PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Octavio Orr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leslie Lister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Orr
vs
Lister

169 cm
24
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Octavio Orr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leslie Lister!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lister misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lister punishes Orr's body with a nice straight punch.

Lister clinches.

Lister pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice cross by Lister.
Orr blocks a head kick by Lister.
Orr feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Lister throws a leg kick which misses Orr's front leg but catches the back leg as Orr tries to avoid it.

Lister closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Orr quickly recovers to half guard.
Lister looks to land a strike but Orr avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
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!
Lister content to stall in guard here.
Lister looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orr will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Lister really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Orr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Orr seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Lister preventing the sweep.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

That's two 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.
Orr trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Lister gets caught flat footed, as Orr shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Orr chips away with some ground and pound.
Orr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lister not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Orr works over Lister with some ground and pound from guard.
Orr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Orr scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Orr with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Orr is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Lister throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Orr stands up over Lister, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Orr landing with the ground and pound.
Orr working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orr scoring with some ground and pound.
Orr stands up over Lister, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Orr lands a couple of elbows.
Orr lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Orr connects with a couple of short punches.
Orr really is a fat lump.
Orr landing with the ground and pound.
Orr scoring with some ground and pound.
Orr distracts Lister with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Orr is in close to Lister's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Orr landing with the ground and pound.
Lister is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Orr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Orr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orr works over Lister with some ground and pound from guard.
Orr scoring with punches to the head and body.
Orr working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Orr distracts Lister with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Orr stands up over Lister, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Orr's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Orr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Orr chips away with some ground and pound.
Orr lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Orr lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Orr's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Orr scoring with punches to the head and body.
Orr landing some decent shots from guard.
Orr landing some decent shots from guard.
Orr lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Octavio Orr dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lister tries to land a body kick

and Orr counters with a single leg into guard. Lister didn't expect that.
Orr scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Lister is rocked!
Orr arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Lister's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Octavio Orr!