PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Strom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carver has chosen Raining Blood as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Strom
vs
Carver

185 cm
26
177 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
184 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julius Strom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Carver!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Strom tries to counter by clinching up but Carver breaks away and moves out of range.
Carver wants to clinch up but Strom keeps it at a distance.
A jab lands there for Strom.
Carver throws a head kick but Strom moves out of range.
Carver missing with a left hand there. Strom was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Strom circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Strom counter with a right hand.

Strom rushes Carver and presses him up against the cage.
Strom definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Carver pushes off an throws an elbow but Strom leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carver throws an elbow that misses.
Strom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Strom blocks the elbow strike.
Strom misses with a hook to the ribs.
Strom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Strom blocks an elbow strike.
Strom scores with a shoulder strike.
Carver is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Strom is defending well for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carver looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Strom works on Carver's body with a couple of short punches.
Strom has a couple of punches blocked by Carver.
Strom avoids the elbow strike from Carver, against the cage.
Strom dodges an elbow strike from Carver.
Strom blocks an elbow strike from Carver.
Strom avoids the elbow strike from Carver, against the cage.
Strom dodges an elbow strike from Carver.
Carver blocking some punches.
Strom avoids the elbow strike from Carver, against the cage.
Strom avoids the elbow strike from Carver, against the cage.
Strom lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Strom digs a right hand underneath Carver's ribcage. Carver let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Carver has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Strom seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Carver can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strom.
Carver has a couple of punches blocked by Strom.
Strom lands a nice shot to the body.
Strom avoiding damage as Carver throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Strom scores with a nice short uppercut.
Strom misses with some punches.
Carver pushes off an throws an elbow but Strom leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Strom avoids it.
Strom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carver throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Strom scores with a nice short uppercut.
Strom tries to work over Carver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carver blocking some punches.
Carver throws an elbow but it misses.
Strom pushes Carver back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carver can't find room to land a body shot as Strom controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Strom.
Carver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
Strom blocks the elbow strike.
Carver takes a shot to the head.
Carver trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carver.
Strom avoids a wild elbow strike from Carver.
Strom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Strom throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
Strom lands with a light punch inside.
Strom lands a left hand.
Carver throws an elbow that misses.
A short left from Strom.
Strom scores with a shot to the side of Carver's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver lands an elbow that stopped Strom in his tracks for a moment.
Strom lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carver.
Carver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Strom working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Strom scores with a nice short uppercut.
Strom blocks the elbow strike.
Strom blocks the elbow strike.
Strom blocks an elbow strike from Carver.
Carver tries to land knees in the clinch but Strom avoids the damage to the body.
Carver throws an elbow that misses.
Strom blocks an elbow strike from Carver.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carver.
Strom cracks Carver with a nice body shot.
Strom lands a shoulder strike.
Carver scores a nice knee to the body.
Carver blocks an uppercut.
Strom dodges an elbow strike from Carver.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Strom misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Strom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carver looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Strom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Strom.
Nice body punch from Strom.
Carver throws an elbow that misses.
Carver throws an elbow but it misses.
Strom lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Carver or not.
With the fighters up against the cage, Carver throws an elbow but misses.
Carver misses with an elbow strike.
Strom lands a body punch in the clinch.
Carver looks winded!
Carver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Strom.
A nice right hand lands inside from Strom.
Strom lands a body punch in the clinch.
Carver blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Strom.
Carver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Strom blocks a body shot from Carver.
Strom throws a punch but it's blocked by Carver.
Strom misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Carver throws an elbow but misses.
A short right from Strom on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Strom dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Strom bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Carver's head backwards.
Carver circles away from the clinch attempt
and Carver counters with a thumping low kick.
Carver looks for the body kick but Strom saw that one coming.

Strom instigates a clinch.
Carver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Strom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carver lands a damaging elbow.
Carver misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Strom.
Strom dodges an elbow strike from Carver.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carver throws an elbow that misses.
Strom lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Carver backwards.
Strom digs a right hand underneath Carver's ribcage. Carver let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice left hand lands by Strom.

Carver is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strom is leaning against Carver and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Carver is still on wobbly legs! Can Strom finish him?
Carver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Carver seems to have recovered his senses.
Carver tries to throw a body punch but Strom avoids it by throwing Carver back against the cage.
Strom scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Carver.
Carver blocks an uppercut.
Strom takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carver is breathing heavily.
Strom blocks the elbow strike.
Carver pushes off an throws an elbow but Strom leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Strom is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Carver can do to turn this around?
Carver working Strom over with knees to the body.
Julius Strom has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Carver throws an elbow but it misses.
Strom lands with a right to the head.
Carver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Strom avoids it.
Strom misses with some punches.
Strom lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carver backwards.
Strom lands a nice shot to the body.
Strom dodges an elbow strike from Carver.
Strom working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Strom.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
Strom softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strom.
Strom stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Strom lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Strom scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strom lands with a left to the head.
Strom lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Strom lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carver tries to land knees in the clinch but Strom avoids the damage to the body.
Carver takes a shot to the head.
Strom lands with a right to the head.
Strom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Strom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strom.
Strom lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
Strom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Strom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carver.
Strom lands a nice uppercut.
Strom creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Carver with a big uppercut! Carver tries to clinch up but Strom pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Carver to the mat! Carver covers up and Strom unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Julius Strom!