PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cloud Strife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Obi Wan Shinobi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Strife
vs
Wan Shinobi

193 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cloud Strife!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Obi Wan Shinobi!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strife takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A left lands for Strife.
Strife swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shinobi misses with a head kick.
Strife misses with a right hand
and Shinobi counters with a head kick. That will keep Strife thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Shinobi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shinobi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Strife manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shinobi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Strife throws a looping overhand right but Shinobi ducks down to avoid it.
Strife takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Cloud Strife has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strife chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shinobi can pounce on him.
Shinobi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Strife has managed to clinch.
Shinobi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Strife dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Shinobi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Strife's defenses.
Strife fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shinobi lands an elbow inside that Strife shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shinobi.
Strife could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Shinobi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Strife trying to control the position but instead, Shinobi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Strife into the cage.
Shinobi lands a damaging elbow.
Strife working aggressively here.
Strife lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shinobi throws an elbow but misses.
Strife lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shinobi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Strife can't break the clinch.
Strife lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Strife tries to break free but Shinobi pushes him back against the cage.
Strife working aggressively here.
Shinobi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Strife has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinobi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Strife lands a hook that snaps the head of Shinobi backwards.
Strife lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shinobi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shinobi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Strife's defenses.

Cloud Strife's cut is getting worse.
Shinobi prevents a body shot from Strife.
Strife is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Strife is looking to break free of the clinch but Shinobi has double underhooks.
Strife swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Strife.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Strife cracks Shinobi with a nice body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Strife.
Shinobi crunches a lovely knee into Strife's ribcage.
Strife takes an elbow to the forehead.
Strife lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife misses with a punch on the inside.
Shinobi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Strife working aggressively here.
Shinobi lands a damaging elbow.
Strife misses with a hook from the clinch.
Strife fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shinobi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strife.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shinobi.
Shinobi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Strife's defenses.
Shinobi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Cloud Strife's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Shinobi blocking some punches.
Strife lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Strife scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Strife.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strife is looking to break free of the clinch but Shinobi has double underhooks.
Strife lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shinobi backwards.
Strife tries to circle away but Shinobi has him pinned against the cage.
Strife prevents Shinobi from breaking the clinch.
Strife throws a head punch that misses.
Shinobi blocking some punches.
Strife wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Strife has a couple of punches blocked by Shinobi.
Strife tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strife controlling the action here for a moment.
Shinobi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Strife misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shinobi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shinobi lands a damaging elbow.
Strife lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Obi Wan Shinobi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cloud Strife's cut.
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.

Nice body kick there by Shinobi.
Strife tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shinobi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Obi Wan Shinobi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Strife tries to close the distance and clinch but Shinobi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strife keeps the fight on the outside.

Shinobi forces Strife back against the cage and clinches.
Strife tries to break the clinch but Shinobi is controlling the position.
Shinobi lands an elbow that stopped Strife in his tracks for a moment.
Strife tries to break free but Shinobi pushes him back against the cage.
Shinobi lands an elbow inside that Strife shrugs off.
Strife has a couple of punches blocked by Shinobi.
Strife pushes Shinobi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Strife lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Strife lands with a light punch inside.
Shinobi throws an elbow that misses.
Shinobi lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Shinobi.

Jeez, Cloud Strife's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Strife is leaning against Shinobi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinobi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Strife avoids the elbow strike from Shinobi, against the cage.
Strife tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shinobi's elbow.
Shinobi throws an elbow but it misses.
A frustrated look appears on Shinobi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Strife is trying to break free.
The referee is keeping an eye on Strife - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Strife scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shinobi lands a nice knee to the body.
Shinobi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Strife misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Shinobi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Strife misses with a straight right.
Shinobi wants to clinch.
Shinobi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinobi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Strife throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shinobi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Strife bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Shinobi's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Shinobi - that will leave a mark!
Shinobi scores with a spinning back kick!
Shinobi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shinobi throws a sloppy head kick and Strife moves out of range easily.
Shinobi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Strife misses with a straight right.
Strife wants to clinch up but Shinobi keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shinobi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strife swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shinobi keeps the fight on the outside.
Shinobi throws a sloppy head kick and Strife moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife scores with a decent looking hook.
Shinobi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shinobi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Strife moves in looking to clinch but Shinobi pushes him off.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Strife moves into the clinch.
Strife takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Cloud Strife's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Obi Wan Shinobi!
A very excited looking Obi Wan Shinobi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.