PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Malham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Stroker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malham comes to the cage accompanied by Amorphis - House of Sleep. Stroker is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Deathlike Silence - Who's Gonna Bury Me. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Malham
vs
Stroker

195 cm
26
206 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

188 cm
31
217 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele! NEW STUFF!!!

Resistance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Malham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob Stroker!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stroker checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice jab there from Malham.

It looks like Bob Stroker has been cut.
Malham moves forwards but Stroker connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Malham lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Malham throws a body kick that misses.
Nice body kick from Malham.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stroker throws a body punch but Malham moves out of range.
Stroker misses with a low kick.
Malham checks a leg kick.
Stroker slips under a jab.
Malham moves out of range as Stroker strikes.
Stroker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Malham connects with a leg kick. Stroker looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Malham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malham fakes the leg kick and cracks Stroker in the body.
Stroker moves away from the strike by Malham.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malham looks to score with a jab to the body but Stroker is just out of range.
Malham lands with a straight right. Stroker didn't see that one coming.
Malham throws a right and a left that Stroker avoids nicely.
Malham tries a head kick but it misses.
Stroker ducks under a wild hook from Malham.

Malham closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Malham is looking to advance position but Stroker won't allow it.
Malham wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stroker keeps working.
Malham working the head and body with strikes.
Stroker wants to control but Malham is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Malham is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Stroker defends it well.

Stroker looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malham wants to pass to mount but Stroker is defending the position.
Malham wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stroker keeps working.
Stroker slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Malham wants to control from the top but Stroker keeps moving.

Malham drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Malham jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Stroker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Malham tries to free his leg and advance position but Stroker is retaining full guard.
Malham scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stroker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stroker managing to control the position.
Malham pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stroker is keeping the position for now.
Malham postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stroker keeping moving, preventing Malham from controlling successfully.
Stroker is trying to keep Malham in close.

Stroker is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Malham looking to sit in guard and control but Stroker gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Stroker trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malham is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Malham keeping moving, preventing Stroker from controlling successfully.
Malham is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Stroker must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Stroker wants to control from the top but Malham keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Bob Stroker has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Malham lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malham looks for the body kick but Stroker saw that one coming.
Stroker drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Malham dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bob Stroker's cut.
That's time! Malham's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Stroker moves out of range of the body kick.
Stroker throws the left hand but Malham avoids the punch easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Malham checks a leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Stroker.
Stroker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Malham lands a jab to Stroker's midsection.
John Malham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stroker blocks a jab.
Malham avoids the body shot from Stroker.
Malham swats away the attempt to clinch by Stroker.
A shot to the liver by Malham. Beautiful body shot.
Stroker tries a head kick but it misses.
Malham keeps Stroker at a distance using the push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stroker tries to land a leg kick but Malham saw it coming and moves away.
John Malham is winning the standup battle so far.
Stroker is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stroker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Malham keeps the fight on the outside.
Malham throws a combination. Stroker tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Malham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stroker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Malham connects with a solid leg kick.
Malham misses with a series of wild punches.
Malham with a hook.

That has opened up Bob Stroker's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malham lands a leg kick that knocks Stroker off balance momentarily.

Malham throws a left that rocks Stroker and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Malham dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Stroker regain composure!
Malham lands a decent elbow from side control.
Malham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stroker can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malham looks up at the clock and then as Stroker takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Malham smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
John Malham overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stroker is not content to let Malham control the position.

Malham has an Americana. Stroker didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Malham is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Malham hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). John Malham!
Jumping up and down and very excited, John Malham waved his t-shirt featuring Perkele! NEW STUFF!!!'s logo in front of the cameras.