PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roger Habin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Habin
vs
Strong

180 cm
24
175 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
180 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roger Habin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oliver Strong!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Strong darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Habin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Strong.
Habin throws a body punch but Strong moves out of range.
Strong misses the shot to the body.
Strong takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Habin misses with a wild body shot.
Habin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Strong lands with a right hand.
Habin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Habin throws a sloppy body shot
and Strong counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Strong comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strong throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Strong lands a jab to the head.
Strong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Habin swings for the body but Strong moves out of range.
Habin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Strong counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Habin thinking.
Habin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strong was well out of range. Poor timing from Habin.
Strong misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong scores with a sloppy right hand. Habin should have avoided that one.
Strong throws a right hand that Habin ducks under and follows up with a left that Habin also avoids with ease.
Habin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Strong.
A punch lands to the side of Strong 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Strong throws a body punch but Habin moves out of range.
Habin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Strong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Habin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Strong stalks Habin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Habin's face. Habin staggers backwards, shaken.
Strong swinging wildly here.
Strong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Strong closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Habin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Strong counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong lands a nice shot to the body.
Habin is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Habin throws an overhand right that lands on Strong's shoulder, as Strong tries to avoid the shot.
Roger Habin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Habin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Strong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Strong defending well as Habin loads up on a big left hand.
Strong scores with a hook to the body. Habin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jab, jab by Strong - just one landing.
Strong misses with a few strikes there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Strong.
Strong scores with a nice head shot.
Strong lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Habin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Strong misses with a jab, cross combination.
Strong lands a jab to the nose.
Strong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Habin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Habin misses with a straight left.
Habin misses with a straight right.
Strong is working the combinations to good effect here.
Strong scores with a shot to the body.
Strong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Habin.
Strong throws a right and a left that both miss.
Habin misses with a straight right.
Strong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Habin misses with a double jab
enabling Strong to counter with a crisp jab.
Habin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strong was well out of range. Poor timing from Habin.
Strong throws a left and a right that both miss
and Habin counters with a straight right hand.
A punch combination from Strong misses.
Strong is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Habin rather than just go for the knockout.
Habin swings for the body but Strong moves out of range.
Strong scores with a punch to the head.
Strong is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Habin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong moves away from the strike by Habin.
Strong throws a series of punches but Habin moves out of range.
Strong takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jab by Strong.
Habin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Strong counters with a series of strikes. Habin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Strong jabs Habin right on the nose. Habin blinks but takes it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Habin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Strong connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Habin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Habin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Strong fails to land with a series of punches.
Strong throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Habin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Strong thuds a left hand into Habin's body.
Strong fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Strong dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Habin misses with the combination.
Habin looks to land a right hand but Strong moved out of range.
Habin throws a series of punches but Strong avoids them all with ease.
Habin lands a nice hook to Strong's body. Strong takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Strong staying out of range there.
Habin misses with a wild body shot.
Strong throws a one two combo.
Strong avoids the body shot from Habin.
Strong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Habin.
Habin throws a series of punches but Strong moves out of range.
Strong sizes up Habin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Strong. Habin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Strong swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Strong takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A nice combination there by Habin.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Habin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Roger Habin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Strong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A shot to the body from Habin misses
and Strong makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Habin misses with a wild body shot.
Strong moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Habin throws a jab when Strong was well out of range.
Habin misses with a wild body shot.
Strong throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Habin to counter with a crisp jab.
Habin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Habin misses with a body shot
and Strong counters with a two punch combo.
Habin throws out a loose jab but Strong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Habin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Habin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Strong counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Habin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Strong counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Strong just misses with a punch to the body.
Strong throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Habin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Habin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Habin throws a combination that misses
enabling Strong to counter with a crisp jab.
Strong lands with a nice body punch.
Strong has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Strong moves out of range of the strikes.
Strong lands a right hook to the body.
Strong works the jab nicely.
Strong scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Strong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Habin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Strong connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Habin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Habin misses with a combination
and Strong counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Habin might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Strong looks to land a combination but Habin avoids it well.
Strong scores with a shot to the body.
Strong scores with a body shot.
Strong with a hook.
Strong throws a right and a left that Habin avoids nicely.
Strong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Strong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Habin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Habin misses with a double jab
and Strong counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Habin thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Strong lands a slapping body shot.
Habin swinging wildly here.
Strong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Habin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Habin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strong.
Strong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Habin.
Habin throws a series of punches but Strong avoids them all with ease.
Strong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Habin.
Habin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Oliver Strong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Habin looks to score with a jab to the body but Strong is just out of range.
Habin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Strong just misses with a punch to the body.
Strong scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Strong ducks under a wild hook from Habin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Strong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Strong works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Strong throws the left hand but Habin avoids the punch easily.
Strong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Habin throws a combination that misses
and Strong counters with a series of strikes. Habin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Strong lands a glancing blow to the side of Habin's head.
Strong looks to throw the jab but Habin is out of range.
Strong throws a series of strikes that have Habin backpedaling.
Strong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Strong drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Strong with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Strong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Habin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Habin connects with a looping right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Habin scores with a four punch combination!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Strong lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong lands a nice hook to Habin's body. Habin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Strong looks to score with a jab to the body but Habin is just out of range.
Strong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Habin misses with a double jab.
Strong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Strong misses with a body shot.
Habin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Habin throws out a loose jab but Strong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Habin throws a series of punches but Strong moves out of range.
A combination from Strong does no damage.
Strong throws a shot from downtown. Habin moves away and avoids it.
Strong misses with a two punch combination.
Strong displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Habin just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nice uppercut there from Habin.
Habin takes a swing at Strong's ribcage but misses.
Habin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Strong has time to react.
A shot to de liver by Habin. Beautiful body shot.
Habin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Strong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Habin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Strong counters with a three punch combo that has Habin backing up. Habin nods at Strong to acknowledge the strikes.
Strong thows a left - swing and a miss!
Strong connects with a looping right hand.
Strong misses with a straight right.
Habin tries to bum rush Strong with a series of wild strikes but Strong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Strong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Habin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Habin staying out of range there.
Habin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strong moves away.
Habin misses the shot to the body.
Strong takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Habin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Strong scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Strong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good shot there by Strong.
A punch combination from Strong misses.
Habin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Habin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Strong counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Habin throws a series of strikes that have Strong backpedaling.
Habin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Strong looks to land a left hand but Habin moved out of range nicely.
Oliver Strong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Habin misses with a double jab
and Strong counters with a stiff right hand.
Habin is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Habin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Roger Habin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Strong swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Habin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Strong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Strong throws a right and a left that Habin avoids nicely.
Habin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Habin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Strong.
Strong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Strong jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Habin throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Strong to counter with a crisp jab.
Strong lands with a good body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oliver Strong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Strong has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oliver Strong!