PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between AJ Strey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Render (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Render has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Strey
vs
Render

180 cm
22
170 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

185 cm
24
171 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, AJ Strey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Render!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Strey scores with a takedown into Render's guard.
Strey keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Render's head.
Strey wants to control from the top but Render keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Render looking to hit a scissor sweep but Strey is one step ahead there.
Strey prevents Render from getting back to his feet.
Strey's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Render controls Strey momentarily but Strey frees himself.
Strey stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Render swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Strey wants to control from the top but Render keeps moving.
Strey slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Render tries to bum rush Strey with a series of wild strikes but Strey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Strey drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Strey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Render keeping moving, preventing Strey from controlling successfully.
Strey postures up in Render's guard and throws a big left but Render blocks it.
Strey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Strey passes Render's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Render regains full guard. Nicely done.
Render wants to stand up but Strey is controlling him.
Render trying to control the position.
Strey prevents Render from getting back to his feet.
Strey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Strey stands up over Render, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Strey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Render is looking to stand back up but Strey counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Render.
Render is trying to stand back up but Strey is controlling him
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Strey scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Render slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Render not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Render is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Strey is controlling him.

Strey stands up from Render's guard - Strey perhaps looking for a knockout.
Strey dodges the punch combination from Render.

Strey moves into range and clinches up with Render.

Render escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Render swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Render looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
James Render is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Render throws a nice looking combination but Strey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Render looks gassed!

Strey looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Render is staying active underneath Strey, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strey lands with a punch from half guard.
Strey stops Render from getting back to his feet.
Strey frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Render squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

Render tries to improve his position but Strey has taken his back! Strey has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Render tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Strey pushes Render away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). AJ Strey!