PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Strom (ranked 3200 p4p, 450 weight class) and Thomas Raske (ranked 3693 p4p, 502 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Strom
vs
Raske

185 cm
28
177 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

188 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Aspire Nutrition
Aspire Clothing

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Julius Strom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Raske!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ron Honeybunn and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strom connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice shot lands for Strom.
We've been told by Strom's head coaches at Fight Hard that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Raske misses with a wild body shot.
Strom looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Strom scores with a one two! Raske had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Julius Strom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strom ducks under a wild hook from Raske.
Raske misses with a hook. Strom ducked under it nicely.
Strom misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Raske swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Raske throws a jab when Strom was well out of range.
Strom looks to land a combination but Raske avoids it well.
Nice cross by Raske.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Strom fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Raske slips a jab and a cross from Strom.
Raske looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Raske dodges the punch combination from Strom.
A punch combination from Strom misses.
Raske swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strom fails to land with a series of punches.
Strom misses with a two punch combination.
Strom will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Raske throws a right and a left that Strom avoids nicely.
Raske throws a good cross that connects.
Raske throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Strom sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Raske cracks Strom with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Strom lands with an uppercut that bounces Raske off the ropes and back into range.
Raske avoids a punch combination nicely.
Raske doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Strom throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strom misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raske blocks a jab.
Raske lunges at Strom with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Strom's hand.

Strom is rocked!
Strom throws the left hand but Raske avoids the punch easily.
Oh Strom is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raske swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strom appears to be looking for a big counter.
Strom seems to have got his legs back now.
Strom throws a right hand that Raske ducks under and follows up with a left that Raske also avoids with ease.
Strom avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Strom throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Raske misses with a straight left.
Strom misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Strom falls off balance throwing a combination
and Raske counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Strom lands a two punch combo.
Raske swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strom lands with a nice combination. Raske backs away looking to recover.
Strom throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raske throws a body punch but Strom moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Strom.
Strom scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Strom misses with a series of wild punches.
Raske is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Strom with a body shot.
Strom scores with a punch to the head.
Raske showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Strom.
Raske looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A combination from Strom does no damage.
Raske takes a swing at Strom's ribcage but misses.
A punch lands to the side of Raske 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Raske wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raske swings widly with a right hand
and Strom connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raske misses with a straight left.
Strom closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Strom takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Strom rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Raske moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Strom misses with a hook.
Strom takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Strom lands a really nice looking cross but Raske seems unphased.
Strom takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Strom scores with a one two! Raske had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Strom blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right-left combo lands from Strom.
Strom steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Raske.
Strom is looking for a counter combo.
Raske throws a body punch but Strom moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Strom!
Strom just misses with a punch to the body.
Raske keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Strom throws a nice looking combination but Raske bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Strom throws a right and a left that Raske avoids nicely.
A big left from Raske misses.
Strom misses with a double jab
and Raske counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Raske throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Strom misses the target.
Strom misses with a series of wild punches.
Raske pounces like a tiger and cracks Strom with a vicious hook! Strom is down but not out! Raske follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Thomas Raske!
A very excited looking Thomas Raske made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.