah strikes.
Orion is looking to counter punch.
A left and a right from Judah both land. Nice combination.
Orion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Judah.
Orion misses with a low kick as Judah jumps back.
A chopping leg kick lands by Orion.
Judah tries to close the distance and clinch but Orion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Orion jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Judah throws a leg kick but Orion sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Judah takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That has opened up Daniel Judah's cut even more.
A punch lands to the side of Orion 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Judah moves away from the strike by Orion.
A slow jab from Judah misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cole Orion will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Daniel Judah's cut.
That's time! Orion's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Orion thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Judah if he has to take too many more of those.
Orion connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Orion lands with an overhand left.
Orion fails to land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Judah was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Orion fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Judah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Orion thumps Judah with a low kick.
Orion pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Orion looks to throw the jab but Judah is out of range.
Judah is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Orion.
Orion half committed to a counter leg kick.
Judah tried to score with a low kick but Orion checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orion throws a low kick but it's checked well by Judah.
Judah ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Judah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Orion paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Orion avoids a kick to the body.
Judah takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orion takes a swing at Judah's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah wants to slow Orion down by chopping away at his legs.
Judah jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Judah pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Orion misses with a low kick.
Orion moves out of range of the leg kick from Judah.
Judah throws a hook to the side of Orion's head but Orion sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Orion jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Orion lands with a nice body kick.
Orion pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Orion avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Orion scores with a head kick. Judah tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Good work by Orion as he checks the leg kick.
Orion tries to score with a low kick but Judah moves his leg out of the way.
Judah throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Orion sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Orion throws a leg kick but Judah sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Judah tries to land a body kick
and Orion counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah falls off balance throwing a combination
and Orion counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Judah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orion moves away from the strike by Judah.
Orion fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Judah misses with a straight left.
It looked like Orion wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Judah throws a jab when Orion was well out of range.
Judah on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Orion. Orion obviously looking to wear him down.
Judah feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Orion's calf.
Orion blocks the body kick.
Orion appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Judah's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Orion throws a leg kick
and Judah counters with a one-two to the body.
Judah is looking to chop away at Orion's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Orion.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Judah works the jab nicely.
Judah checks a leg kick nicely.
Orion misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion throws a nice inside leg kick.
Orion throws an overhand right that lands on Judah's shoulder, as Judah tries to avoid the shot.
Cole Orion is winning the standup battle so far.
Orion throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Judah connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Judah tries a low kick but Orion avoids it.
Orion throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Judah sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Judah was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice cross by Judah.
Judah swings away with a body shot that misses
and Orion counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Judah is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Orion clobbers Judah with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Judah throws a hook but Orion avoids it easily.
Judah with a nice cross.
Orion throws a half hearted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orion. Judah does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Judah. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lazy body kick from Orion
and Judah counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Judah throws a body punch but Orion moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orion ducks under a wild hook from Judah.
Orion looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Judah tries to clinch but Orion is having none of it.
Orion quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Orion looks to score with a jab to the body but Judah is just out of range.
Judah throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Orion thuds his shin into the meat of Judah's side.
Orion feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Judah's calf.
A slapping leg kick lands for Judah.
Orion looks to land a right hand but Judah moved out of range.
Judah counters with a body kick.
Judah thuds his shin into the meat of Orion's side.

Judah gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Orion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Orion lands a right hand.
Judah lands a nice shot to the body.
Orion lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cole Orion dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Judah's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Orion checks a low kick from Judah.
Judah sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Judah has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Orion.
Judah cracks the inside of Orion's front leg.
Orion looks to land a body kick but Judah moved away.
A head kick misses from Orion.
Judah chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Judah moves out of range of the leg kick from Orion.
Orion looks for the body kick but Judah saw that one coming.
Judah lands with a thumping leg kick.
Orion lands a nice shot to the body.
Orion bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah lands a nice hook to Orion's body. Orion takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Judah throws a front kick aimed at Orion's knee but Orion avoids it well.
Judah ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Orion fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Judah on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Judah pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orion misses with a body kick.
Judah blocks a head kick by Orion.
Orion walks into a stiff left hand from Judah.
Judah takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Judah looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Judah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orion swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Judah appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Judah crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Orion - the referee stops the clock and Judah gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Orion. Judah manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Judah misses with an attempted mid kick.
And Orion counters with a quick kick to the body but Judah blocks it.
Orion lands an overhand right.
Judah throws out a powerful jab.
Judah pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Orion tried to counter with a leg kick but Judah avoided it.
Judah keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Judah throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Orion keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Daniel Judah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orion lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Judah takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orion misses with an uppercut.
A good leg kick by Orion.
Judah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Orion moves away.
Orion fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Judah on the side of the head.
Judah stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Orion.
Orion misses with a body kick.
A big right from Orion misses.
Judah tries a quick counter leg kick but Orion is wise to it.
Orion loads up on a big right hand but Judah slips the punch.
Judah throws a leg kick but Orion sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Orion's jab looks to have found its range, popping Judah under the eye.
Orion pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Judah slips under a jab.
Orion scores with the left hand. Judah knows he should have avoided that one.

Judah is rocked!

The cut above Daniel Judah's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A nice leg kick lands there from Orion.
Judah is still on wobbly legs! Can Orion finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Orion thuds a left hand into Judah's body.
Orion tries to work over Judah's front leg with a kick but Judah checks it.
Judah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Judah seems to have recovered his senses.
Orion throws a nice outside leg kick.
Judah throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Judah misses with a low kick.
Orion tried to counter with a leg kick but Judah avoided it.
An inside leg kick lands from Judah.
Judah throws a leg kick but Orion sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Orion checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Judah takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Judah misses with a head kick.
Orion scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Judah misses with a shot to the body
and Orion counters with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orion scores with the left hand. Judah knows he should have avoided that one.
Orion drops Judah with a big left hand! Judah is injured, injured bad! Orion jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cole Orion!
A relieved looking Cole Orion thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.