PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jay Gatsby (ranked 338 p4p, 44 weight class) and Cole Orion (ranked 526 p4p, 69 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Gatsby
vs
Orion

175 cm
37
193 lbs
30 - 18 - 0

184 cm
32
185 lbs
27 - 14 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 30 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Gatsby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cole Orion!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orion misses with an uppercut
and Gatsby counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gatsby throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Orion looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Gatsby gets a clinch.
Gatsby lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Orion swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby has a couple of punches blocked by Orion.
Gatsby misses with a body punch.
Orion swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orion scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Orion.
A head punch on the inside from Orion fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Gatsby.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
Gatsby lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orion misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Gatsby's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Orion has a couple of punches blocked by Gatsby.
Orion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orion throws a head punch that misses.
Gatsby lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Orion.
Gatsby tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Orion's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatsby lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Orion or not.
Orion throws a head punch that misses.
Gatsby misses with a punch to the body.
Orion misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Gatsby scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orion.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orion.
Gatsby lands a shoulder strike.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but Orion uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby throws a head punch that misses.
Orion misses with the head strike.
Gatsby tries to work over Orion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Orion swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Gatsby.
Gatsby works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Orion throws a head punch that misses.
Gatsby lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Orion swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby lands a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gatsby cracks Orion with a nice body shot.
Orion working aggressively here.
Gatsby lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gatsby.
Orion scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Orion throws a punch but it's blocked by Gatsby.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gatsby creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Orion throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Orion fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orion.
Gatsby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
Gatsby blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gatsby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Orion breaks the clinch.

Gatsby fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Orion, pushing him back against the cage.
Gatsby lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Gatsby on the inside.
A short uppercut from Gatsby.
Gatsby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orion swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gatsby presses Orion against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gatsby blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Orion.
Orion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Orion working aggressively here.
Gatsby's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gatsby lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Orion lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Gatsby.
Gatsby struggles to land a body shot inside as Orion controls his hands.
Orion misses with a punch on the inside.
Orion swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Orion throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gatsbys head.
Gatsby can't find room to land a body shot as Orion controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orion.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orion blocks a body shot from Gatsby.
Orion has a couple of punches blocked by Gatsby.
A short left from Orion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby gets through Orion's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Orion throws a punch but it's blocked by Gatsby.
Orion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Orion looking to stall.
Orion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gatsby misses with a body punch.
Gatsby is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Orion pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Orion misses with the head strike.
Orion lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Orion blocking some punches.
Gatsby scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gatsby throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gatsby lands a right hand.
Gatsby lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Gatsby lands a left hand that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Gatsby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Orion misses with the head strike.
Orion working aggressively here.
Orion throws a head punch that misses.
Gatsby lands with a short shot to the head.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Gatsby 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.

Orion misses the jab.

Gatsby clinches up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Gatsby.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Orion misses with the head strike.
Orion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gatsby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Orion can do to turn this around?
Gatsby throws a head punch that misses.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Gatsby throws a punch but it's blocked by Orion.
Gatsby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gatsby tries a body shot but Orion blocks it.
Orion lands a hook that snaps the head of Gatsby backwards.
Orion misses with a punch on the inside.
Orion has a couple of punches blocked by Gatsby.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatsby lands a hook that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Orion swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gatsby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Orion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
Gatsby blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Orion.
Gatsby misses with the head strike.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Orion misses with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Gatsby.
A short right from Orion on the inside.
Orion lands a left hand.
Gatsby struggles to land a body shot inside as Orion controls his hands.
Orion has a couple of punches blocked by Gatsby.
Gatsby stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Orion is breathing heavily.
A short left from Gatsby.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gatsby.
Gatsby lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gatsby lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gatsby lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Gatsby.
Gatsby lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gatsby.
Gatsby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Gatsby on the inside.
Orion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gatsby lands with a left to the head.
Gatsby scores with a hook to the body.
Gatsby lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Orion.
Gatsby scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gatsby is working Orion over against the cage.
Gatsby lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gatsby throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gatsby lands a left hand that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Gatsby lands a nice uppercut.

Orion is rocked!
Gatsby lands a shot to the body.
Orion is still on wobbly legs! Can Gatsby finish him?
Gatsby lands a right hand that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
A short body shot lands from Gatsby as the two fighters clinch.
Orion seems to have recovered his senses.
Gatsby lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gatsby lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Gatsby.
Gatsby lands a body shot in the clinch.
Orion takes a shot to the head.
Gatsby digs a right hand into Orion's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Orion's gas tank.
Gatsby lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gatsby connects with a big uppercut there that sends Orion tumbling to the ground! Gatsby follows him down into his guard.
Gatsby postures up, still in guard. A huge hammer fist lands that bounces Orion's head off the mat! Orion is out! He's out! Gatsby jumps to his feet and celebrates with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jay Gatsby!
Jay Gatsby made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'My life, old sport, my life... my life has got to be like this... It's got to keep going on.'.