PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stanky Ho (ranked 4855 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiron Cruel Rookie (ranked 2245 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ho
vs
Cruel Rookie

185 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Paradigm

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stanky Ho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tiron Cruel Rookie!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ho clinches up with Cruel Rookie and pushes him back against the cage.
Cruel Rookie is trying to break the clinch but Ho is controlling him.
Cruel Rookie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ho letting Cruel Rookie take a breather here.
Ho throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruel Rookie blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cruel Rookie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ho's brow.
Cruel Rookie throws a head punch that misses.
Cruel Rookie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ho prevents Cruel Rookie from breaking the clinch.
Ho lands a nice knee to the body.
Cruel Rookie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cruel Rookie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ho lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bit of stalling here from Cruel Rookie.
Ho lands a knee to the head.
Ho landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cruel Rookie looking to slow down the pace here.
Ho landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho with a knee to the head.
Cruel Rookie effectively controlling the action here.
Ho with a knee to the head.
Ho connects with a knee to the head.
Cruel Rookie has had enough of the clinch but Ho keeps him there for the moment.
Ho landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ho misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Ho.
Ho has Cruel Rookie pressed against the cage, preventing Cruel Rookie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees to the body from Ho.
Ho with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ho connects with a knee to the head.
Ho landing knees to the body.
Ho tries to land a knee to the head but Cruel Rookie blocks with his arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruel Rookie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ho tries to land a knee to the head but Cruel Rookie blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Cruel Rookie.
Ho throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruel Rookie blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Cruel Rookie.
Cruel Rookie stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cruel Rookie misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cruel Rookie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ho tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cruel Rookie managing to block the knees to the body from Ho.
Ho prevents a body shot from Cruel Rookie.
Ho keeps control of Cruel Rookie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ho has Cruel Rookie pressed against the cage, preventing Cruel Rookie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees to the body from Ho.
Cruel Rookie misses with an elbow strike.
Cruel Rookie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ho with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cruel Rookie slowing the pace effectively.
Cruel Rookie misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho tries a knee to the head but Cruel Rookie blocks it.
Ho avoids a wild elbow strike from Cruel Rookie.
Ho blocks an elbow strike from Cruel Rookie.
Cruel Rookie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ho lands a knee to the head.
We've been informed that Cruel Rookie has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Cruel Rookie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ho tries to land a knee to the head but Cruel Rookie blocks with his arms.

Cruel Rookie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Cruel Rookie clinches with his opponent.
Ho misses with a knee to the head.
Ho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ho with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cruel Rookie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ho's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

It looks like Stanky Ho has been cut.
Ho landing knees to the body.
Cruel Rookie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ho avoids a wild elbow strike from Cruel Rookie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruel Rookie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cruel Rookie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ho.
Cruel Rookie misses with a body punch.
Cruel Rookie throws an elbow but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cruel Rookie tightens his grip and picks Ho up, before dumping him to the ground. Ho manages to land in guard.
Cruel Rookie tries to stand but Ho is controlling from the bottom.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cruel Rookie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanky Ho dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stanky Ho's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ho rushes Cruel Rookie and presses him up against the cage.
Ho tries a knee to the head but Cruel Rookie blocks it.
Cruel Rookie slowing the pace effectively.
Ho misses with a knee strike.
Ho lands a knee to the head.
Ho using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cruel Rookie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Cruel Rookie ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Cruel Rookie no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Cruel Rookie pushes Ho off and gets back to his feet.

Cruel Rookie closes the distance and clinches.
Ho using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cruel Rookie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cruel Rookie.
Ho with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Cruel Rookie jumps guard and drags Ho to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cruel Rookie wants to sweep here but Ho controlling him for the moment.
Ho knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cruel Rookie on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruel Rookie has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Ho has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Cruel Rookie to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Ho is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Cruel Rookie pulls down on the head and he's put Ho to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Tiron Cruel Rookie!
A relieved looking Tiron Cruel Rookie thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.