PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strong is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Egypt Central - Kick Ass. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cage
vs
Strong

190 cm
32
270 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

194 cm
26
242 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Strong!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strong lands a jab to the head.
Strong misses with a right hand
and Cage counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Strong throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cage stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Strong loads up on a big right hand but Cage slips the punch.
Strong misses with a lunging right hand
and Cage counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Mark Strong has been cut.
Cage seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Strong throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cage counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Strong throws an off balance right hand
enabling Cage to counter with a crisp jab.
Strong throws a lazy right hand but Cage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Strong misses with a wild body shot.
Strong doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Cage counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Strong takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
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.
Strong looks winded!
Cage blocks a jab.
Cage scores with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cage cracks Strong with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Strong looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Cage finish him?
Johnny Cage is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cage drops Strong with a huge uppercut! Strong drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Cage is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Cage!
An out of breath Johnny Cage thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.