PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Orion Struss (ranked 2962 p4p, 5395 weight class) and Masada The Zealot (ranked 369 p4p, 543 weight class). Struss kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Lil Gnar - New Bugatti. Masada The Zealot will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Struss
vs
The Zealot

175 cm
22
170
4 - 6 - 0

190 cm
45
162
35 - 32 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orion Struss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Masada The Zealot!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Bruno Hogan and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Struss scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The Zealot misses with a left hand
and Struss counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Zealot lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Struss digs a good body shot into The Zealot's ribs.
Struss misses with a wild combination.
Struss backing away here, and The Zealot unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
The Zealot has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Struss.
Struss scores with a crisp jab that stopped The Zealot in his tracks.
Struss throws a nice looking combination but The Zealot bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Decent striking displayed by Struss there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Struss misses with a wild body shot.

Struss tries to keep at a distance but The Zealot has taken the fight into the clinch.
Struss tries to circle away but The Zealot has him pinned against the cage.

Struss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The Zealot gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Struss can't break the clinch.
Struss wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Zealot lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Zealot misses with a punch to the body.
The Zealot lands with a right to the head.
Struss lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Zealot swings wildly with an uppercut but Struss uses good head movement to avoid it.
I was talking to Struss's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The Zealot lands a left hand.
The Zealot lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Zealot makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Struss working aggressively here.
The Zealot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Struss breaks the clinch.
Struss cracks The Zealot with a good jab.

The Zealot closes the distance and pushes Struss back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Struss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Zealot falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Struss to counter with a crisp jab.

The Zealot gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The Zealot is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Struss wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Struss is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from The Zealot fails to land.
The Zealot throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The Zealot gets through Struss's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from The Zealot.
Struss's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Struss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Zealot misses with a hook
and Struss counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - The Zealot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Zealot tries to bum rush Struss with a series of wild strikes but Struss uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Struss swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A nice combination there by Struss.
The Zealot scores with a one two! Struss had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The Zealot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from Struss on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

The Zealot rushes Struss and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Struss creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from The Zealot as the two fighters clinch.
Struss is trying to break the clinch but The Zealot is controlling him.
The Zealot misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Struss lands a body shot.
The Zealot throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Struss's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Struss is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Struss wants to break free but The Zealot has control.
Struss lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Zealot throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Strusss head.

Struss breaks the clinch.
Struss misses with a hook. The Zealot ducked under it nicely.
The Zealot misses with a hook
and Struss counters with a nice leg kick.
The Zealot throws a series of punches but Struss moves out of range.
Struss defending well as The Zealot loads up on a big left hand.
Struss ducks under a wild hook from The Zealot.
Struss lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Zealot throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Zealot misses with a lunging right hand
and Struss counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The Zealot drives through and clinches with Struss against the cage.

Struss manages to break the clinch.

Struss gets tackled into the cage by The Zealot. The Zealot maintains the clinch.
The Zealot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Struss lands a shot to the body.
The Zealot lands with a light punch inside.
The Zealot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Struss can't break the clinch.
The Zealot lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Struss.
Struss misses with a punch to the body.
The Zealot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Struss wants to break the clinch but can't.
Struss is trying to force a seperation but The Zealot has the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Struss breaks the clinch.
The Zealot throws a jab when Struss was well out of range.
Masada The Zealot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Struss lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Zealot misses with an uppercut
and Struss counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Orion Struss will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

The Zealot throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Struss counters with a three punch combo that has The Zealot backing up. The Zealot nods at Struss to acknowledge the strikes.
Struss pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Struss ducks under a wild hook from The Zealot.

The Zealot moves into range and clinches up with Struss.
The Zealot working aggressively here.
The Zealot has a couple of punches blocked by Struss.
Struss struggles to land a body shot inside as The Zealot controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Zealot.
Struss has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Still in the clinch, The Zealot scores with a nice short uppercut.
The Zealot lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Struss manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Struss lands a really nice looking cross but The Zealot seems unphased.
Struss falls off balance throwing a combination
and The Zealot counters with a body kick that stops Struss in his tracks momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from The Zealot misses the target.
Struss takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Zealot takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

The Zealot has managed to clinch.
Struss looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Zealot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Struss lands a hook that snaps the head of The Zealot backwards.
The Zealot misses with some punches.
Struss has had enough of the clinch but The Zealot keeps him there for the moment.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The Zealot gets through Struss's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Zealot keeps control of Struss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Zealot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Zealot keeps control of Struss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Struss takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Struss wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Struss.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Struss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Struss blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Struss breaks from the clinch.
Struss throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Zealot.
Struss scores with a sloppy right hand. The Zealot should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Zealot dodges the punch combination from Struss.
Struss scores with a jab to the head.
The Zealot throws a front kick aimed at Struss's knee but Struss avoids it well.
The Zealot throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Zealot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Struss takes one on the button.
Struss ducks right into an uppercut from The Zealot.
Struss connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Zealot has managed to clinch.

Struss manages to break the clinch.
Struss ducks under a wild hook from The Zealot.
Struss blocks the body kick.

The Zealot closes the distance and clinches.

Struss manages to break the clinch.
The Zealot rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Struss counters with a nice body shot.
The Zealot wants to slow Struss down by chopping away at his legs.
Struss closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Struss throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Struss throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Orion Struss is winning the standup battle so far.
Good leg kick by Struss.
The Zealot uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Struss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Zealot lands a jab.
Struss just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Struss connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The Zealot swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Struss counters with a left and a right that stings The Zealot.
Struss stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A punch combination from Struss misses.
The Zealot looks to land a body kick but Struss moved away.
The Zealot clobbers Struss with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from The Zealot in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The Zealot throws a hook but Struss avoids it easily.
The Zealot staying out of range there.
The Zealot throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Struss counters with a nice body kick.
Struss lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Struss misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Zealot.
A right-left combo lands from The Zealot.
The Zealot throws a right hand that Struss ducks under and follows up with a left that Struss also avoids with ease.

The Zealot clinches up against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Orion Struss will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Struss changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The Zealot with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Struss to score with a decent uppercut.
Struss avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Struss throws a series of punches but The Zealot moves out of range.
The Zealot throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Zealot swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Struss avoids the head kick by The Zealot.
The Zealot throws a shot from downtown. Struss moves away and avoids it.

The Zealot closes the distance and pushes Struss back into the cage.
The Zealot lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Struss lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Struss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by The Zealot.
Struss misses with a two punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from The Zealot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Struss takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

The Zealot closes the distance and clinches.
Struss looking to stall.
A body shot lands from The Zealot.
The Zealot lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from The Zealot.
The Zealot blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for The Zealot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Zealot misses with a punch on the inside.
The Zealot lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Struss backwards.
The Zealot lands with a left to the head.
Struss blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Struss manages to break the clinch.
Struss blocks a jab.

The Zealot fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Struss, pushing him back against the cage.
Struss has a couple of punches blocked by The Zealot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Struss manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Zealot slips a straight right by Struss.
The Zealot looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Zealot fails to land with a series of punches.
The Zealot jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Struss was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

The Zealot takes the fight into the clinch.
The Zealot lands a body punch in the clinch.

Struss manages to break the clinch.
Struss scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Struss turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The Zealot takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The Zealot lands a lovely overhand right.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Struss is trying to force a seperation but The Zealot has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Struss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Struss misses the shot to the body.
The Zealot tries to bum rush Struss with a series of wild strikes but Struss uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Zealot misses with a left hand
and Struss counters with a straight right hand.
Masada The Zealot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Zealot scores with a nice right hand.
Struss looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Struss is rocked!
Struss throws a chopping leg kick but The Zealot manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Oh Struss is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A good leg kick by Struss.
Orion Struss is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Struss paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The Zealot pounces like a tiger and cracks Struss with a vicious hook! Struss is down but not out! The Zealot follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Masada The Zealot!
After winning the bout, Masada The Zealot thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.