PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mana Oregan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrus Orlhovki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Oregan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Boom, P.O.D. Orlhovki has chosen Rolling Stones - Paint it black as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oregan
vs
Orlhovki

195 cm
24
255 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

187 cm
23
255 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mana Oregan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrus Orlhovki!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oregan misses with an uppercut.
Oregan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Orlhovki is able to avoid easily.
Orlhovki misses with a lunging right hand
and Oregan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Oregan moves into the clinch.
Orlhovki takes an elbow to the forehead.
Orlhovki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oregan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Oregan managing to block the knees to the body from Orlhovki.
With the fighters up against the cage, Orlhovki throws an elbow but misses.
Oregan landing knees to the body.
Orlhovki looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oregan blocks an elbow strike from Orlhovki.
Orlhovki is looking to control Oregan's arms but Oregan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Orlhovki has his back to the cage.
Oregan lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Andrus Orlhovki has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Orlhovki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oregan's brow.
Oregan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oregan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Oregan.

Oregan manages to break the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Oregan.
Oregan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Orlhovki.
Oregan lands with a thumping leg kick.

Oregan clinches with his opponent.
Orlhovki takes an elbow to the temple.
Oregan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Orlhovki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Oregan.
Oregan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Orlhovki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hand to the body from Oregan.
Oregan lands a damaging elbow.
Orlhovki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Oregan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Oregan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oregan lands a damaging elbow.
Oregan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oregan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Orlhovki's defenses.
Oregan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Oregan lands an elbow that stopped Orlhovki in his tracks for a moment.
Oregan lands an elbow inside.
Oregan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Oregan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Oregan drives through and clinches with Orlhovki against the cage.
Oregan with a knee to the head.
Oregan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Orlhovki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Oregan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oregan lands a knee to the head.
Oregan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Orlhovki's defenses.
Oregan stalling against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oregan.

Oregan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oregan throws a one two combo.
Oregan misses the shot to the body.
Orlhovki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orlhovki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oregan was well out of range. Poor timing from Orlhovki.
Orlhovki misses with a hook
and Oregan finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Orlhovki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Oregan. Oregan obviously looking to wear him down.
Orlhovki throws a lazy uppercut
and Oregan counters with a leg kick.
Oregan scores with a leg kick.
Oregan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Orlhovki backs up against the cage.
Oregan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Oregan gets a clinch.
Oregan landing knees to the head.
Orlhovki tries to land knees in the clinch but Oregan avoids the damage to the body.
Oregan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Orlhovki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oregan scores a nice knee to the body.
Oregan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Oregan obliges.
Oregan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Orlhovki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oregan.
Oregan lands an elbow inside that Orlhovki shrugs off.

Oregan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oregan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Orlhovki.
Orlhovki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oregan connects with an inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Orlhovki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Orlhovki throws a right hand that misses
and Oregan counters with a nice body shot.
Orlhovki throws an off balance right hand
and Oregan makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Orlhovki really felt that one!
Oregan dodges the punch combination from Orlhovki.

Oregan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oregan misses with an elbow over the top.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Oregan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oregan looking to throw knees to the head but Orlhovki is blocking nicely.
Oregan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oregan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orlhovki is defending well for now.
Oregan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orlhovki is defending well for now.
Oregan lands a hook that snaps the head of Orlhovki backwards.
Oregan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Orlhovki looking to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Orlhovki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oregan's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Orlhovki throws an elbow but misses.
Orlhovki'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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orlhovki lands a nice elbow.
A right hand to the body from Orlhovki.
Oregan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Orlhovki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oregan's brow.
Oregan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Orlhovki looking to slow down the pace here.
Orlhovki tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Oregan smiles and moves away.
The fighters circling - Orlhovki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Orlhovki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Orlhovki is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Orlhovki misses with a straight left.
Orlhovki blocks the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
That kick from Oregan tenderised Orlhovki's leg. Orlhovki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Orlhovki takes a swing at Oregan's ribcage but misses.
Oregan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Orlhovki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Oregan!
Oregan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mana Oregan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrus Orlhovki's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Orlhovki stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Oregan.
Oregan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Orlhovki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oregan misses with a head kick.
Oregan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Orlhovki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A solid body kick from Oregan.
Oregan scores with a body shot.
Oregan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Orlhovki's sensitive parts.
Oregan lands a two punch combo.
Oregan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A chopping leg kick lands by Oregan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oregan lands with a slapping head kick.
Oregan scores with a push kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Oregan, right into the meat.
Orlhovki has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Oregan.
A nice leg kick lands there from Oregan.
Oregan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Orlhovki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Orlhovki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Oregan.
Orlhovki takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Oregan thumps Orlhovki with a low kick.
Andrus Orlhovki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orlhovki gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Oregan.
Orlhovki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oregan misses with a double jab
and Orlhovki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oregan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Orlhovki can do to turn this around?
Oregan throws a leg kick which misses Orlhovki's front leg but catches the back leg as Orlhovki tries to avoid it.
Orlhovki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Oregan. Oregan obviously looking to wear him down.
Oregan throws a right hand that Orlhovki ducks under and follows up with a left that Orlhovki also avoids with ease.

Oregan rushes Orlhovki and presses him up against the cage.
Orlhovki tries to stall but Oregan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Oregan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Orlhovki lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Oregan.
Oregan blocks an elbow strike.
Oregan avoids the elbow strike from Orlhovki, against the cage.
Mana Oregan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Oregan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Orlhovki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Orlhovki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oregan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oregan.
Oregan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oregan lands an elbow just above Orlhovki 's eye.

Oregan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oregan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Orlhovki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oregan was well out of range. Poor timing from Orlhovki.
An inside leg kick lands from Oregan.
Oregan connects with a leg kick. Orlhovki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A good leg kick by Oregan.
A big right from Orlhovki misses.
Orlhovki on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Oregan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Orlhovki tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Crunch! Oregan slams his shin into Orlhovki's torso.

Oregan instigates a clinch.
Orlhovki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oregan tries to land knees in the clinch but Orlhovki avoids the damage to the body.
Oregan takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orlhovki.
Oregan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Orlhovki tries to land knees in the clinch but Oregan avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oregan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Orlhovki misses with an elbow over the top.
Orlhovki takes a shot to the head.
Nice elbow from Oregan.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oregan.
Oregan misses with an elbow strike.
Oregan misses with a knee to the head.
Orlhovki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oregan avoiding damage as Orlhovki throws knees to the body.
Oregan misses with a body punch.
Orlhovki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Orlhovki trying to land knees to the body.
Oregan pushes off an throws an elbow but Orlhovki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Oregan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oregan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Oregan.
Oregan tries to work over Orlhovki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Orlhovki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Oregan throws a punch but it's blocked by Orlhovki.
Orlhovki trying to stall but Oregan improves his position.
Oregan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Oregan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Orlhovki misses with an elbow strike.
Orlhovki trying to control the position but instead, Oregan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Orlhovki into the cage.
Orlhovki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Orlhovki pushes off an throws an elbow but Oregan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Oregan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mana Oregan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab by Orlhovki.

Oregan instigates a clinch.
Orlhovki tries to land a knee to the head but Oregan blocks with his arms.
Orlhovki throws an elbow that misses.
Oregan blocks the elbow strike.
Oregan blocks an uppercut.

Oregan breaks from the clinch.
Orlhovki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Orlhovki keeps the fight on the outside.
Mana Oregan is winning the standup battle so far.
Oregan thumps Orlhovki with a low kick.
Orlhovki rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Oregan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Oregan is looking to slow Orlhovki down with leg kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Oregan.
A nice inside leg kick there by Oregan. That's going to slow Orlhovki down.
Orlhovki takes a jab right on the kisser.
Oregan scores with a spinning back kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mana Oregan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andrus Orlhovki's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Orlhovki takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Oregan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Oregan.
Orlhovki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Oregan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Orlhovki throws a sloppy head kick
and Oregan makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Orlhovki really felt that one!
Oregan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Orlhovki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Oregan.

Oregan rushes Orlhovki and presses him up against the cage.
Oregan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Orlhovki's defenses.
Oregan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oregan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Orlhovki's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oregan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Oregan lands an elbow just above Orlhovki 's eye.
Oregan landing knees to the body.
Oregan lands an elbow just above Orlhovki 's eye.
Oregan working Orlhovki over with knees to the body.
Oregan lands an elbow inside that Orlhovki shrugs off.
Orlhovki takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oregan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oregan lands an elbow that stopped Orlhovki in his tracks for a moment.

Oregan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oregan feints and then cracks Orlhovki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Orlhovki down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oregan scoring well with a low kick there.

Oregan moves into the clinch.
Orlhovki misses with an elbow strike.
Oregan lands an elbow inside that Orlhovki shrugs off.
Orlhovki stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Orlhovki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oregan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Oregan looking to throw knees to the head but Orlhovki is blocking nicely.
Orlhovki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Orlhovki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Orlhovki misses with an elbow over the top.
Oregan trying to stall but Orlhovki improves his position.
Oregan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Orlhovki managing to block the knees to the body from Oregan.
Orlhovki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oregan missing with knees to the body.
Oregan dodges an elbow strike from Orlhovki.
Orlhovki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oregan avoids it.
Orlhovki avoids a wild elbow strike from Oregan.
Oregan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Orlhovki taking a breather.
Orlhovki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oregan is defending well for now.
Oregan lands an elbow inside that Orlhovki shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orlhovki is trying to stall.
Knees to the body from Oregan.
Oregan blocks the elbow strike.
Oregan scores a nice knee to the body.
Oregan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Oregan misses with an elbow strike.
Oregan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Oregan breaks the clinch.
Orlhovki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orlhovki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oregan.
Oregan avoids the body shot from Orlhovki.
Oregan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Orlhovki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Oregan.
An inside leg kick from Oregan misses.
A clash of legs there as Orlhovki blocks the low kick.
Oregan just misses with a punch to the body.
Oregan avoids the head kick by Orlhovki.
A nice inside leg kick there by Oregan. That's going to slow Orlhovki down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oregan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oregan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A head kick by Orlhovki misses
and Oregan counters with a good, hard body kick but Orlhovki shrugs it off.
Orlhovki misses with a hook.
Oregan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Oregan.
Orlhovki misses with a looping left.
Orlhovki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Orlhovki takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Orlhovki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oregan scores with a jab.
Orlhovki misses with an uppercut
and Oregan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good leg kick by Oregan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Oregan is looking to slow Orlhovki down with leg kicks.
Oregan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Donk. Orlhovki catches Oregan right on the button with a cross.
Oregan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orlhovki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Oregan throws a front kick that sends Orlhovki stumbling back into the cage.
Oregan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orlhovki slips a jab and a cross from Oregan.
Oregan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Oregan thows a body kick. Orlhovki tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Oregan.
Oregan misses with the combination.
Orlhovki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Oregan.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Andrus Orlhovki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Orlhovki swings wildly with an uppercut but Oregan uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oregan lands a nice knee to the body.
Oregan crunches a lovely knee into Orlhovki's ribcage.
Orlhovki takes an elbow to the temple.

Oregan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oregan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oregan lands a leg kick that knocks Orlhovki off balance momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mana Oregan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oregan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:24
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:24
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mana Oregan!