PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gristle McThornbody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Orange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McThornbody comes to the cage accompanied by Tame. Orange has chosen Bob Seger- Turn the Page as his entrance music. Gristle McThornbody has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

McThornbody
vs
Orange

188 cm
35
210 lbs
40 - 11 - 0

200 cm
33
214 lbs
33 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
KAISER Nutrition (160!)

Brute
Conviction

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 40 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gristle McThornbody!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Orange!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McThornbody scores with a jab.

It looks like Jake Orange has been cut.
A kick lands to the mid section there for McThornbody.

Orange moves into the clinch.
McThornbody is stalling here.
Orange creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McThornbody's defenses.
McThornbody looking to throw knees to the head but Orange is blocking nicely.
McThornbody goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McThornbody connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McThornbody stalling against the cage.
Orange has a couple of punches blocked by McThornbody.
Orange lands a shot to the body.
McThornbody's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
McThornbody working aggressively here.
McThornbody tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Orange's elbow.
Orange misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McThornbody misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orange missing with knees to the body.
Orange lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McThornbody or not.
McThornbody working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McThornbody digs a right hand underneath Orange's ribcage. Orange let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Orange working hard to break the clinch.
Orange tries to work over McThornbody's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Orange tries a body shot but McThornbody blocks it.
Orange lands a nice knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from McThornbody fails to land.
McThornbody pressing his opponent against the cage.
Orange is trying to push McThornbody away but McThornbody has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Orange pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McThornbody misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orange misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Orange manages to break the clinch.
Orange fakes the leg kick and cracks McThornbody in the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McThornbody throws a lazy right hand but Orange sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McThornbody misses with a hook. Orange ducked under it nicely.
Orange lands a body shot.
McThornbody blocks a low kick nicely.
Orange tries to close the distance and clinch but McThornbody swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Orange ducks under a wild hook from McThornbody.
McThornbody blocks a leg kick.
Orange lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McThornbody at a distance.
Orange connects with the punch.
McThornbody walks forward, straight into a front kick from Orange.
McThornbody misses with a straight left.
Orange lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody misses with a wild body shot.
Orange misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McThornbody.
McThornbody tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Orange ducks under a wild hook from McThornbody.
Orange ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McThornbody moves away.
Orange throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Orange throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Orange looks to land a left hand but McThornbody moved out of range nicely.
Orange throws a body punch but McThornbody moves out of range.
Orange lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McThornbody at a distance.
Orange throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McThornbody on the side of the head.
Orange waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McThornbody.
Jab, jab by Orange - just one landing.

Orange rushes McThornbody and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody misses with some punches.
Orange lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McThornbody takes a shot to the head.
McThornbody lands a right hand.
McThornbody stalling.
Orange tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McThornbody's elbow.
McThornbody softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McThornbody is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Orange's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Orange scores a nice knee to the body.
McThornbody stalling in the clinch.
McThornbody lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McThornbody fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Orange.
A right hook to the body lands for McThornbody.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orange lands a body punch.
McThornbody letting Orange take a breather here.
McThornbody is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Orange dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Orange's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Orange thuds his right hand into McThornbody's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Orange tries to bum rush McThornbody with a series of wild strikes but McThornbody uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McThornbody looks to land a left hand but Orange moved out of range nicely.
McThornbody moves out of range of the leg kick from Orange.
Orange has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Orange misses with a kick to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McThornbody.
McThornbody moves out of range of the body kick.
Orange throws a good cross that connects.
Orange doesn't manage to clinch there - McThornbody circles away.
Orange connects with a solid leg kick.
Jake Orange seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Orange clinches up against the cage.
Orange lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Orange breaks the clinch.
McThornbody circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orange blocks a jab.
Orange on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Orange misses with a hook.
A thudding body kick lands there by McThornbody!
McThornbody slips under a jab from Orange.
McThornbody throws a hook but Orange blocks it.
McThornbody walks forward, straight into a front kick from Orange.
McThornbody throws a low kick but Orange avoids it.
Orange throws a predictable looking body shot
and Orange takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McThornbody pushes Orange away with a front kick.
McThornbody lands a glancing blow to the side of Orange's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McThornbody is looking to land body kicks.
Orange ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody avoids a punch combination nicely.
Orange keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McThornbody.
McThornbody thows a body shot but no joy.
McThornbody doesn't manage to clinch there - Orange circles away.
McThornbody fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Orange checks it well.
Orange throws a leg kick
and McThornbody counters with a nice body kick.
McThornbody swings for the body but Orange moves out of range.
McThornbody throws a half hearted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orange. McThornbody does a little dance to reset his feet.
McThornbody throws a jab but it's blocked by Orange.
McThornbody will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Orange thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Orange counters with an inside leg kick.
Orange cracks the inside of McThornbody's front leg.
A cross from McThornbody lands.
McThornbody jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McThornbody fails to land with a series of punches.
Orange uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McThornbody.
McThornbody uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Orange.
McThornbody misses with a looping left.
Orange just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice shot by Orange.

Orange gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Orange.
Orange goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Orange trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Orange's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Orange scores with a kick to the midsection.
Orange digs a good body shot into McThornbody's ribs.
McThornbody just misses with a punch to the body.
Orange on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Orange misses with a low kick as McThornbody jumps back.
Orange showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McThornbody.

Orange moves into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orange slows down the pace here.
Orange blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jake Orange will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jake Orange's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

McThornbody swings widly with a right hand

and Orange counters by moving into the clinch.
McThornbody throws a head punch that misses.
McThornbody tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Orange's elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Orange working McThornbody over with knees to the body.
Orange blocks a body shot from McThornbody.

Orange breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Orange misses the shot to the body.
McThornbody rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Orange counters with a good low kick that McThornbody was not able to check.
Orange swings for the body but McThornbody moves out of range.
McThornbody takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Orange throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McThornbody cracks Orange with a good jab.
Orange scores with a hook to the body. McThornbody takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orange cracks McThornbody with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McThornbody tried to score with a low kick but Orange checks it.
Orange misses with a wild combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Orange.
McThornbody attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Orange connects with a solid leg kick.
McThornbody swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orange is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McThornbody rather than just go for the knockout.
McThornbody stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Orange.
Orange is looking to chop away at McThornbody's legs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McThornbody.
McThornbody misses with a hook.
McThornbody ducks under a wild hook from Orange.
Orange buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gristle McThornbody has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McThornbody is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orange lands a lovely overhand right.
McThornbody lands with a slapping head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McThornbody stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jake Orange seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orange is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Orange lands with a thumping leg kick.
McThornbody uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Orange.
McThornbody gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
McThornbody misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McThornbody avoids the body shot from Orange.
Orange lands a nice leg kick that just misses McThornbody's sensitive parts.
McThornbody closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McThornbody misses with a leg kick

and Orange counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Orange.
McThornbody tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Orange escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McThornbody on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McThornbody takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Orange darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Orange walks into a straight right hand from McThornbody.
McThornbody throws a wild hook but Orange just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! McThornbody gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Orange raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Orange!
Jake Orange made sure to mention his sponsor, Brute in his post fight interview.