PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chunk Liddel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Strong
vs
Liddel

195 cm
19
231 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
265 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerry Strong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chunk Liddel!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Liddel wants to clinch up but Strong keeps it at a distance.
Liddel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chunk Liddel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liddel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liddel doesn't manage to clinch there - Strong circles away.
Strong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Liddel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Liddel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Liddel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Liddel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liddel tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liddel slaps away a takedown attempt from Strong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Liddel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Strong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liddel moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liddel manages to avoid it.
Liddel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Strong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Strong throws a hook to the side of Liddel's head but Liddel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liddel lands a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Strong. Liddel does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Liddel misses.
Liddel is looking to clinch but Strong is avoiding it.
Liddel tries to close the distance and clinch but Strong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liddel tries to clinch but Strong is having none of it.
Liddel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liddel doesn't manage to clinch there - Strong circles away.
Strong shoots in for a takedown but Liddel shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Liddel lands a glancing blow to the side of Strong's head.
Liddel looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddel tries to clinch there but Strong circles away.
Strong misses with a hook to the body
and Liddel counters with a stiff right hand.
Strong shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Liddel sprawls well. Liddel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Strong gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerry Strong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Strong misses with a hook.
Strong displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Liddel.

Strong shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Liddel manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Strong thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Strong drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Strong jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Strong thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Strong thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Strong drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Strong as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Liddel screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Strong! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jerry Strong!