PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Strom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carver has chosen Raining Blood as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Strom
vs
Carver

185 cm
26
177 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
184 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

King of Clothes

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julius Strom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Carver!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carver explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Strom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carver manages to avoid it.
Carver lands a head kick. Strom smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A leg kick checked by Strom.
Carver throws a jab when Strom was well out of range.
Carver scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd cheers as Strom lands an impressive looking overhand right. Carver doesn't seem phased though.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Carver - that will leave a mark!
Carver delivers a nice body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Carver.
Carver throws a head kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strom throws a poor cross that misses
and Carver finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Carver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver throws a sloppy head kick and Strom moves out of range easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Strom misses its target.
Strom moves out of range of the body kick.
Strom misses the shot to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Carver - that will leave a mark!
Carver tries a head kick but it misses.
Carver throws a head kick but Strom moves out of range.
Carver misses with a kick to the body.
Strom blocks a head kick by Carver.
Strom throws out a powerful jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Carver. Strom shrugs it off though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Strom. Carver does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Strom lands an impressive looking overhand right. Carver doesn't seem phased though.
Carver misses with a kick to the body
and Strom counters with a straight right hand.
Carver has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A head kick misses from Carver.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carver with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Carver looks for the body kick but Strom saw that one coming.
Strom just misses with a punch to the body.
Carver steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Carver.
Carver connects with a solid leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Strom crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Carver - the referee stops the clock and Strom gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Carver. Strom manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Carver lands with a kick to the temple. Strom shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Strom seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Carver throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Carver keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Strom.
Carver misses with a body kick.
Strom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Strom throws a hook to the side of Carver's head but Carver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carver tries a head kick but it misses.
Carver misses with a body kick.
Strom throws a shot from downtown. Carver moves away and avoids it.
Carver takes one to the chin there.
Carver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Carver throws a body kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strom pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carver was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Carver moves out of range of the strikes.
Carver follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Strom lands a nice hook to Carver's body. Carver takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Carver ducks under a wild hook from Strom.
Strom takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Strom with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carver tries a head kick but it misses.
Strom throws a series of punches but Carver moves out of range.
Strom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carver was well out of range. Poor timing from Strom.
Carver misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Strom seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Strom avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Carver dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Strom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carver.
A head kick misses from Carver.
Carver misses with a low kick.
Strom misses the jab.
Strom lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Carver tries a head kick but it misses.
Carver thuds his shin into the meat of Strom's side.
Carver connects with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carver slips a straight right by Strom.
Strom connects with the punch.
Strom checks the leg kick nicely there.
Carver takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver scores with a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Carver.

Strom has Carver up against the cage in a clinch.
Carver landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carver misses with a punch to the body.
Strom blocks the elbow strike.
Carver crunches a lovely knee into Strom's ribcage.
Carver misses with a knee strike.
Strom lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Strom throws a punch but it's blocked by Carver.
Carver tries to land knees in the clinch but Strom avoids the damage to the body.
Carver has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Strom is working Carver over against the cage.
Strom avoiding damage as Carver throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
Carver lands an elbow just above Strom 's eye.

Carver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Strom.
Strom connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Strom looks to clinch
enabling Carver to counter with a crisp jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Carver, right into the meat.
Carver misses with a kick to the body.
Strom steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Carver. That one must have hurt.
Carver takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Strom will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Strom closes the distance and clinches.
Carver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Strom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Strom throws a punch but it's blocked by Carver.
Still in the clinch, Strom scores with a nice short uppercut.
Strom avoids a wild elbow strike from Carver.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strom is working Carver over against the cage.
Strom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carver takes a shot to the head.
Strom blocks the elbow strike.
Strom lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carver backwards.

Carver manages to break the clinch.
Carver looks for the body kick but Strom saw that one coming.
Strom just misses with a punch to the body.
Strom looks to throw the jab but Carver is out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Carver.
Jack Carver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Strom lands a jab to Carver's midsection.
Carver throws a poor cross that misses
and Strom counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Carver misses with a low kick.
Strom digs a good hook to Carver's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strom tries to clinch but Carver is having none of it.
Carver displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Strom throws out the jab.
Carver counters with a body kick.
Carver throws a push kick but Strom slaps the foot to one side.
Strom throwing a counter right hand but Carver manages to avoid it.
Carver misses with the body kick
and Strom counters with a straight right hand.
Strom throws a looping overhand right but Carver ducks down to avoid it.

Strom gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Carver misses with an elbow over the top.
Carver utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Strom scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Carver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carver scores with the left hand. Strom knows he should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Julius Strom will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Carver lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Strom has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Strom and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A little feinted left hand from Strom on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Strom darts in and clinches Carver up against the cage.

Carver manages to break the clinch.
Strom swings widly with a right hand
and Carver counters with a nice body kick.
Carver walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Strom checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Strom is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Carver.
Carver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Strom misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carver lands a nice looking body kick.
Strom tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carver throws a head kick that misses.
Carver ducks right into an uppercut from Strom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver throws a sloppy head kick and Strom moves out of range easily.
Strom scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Carver looks to score with a jab to the body but Strom is just out of range.
Strom misses with a two punch combination.
Carver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A shot to the body from Carver misses
and Strom counters with a left to the body.
A head kick misses from Carver.
Carver takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Carver is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Carver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carver tries to land a front kick but Strom steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strom chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Carver can pounce on him.
Carver ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Strom throws a body punch but Carver moves out of range.
Strom with a hook.
Carver throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Strom to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Carver tries a head kick but it misses.
Strom scores with a nice head shot.
Carver lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A head kick by Carver misses
and Strom counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Strom feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Carver sprawling to the canvas! Carver rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Strom finish him?!

Carver is rocked!
Carver looks to throw a body kick
and Strom counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Julius Strom!
A victorious Julius Strom thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.