PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Blaze Kraiden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Orpik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Orpik has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kraiden
vs
Orpik

195 cm
20
188 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blaze Kraiden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Orpik!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kraiden misses with a wild body shot.
Kraiden scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Blaze Kraiden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kraiden throws a lazy right hand but Orpik sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kraiden takes a swing at Orpik's ribcage but misses.
Kraiden scores with a shot to the body.
Kraiden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Orpik.
Orpik gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Jason Orpik has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kraiden works Orpik's body with a nice hook.
Orpik looks gassed!
Kraiden tries to clinch there but Orpik circles away.
Orpik shoots for a takedown but Kraiden saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kraiden is looking to wear down Orpik with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Kraiden shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Kraiden looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Orpik can't escape the position.

Orpik defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Kraiden.
Orpik is desperately trying to improve his position but Kraiden has a good base and remains in mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kraiden looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Orpik is trying to escape the mount.
Kraiden scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Orpik tries to lock up and control but Kraiden gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Orpik can't escape the position.
Orpik is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Kraiden jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Orpik manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kraiden thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Kraiden working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kraiden tries to move into full mount but can't pass Orpik's legs.
Orpik is trying to improve his position.
Orpik wants to control but Kraiden postures up.
Orpik is trying to get back to half guard.

Kraiden is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Orpik has escaped the position, nice work there.
Orpik is trying to get back to half guard.
Orpik can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kraiden cracks Orpik with a big elbow.

Kraiden wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Orpik, who protects the arm well.
Orpik is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kraiden off and has taken his back!
Orpik really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Kraiden.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Orpik has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Kraiden.
Kraiden tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Orpik lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Orpik breaks from Kraiden's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The referee warns Kraiden that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kraiden is squirming around, avoiding Orpik's attempts to control the action.
Orpik controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraiden sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Orpik wants to pass the guard but Kraiden is defending well.

Kraiden is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Orpik pulls his head out easily.

Orpik is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Orpik stops Kraiden from getting back to his feet.
Orpik performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Kraiden slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Kraiden is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Kraiden is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Orpik defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blaze Kraiden dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Orpik's cut.
That's time! Kraiden's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Orpik scores with a takedown into Kraiden's guard.

Kraiden looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Orpik pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kraiden is keeping the position for now.

Kraiden looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Orpik controls from within his opponent's guard.

Kraiden is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Orpik is aware though and is defending well.
Kraiden will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Orpik drops back looking for a leg! Kraiden is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kraiden manages to kick Orpik off! Orpik jumps back into Kraiden's guard.
Orpik looking to pass the guard.
Blaze Kraiden overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orpik is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kraiden keeping full guard, as Orpik tries to pass.
Orpik lands a couple of elbows.
Orpik wants to control from the top but Kraiden keeps moving.
Orpik really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kraiden. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kraiden can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Orpik controls the pace.

Kraiden throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Kraiden is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Orpik defends well.
Orpik looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Orpik's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jason Orpik was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Orpik will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Orpik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kraiden doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Orpik counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Orpik working over Kraiden with some ground and pound. Kraiden looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Orpik tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kraiden knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kraiden is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Orpik's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Orpik's back!

Orpik defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Kraiden avoiding Orpik 's attempts to control his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kraiden looking for the choke but no joy.
Orpik breaks Kraiden's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

Kraiden is looking for a triangle but Orpik pushes his legs off easily.

Kraiden is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Orpik stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kraiden swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Kraiden had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Orpik defends it easily.
Kraiden keeping full guard, as Orpik tries to pass.
Orpik advances to half guard.
Orpik takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Orpik is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kraiden defends it well.
Orpik is controlling the pace.

Orpik looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Orpik is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kraiden defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Orpik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jason Orpik's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Orpik takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Kraiden gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kraiden goes for a takedown in the clinch but Orpik prevents it.

Kraiden turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Orpik regains half guard.

Orpik looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Orpik manages to get to full guard.
Orpik is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Kraiden thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Kraiden postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Orpik has his foot on Kraiden's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kraiden works his way back into a safe position though.
Orpik takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Kraiden is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Orpik is on top in guard.

Orpik got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kraiden has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Orpik has managed to get both his arms back between Kraiden's legs - danger averted.

Orpik is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Orpik drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Orpik jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Kraiden throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Orpik drops back looking for a leg! Kraiden is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kraiden manages to kick Orpik off! Orpik jumps back into Kraiden's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kraiden keeping moving, preventing Orpik from controlling successfully.
Orpik content to stall in guard here.

Kraiden has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Orpik can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Orpik trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Orpik landing with the ground and pound.
Kraiden is looking to sweep but instead, Orpik has passed into half guard.
Kraiden is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Orpik's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Orpik's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orpik rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

Orpik makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Kraiden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Orpik.
Kraiden throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Orpik on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kraiden. Orpik does a little dance to reset his feet.

Kraiden tries to sprawl but Orpik drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Orpik seems content to control.
Kraiden is trying to get back to full guard.

Kraiden actively working from the bottom here.
Orpik controlling the action here.

Orpik is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kraiden defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraiden is trying to get back to full guard.

Orpik is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kraiden sees it coming and defends easily.
Kraiden on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Kraiden is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Orpik pulls his head out easily.
Kraiden is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Orpik is controlling the pace.
Orpik working the head and body with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Orpik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Orpik has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Orpik!