PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ovid Julios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Les Stroud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Les Stroud has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Julios
vs
Stroud

190 cm
21
279 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

200 cm
23
273 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

MMA ANIMAL

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ovid Julios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Les Stroud!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stroud is looking to land body kicks.
Stroud throws a head kick that misses
and Julios counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Stroud throws a leg kick but Julios checks it.
Julios pushes Stroud away with a front kick.
Julios avoids the head kick by Stroud.
Stroud tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stroud misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stroud looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Julios looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Julios is looking to clinch.
Stroud throws a sloppy head kick and Julios moves out of range easily.
Julios tries to clinch but Stroud is having none of it.
Julios throws a wild body kick that Stroud sees coming a mile off.
Julios lands with a kick to the temple. Stroud shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A chopping leg kick lands by Julios.
Stroud throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stroud looks gassed!
Julios tries to clinch there but Stroud circles away.
Stroud misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Julios is looking to clinch but Stroud is avoiding it.
Julios looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Stroud misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stroud moves out of range as Julios throws a body kick.
Stroud misses with a head kick.
Julios tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stroud swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stroud throws out a leg kick but Julios moves out of range and Stroud only half commits.
Julios throws a sloppy head kick and Stroud moves out of range easily.
Julios avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Julios tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Stroud manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stroud throws a sloppy head kick and Julios moves out of range easily.
Julios tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stroud misses with a low kick.
Julios tries to clinch but Stroud is having none of it.
Julios tries to clinch there but Stroud circles away.
Julios looks for the body kick but Stroud saw that one coming.
Stroud tries a head kick but it misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Julios - that will leave a mark!
Stroud throws a sloppy head kick and Julios moves out of range easily.
Stroud throws a leg kick
and Julios finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Julios moves into the clinch successfully.

Julios pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stroud tries to score with a low kick but Julios moves his leg out of the way.
Julios is looking to clinch.
Stroud on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Julios tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Julios tries to clinch there but Stroud circles away.
A head kick by Stroud misses

and Julios counters with a head kick that drops Stroud to the mat! Stroud scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Stroud is rocked!
A slapping body kick lands there for Julios.
Stroud is still on wobbly legs! Can Julios finish him?
Crack! A monster head kick from Julios and Stroud falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Julios!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ovid Julios!