PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Vale (ranked 2311 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cloud Strife (ranked 2432 p4p, 0 weight class). Vale's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Motorhead-Iron Fist . Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Vale
vs
Strife

190 cm
36
245 lbs
20 - 22 - 0

195 cm
34
255 lbs
16 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 22 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simon Vale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cloud Strife!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strife is looking to clinch but Vale is avoiding it.
Strife on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've been told by Vale's head coaches at Midnight MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Strife shoots in for a takedown but Vale shows good takedown defense.
A clash of legs there as Vale blocks the low kick.
Strife shoots for a takedown but Vale saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Vale closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Strife quickly recovers to half guard.
Vale drops an elbow to the side of Strife's head.
Vale takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Vale performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Nice strikes from Vale there.
Vale is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Vale pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Strife tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vale scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Strife?
Vale lands with some strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Vale connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Vale raining down shots from the mount!
Vale looking to control and managing it successfully.
Vale putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Vale controlling from mount.
Vale pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Vale lands a big elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Strife takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Vale lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vale working the ground and pound effectively.
Vale landing strikes from the mount and Strife is in trouble!

Strife is rocked!
Vale scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Vale looking to finish Strife with some ground and pound. This is bad for Strife!
Strife in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Strife is still in real trouble! Can Vale finish him?
Oooooh, big shot lands for Vale! Strife is hurt baaadly! Vale is firing away with more strikes - Strife is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Simon Vale!
Simon Vale made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'This is my last fight. Time to retire, thanks to OFC your a great company to work for'.