PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Strife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asa Stin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Strife
vs
Stin

180 cm
22
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Non-Stop Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Strife!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Asa Stin!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stin avoids the head kick by Strife.
Strife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stin is looking to clinch but Strife is avoiding it.
Strife tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Strife fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Strife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Strife doesn't manage to clinch there - Stin circles away.
Strife tries to clinch but Stin is having none of it.
Stin tries to clinch there but Strife circles away.

Strife gets a clinch.
Strife landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Strife scores a nice knee to the body.
Stin looking to stall.
Strife with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stin takes an elbow to the temple.
Stin looking to stall.
A knee to the head by Strife.
A knee to the head by Strife.
Strife scores a nice knee to the body.
Strife unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stin looks gassed!

Strife escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Stin tries to keep at a distance but Strife has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stin has had enough of the clinch but Strife keeps him there for the moment.
A right hand to the body from Strife.
Knees in the clinch landing for Strife.
Stin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Strife.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strife lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Strife scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Strife.
A right handed body shot lands from Strife.
Stin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Strife with a knee to the head.
Strife lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strife using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Strife.
Stin looking to stall.
Strife landing knees to the body.
Stin has had enough of the clinch but Strife keeps him there for the moment.
Strife gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Strife lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stin looking to stall.
Strife lands with a short shot to the head.
Stin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Strife unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Strife lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stin tries to stall but Strife uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nice elbow from Strife.
Strife landing knees to the body.
Strife tries to land a knee to the head but Stin blocks with his arms.
Strife unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Strife breaks the clinch.

Strife gets a clinch.

Strife escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Strife.
Strife is looking to clinch but Stin is avoiding it.

Strife takes the fight into the clinch.
Strife connects with a knee to the head.
Strife with a knee to the head.
Strife scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.
Strife lands an elbow just above Stin 's eye.
Strife connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stin's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Strife lands a damaging elbow.
Stin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Strife up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Strife.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Strife.
Stin trying to stall but Strife improves his position.
Strife scores a nice knee to the body.
Stin stalling in the clinch but Strife improves position.
Stin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Asa Stin.
Strife tries to clinch but Stin is having none of it.

Strife clinches up with Stin and pushes him back against the cage.
Stin is looking to control Strife's arms but Strife gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stin has his back to the cage.
Strife unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Stin.
Stin tries to stall but Strife uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short uppercut from Strife.
Strife crunches a lovely knee into Stin's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Strife.
A knee to the head by Strife.
Stin trying to stall but Strife improves his position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Asa Stin.
Stin wants to clinch up but Strife keeps it at a distance.
Strife wants to clinch.
Strife moves in looking to clinch but Stin pushes him off.
Stin avoids the head kick by Strife.
Stin is looking to clinch but Strife is avoiding it.
Stin moves in looking to clinch but Strife pushes him off.
Strife tries to clinch up but Stin circles away and keeps his distance.
Stin tries to clinch but Strife moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife is looking to clinch.
Strife fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stin is looking to clinch but Strife is avoiding it.
Strife throws a sloppy head kick and Stin moves out of range easily.
Stin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strife doesn't manage to clinch there - Stin circles away.
Strife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Strife is looking to clinch.
Strife fails with an attempt to clinch.
Strife fails in his attempt to clinch.

Strife has taken the fight to the clinch.
Strife landing knees to the head.
Strife using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Strife lands a nice knee to the body.
Strife lands a nice elbow.
Stin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.

Strife escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Strife moves in looking to clinch but Stin pushes him off.
Strife is looking to clinch.
Stin tries to clinch but Strife is having none of it.
Stin doesn't manage to clinch there - Strife circles away.
Strife wants to clinch up but Stin keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Strife looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strife tries a head kick but it misses.

Strife has managed to clinch.
Nice elbow from Strife.
Stin is trying to maintain a safe position but Strife gets an underhook and turns Stin into the cage.
Strife connects with a knee to the head.

Strife breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stin is looking to clinch.
Stin doesn't manage to clinch there - Strife circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stin moves in looking to clinch but Strife pushes him off.
Stin wants to clinch.
Stin tries to clinch up.
Strife fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stin tries to clinch up but Strife circles away and keeps his distance.

Strife darts in and clinches Stin up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Strife landing knees to the body.
Stin takes a knee right on the jaw!

Strife breaks the clinch.
Stin is looking to clinch.
Stin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stin is looking to clinch but Strife is avoiding it.
Strife doesn't manage to clinch there - Stin circles away.
Stin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Strife clinches up with Stin and pushes him back against the cage.
Stin stalling in the clinch but Strife improves position.
Strife lands a nice elbow.
Stin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stin avoiding damage as Strife throws knees to the body.
Strife throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stin blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stin looking to slow down the pace here.
Strife with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Strife escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Strife has taken the fight to the clinch.
Strife connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stin's face.
Strife unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Strife unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strife landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Strife breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Strife tries to clinch there but Stin circles away.
Strife misses with a kick to the body.

Strife has managed to clinch.
Stin tries to stall but Strife uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Strife unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stin is trying to stall.
Strife landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Strife.
Strife lands a right hand.
Stin is trying to stall.
Stin seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Strife.
Strife lands a nice shot to the body.
Stin has had enough of the clinch but Strife keeps him there for the moment.
Stin trying to stall but Strife improves his position.
Stin is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Asa Stin.
Strife is looking to clinch.
Stin keeps the fight on the outside.

Stin clinches up against the cage.
Strife landing knees to the body.
Stin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Strife manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Strife is looking to clinch but Stin is avoiding it.
Strife is looking to clinch but Stin is avoiding it.
Strife circles away from the clinch attempt.
Strife tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stin circles away from the clinch attempt.

Strife rushes Stin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stin looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Strife.
Stin looking to stall.

Strife escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Strife is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Strife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Strife fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stin moves in looking to clinch but Strife pushes him off.
Stin avoids the head kick by Strife.
Stin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Strife lands a brutal head kick. Stin looks out on his feet and Strife throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). John Strife!
John Strife is the new lightweight champion!