PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Del Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Smash Stratton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smash Stratton will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rose
vs
Stratton

192 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

215 cm
23
249 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Del Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Smash Stratton!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Francis DeMontford and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stratton drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stratton looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Rose is pulling down on Stratton's head. It's preventing any offense from Stratton, at least for the moment.
Stratton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rose continues to stall.

Rose pushes Stratton off and scrambles back to his feet.
Smash Stratton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Stratton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stratton throws a combination that misses

and Rose moves into the clinch.
Stratton is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Rose ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Rose no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rose is pulling down on Stratton's head. It's preventing any offense from Stratton, at least for the moment.
More hug and hope from Rose.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Stratton preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Stratton must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rose looking for a sweep. Not yet Rose, not yet.
Stratton is fighting to break Rose's control of his arms but Rose is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Rose is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Stratton presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.

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

Stratton throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Rose tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Stratton is in Rose's guard.
Rose seems keen to control Stratton's posture.
Rose could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rose kicks Stratton off and gets to his feet.
Stratton keeps the fight on the outside.

Stratton shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rose wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stratton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose pulls Stratton in close to his closed guard and prevents Stratton from doing any damage or advancing position.

Rose manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Rose gets the takedown into side control.
Stratton struggling a bit here.
Rose content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Stratton is looking to regain half guard here but Rose keeps moving and retains side control.

Rose is trying to get an arm triangle but Stratton is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose controls the position from side control.
Rose lands a few punches from side control.
Stratton stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Rose remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Stratton is pushing Rose's head away, looking to escape. Rose manages to hold on to the position though.
Stratton is trying to control Rose's posture but Rose avoids it.
Rose is staying tight to Stratton's torso, preventing him from escaping.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Del Rose dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Stratton fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Rose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Stratton shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Rose is trying to defend but Stratton finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rose manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rose controlling the position.
Rose is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stratton can do to turn this around?
Rose bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stratton's guard.

Rose scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stratton is breathing heavily.
Rose throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rose controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rose seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Stratton for as long as he can get away with.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stratton throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Rose 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.
Rose showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Stratton is striking from the bottom but Rose uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Rose not doing much here.
Del Rose overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Rose is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stratton tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Rose is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Stratton is just riding it out for now. Rose eventually gives up the hold.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Stratton looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Stratton avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rose.

Rose decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Stratton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Rose clinches up with Stratton and pushes him back against the cage.

Rose manages to break the clinch.

Rose feints and as Stratton raises his hands in defense, Rose changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Rose stands up from Stratton's guard - Rose perhaps looking for a knockout.

Rose looking to score a takedown here. Stratton is defending well but Rose drives through and ends up in Stratton's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stratton striking off his back but it's not causing Rose any problems.
Rose sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stratton is working an open guard so Rose takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Stratton throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rose was covering up waiting for the punch and Stratton finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Stratton won't allow Rose to get back to his feet.
Stratton working some strikes from top position.
Stratton is looking to stand up but Rose won't let him.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rose is on top in guard.

Rose throws a big right hand that misses.
Stratton is trying to keep Rose in close.
Rose won't allow Stratton to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Del Rose dominated that second round.
That's time! Rose's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rose closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Rose lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Rose is putting a hurting on Stratton here, landing some big shots from side control.

Rose tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Rose stands up and beckons Stratton to his feet.

Stratton looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rose might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stratton throwing shots but Rose is blocking nicely.
Rose controlling the position well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stratton throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rose gets full guard.
Rose is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Rose winds up and cracks Stratton with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rose sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Stratton is trying to control but can't.
Rose slows the pace down in half guard.

Rose is looking for a kimura but Stratton is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Rose to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose winds up and cracks Stratton with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Rose seems to be looking for submissions.
Stratton trying to hold on to Rose's head to control him but Rose postures up.
Rose prevents Stratton from improving his position.

Rose decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Stratton closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Stratton lands in his opponent's guard.
Stratton cracks Rose with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose wants to sweep but no luck.
Rose is adopting a defensive guard.
Stratton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rose looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Stratton is looking to work some ground and pound but Rose has wrist control.
Stratton throwing strikes but missing.
Rose is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Rose manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stratton manages to get himself to full guard.

Stratton will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stratton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rose trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rose working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stratton tries to strike from the bottom.
Rose working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Stratton's head.
Rose controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Stratton wants to stand but Rose is controlling the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rose's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Stratton shoots in and bounces Rose off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Smash Stratton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Del Rose is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stratton postures up in Rose's guard and throws a big left but Rose blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Del Rose showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rose 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Del Rose!