PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Verbana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnson Stroker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Verbana comes to the cage accompanied by Pardon Me. Johnson Stroker is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Verbana
vs
Stroker

182 cm
25
240 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

193 cm
28
265 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, John Verbana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnson Stroker!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verbana takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like John Verbana has been cut.
Stroker throws out a loose jab but Verbana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stroker scores with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Verbana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stroker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stroker takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Johnson Stroker has been cut.
Verbana throws a head kick but Stroker moves out of range.
Verbana throws a low kick, looking for Stroker's leg but Stroker calmly moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Verbana.
Stroker misses with a hook.
Stroker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Verbana looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Verbana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Verbana lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stroker's sensitive parts.
Stroker is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Verbana is breathing heavily.
Stroker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Stroker feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Verbana sprawling to the canvas! Verbana rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Stroker finish him?!

Stroker moves into range and clinches up with Verbana.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stroker lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Verbana being controlled against the cage.
Stroker lands an elbow just above Verbana 's eye.

John Verbana's cut is getting worse.
Stroker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stroker lands an elbow that stopped Verbana in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stroker.

Verbana is rocked!

John Verbana's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Verbana avoiding damage as Stroker throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stroker obliges.
A short right from Stroker on the inside.
Oh Verbana is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, John Verbana's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Stroker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Stroker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Verbana.
Verbana seems to have got his legs back now.
Stroker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Verbana avoids it.
Stroker lands an elbow inside.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Johnson Stroker!
After the fight, Johnson Stroker was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.