PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nate Sorenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike strayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sorenson
vs
strayer

175 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nate Sorenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike strayer!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sorenson shoots for a takedown but strayer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
strayer tries to clinch but Sorenson is having none of it.
A combination from strayer does no damage.

Sorenson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. strayer sprawls well initially but Sorenson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
strayer tries to kick Sorenson off but Sorenson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Sorenson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
strayer moves into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sorenson throws and elbow that misses. strayer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sorenson's guard. Nice move by strayer!
strayer preventing the sweep.
strayer is in close to Sorenson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
strayer trying to control the position from guard on top but Sorenson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
strayer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sorenson is looking for a triangle but strayer pushes his legs off easily.
strayer sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sorenson's guard.
Sorenson moves into full guard.

Sorenson wriggles free and stands up.
Sorenson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sorenson is breathing heavily.
strayer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sorenson misses with a jab, cross combination.
strayer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sorenson. That did some damage!
strayer lands a left and a right that sends Sorenson crashing to the canvas! strayer dives into mount looking to finish!

Sorenson is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sorenson is trying desperately to improve position.
Oh Sorenson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sorenson is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorenson seems to have got his legs back now.
strayer lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sorenson can't escape the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sorenson chipping away with body shots but they're not going to hurt strayer.
Sorenson regains half guard.

Sorenson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sorenson throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and strayer manages to pass to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

strayer decides to take the fight back to the feet.
strayer looks to land a combination but Sorenson avoids it well.

Sorenson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
strayer wants to get back to his feet.
Sorenson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sorenson thows a huge punch but strayer dodges it nicely.
Sorenson lands with a punch from half guard.
Sorenson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Sorenson is trying to work for a kimura but strayer is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorenson trying to pass the guard but strayer defending well.
Sorenson is thwarting strayer's attempts to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
strayer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sorenson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says strayer as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Sorenson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
strayer stuffs the takedown attempt from Sorenson. Sorenson gets slowly back to his feet.
Sorenson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
strayer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sorenson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
strayer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sorenson shoots in and drives through. strayer sprawls well.

Sorenson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike strayer dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sorenson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for strayer!
strayer in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sorenson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nate Sorenson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sorenson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. strayer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sorenson working the ground and pound effectively.
Sorenson raining down shots from the mount!
Sorenson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
strayer wants to control but Sorenson is having none of it.
Sorenson looking to ground and pound but strayer is blocking nicely.
strayer is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorenson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Poor strikes thrown by Sorenson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sorenson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish strayer?

Sorenson is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But strayer has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from strayer!

Sorenson has his foot on strayer's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. strayer works his way back into a safe position though.

Sorenson is looking for a triangle here but strayer uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Sorenson is looking for a sweep.
Sorenson regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorenson tries to roll over but strayer keeps him under control.
Sorenson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Sorenson missing with punches from the bottom.

Sorenson kicks off strayer and gets to his feet.

Sorenson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
An elbow from Sorenson crashes against the mat.
Sorenson grinds an elbow into strayer's temple.
strayer tries to buck Sorenson off but Sorenson is having none of it.
The strikes coming from Sorenson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Sorenson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. strayer knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Sorenson tries for a kimura but strayer is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sorenson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
strayer is trying to control Sorenson's posture but Sorenson avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Sorenson goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, strayer rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sorenson's guard! Nice work there by strayer!

Sorenson has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. strayer is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Sorenson.
Sorenson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Sorenson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sorenson trying desperately to get to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Sorenson dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

strayer pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sorenson is out of range and strayer settles back down.
Nate Sorenson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
strayer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Sorenson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sorenson tries to free his leg and advance position but strayer is retaining full guard.
strayer can't keep his opponent in guard - Sorenson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
strayer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sorenson.

Sorenson decides to return to a standing position.
strayer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Sorenson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
strayer is trying to maintain the position but Sorenson is very close to passing his half guard.
Sorenson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorenson throwing shots but strayer is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Sorenson stands up and beckons strayer to join him on the feet.
strayer fails with an attempt to clinch.
strayer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sorenson. That did some damage!

Sorenson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sorenson postures up.

Sorenson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sorenson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
strayer has a closed guard, preventing Sorenson from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

strayer has his foot on Sorenson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sorenson works his way back into a safe position though.
strayer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sorenson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
strayer wants to control but Sorenson is keeping him busy.
Sorenson gets back to full guard.
Sorenson is striking from the bottom but strayer uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.

strayer stands up and beckons Sorenson to join him on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
strayer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sorenson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
strayer gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Sorenson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
strayer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sorenson throws and elbow that misses. strayer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sorenson's guard. Nice move by strayer!

Sorenson is looking for a triangle but strayer pushes his legs off easily.
Sorenson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sorenson is on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorenson pushes down on strayer's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Sorenson trying to mount his opponent but strayer defends it.
Sorenson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sorenson prevents strayer from standing back up.
Sorenson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sorenson thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing strayer to regain full guard.
Sorenson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Sorenson drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and strayer dives on top into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
strayer sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sorenson's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sorenson wants to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nate Sorenson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sorenson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nate Sorenson!