PBP Commentary

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

Strong
vs
Owen

190 cm
21
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brett Strong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Owen!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Owen clinches up against the cage.
Strong wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Owen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Strong's face.

It looks like Brett Strong has been cut.
Owen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Owen lands a damaging elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Owen.
Owen landing knees to the body.
Strong is looking for a takedown.
Owen connects with a knee to the head.

Strong is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strong is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Owen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Oh Strong is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Owen just leaning against Strong, taking a breather.
Strong wants to break the clinch but can't.
Strong seems to have got his legs back now.

Strong breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Owen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Strong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Owen is looking to clinch.
Owen looks to clinch

and Strong moves into the clinch.
Owen lands a body punch.
Strong is breathing heavily.
Owen tries to land a knee to the head but Strong blocks with his arms.

Owen manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Owen darts in and clinches Strong up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Owen.

Owen manages to break the clinch.

Owen rushes Strong and presses him up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Owen.
Owen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Owen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Owen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
James Owen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Owen lands with a slapping head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Owen has taken the fight to the clinch.

Owen breaks from the clinch.
Strong fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brett Strong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Owen throws a head kick that half lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Owen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Owen wants to clinch up but Strong keeps it at a distance.

Owen clinches with his opponent.

Owen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Strong doesn't manage to clinch there - Owen circles away.
Owen stuffs the takedown.

Owen pushes Strong up against the cage in a clinch.
Owen lands a body shot.
Owen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Owen digs a right hand underneath Strong's ribcage. Strong let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Owen lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Owen breaks the clinch.

Owen darts in and clinches Strong up against the cage.
Owen lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Owen is trying to maintain a safe position but Strong gets an underhook and turns Owen into the cage.

Owen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Owen tries to close the distance and clinch but Strong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Owen darts in and clinches Strong up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Owen.

Owen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Owen clinches.

Owen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Strong keeps the fight on the outside.
Owen throws a head kick that half lands.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Owen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Owen connects with an inside leg kick.
Owen tries to clinch up but Strong circles away and keeps his distance.
Owen is looking to clinch but Strong is avoiding it.
Owen moves in looking to clinch but Strong pushes him off.

Owen darts in and clinches Strong up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Owen trying to stall but Strong improves his position.
Owen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Owen digs a right hand into Strong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Strong's gas tank.
Owen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Owen.
Owen prevents the takedown attempt.
Owen working Strong over with knees to the body.

Owen manages to break the clinch.
Owen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Strong really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Owen is looking to clinch but Strong is avoiding it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Owen fails in his attempt to clinch.

Owen rushes Strong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Strong trying to control the position but instead, Owen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Strong into the cage.
Owen lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Owen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brett Strong's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Strong takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Owen clinches.
Strong wants a takedown but no success here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Owen.
Owen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Strong tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Owen smiles and moves away.

Owen closes the distance and clinches.

Owen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Owen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Strong doesn't seem bothered though.

Owen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Owen stalling in the clinch but Strong improves position.
Strong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Owen blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Owen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Owen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
James Owen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Owen presses Strong against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Owen.
Owen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Strong's defenses.
Owen dips a shoulder and cracks Strong with a mighty uppercut! Strong falls back against the cage and Owen unloads with a barrage of strikes! Strong is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Owen screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Owen!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, James Owen made sure he mentioned Bloodlust Horde Fightwear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.