PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Orion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Sharpe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orion's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, indestructable . Alex Orion looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Orion
vs
Sharpe

181 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
19
222 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Orion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Peter Sharpe!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sharpe throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Orion was covering up waiting for the punch and Sharpe finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Orion looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Sharpe is looking to work some ground and pound but Orion has wrist control.
Orion keeping moving, preventing Sharpe from controlling successfully.
Sharpe is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Sharpe lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Orion keeping moving, preventing Sharpe from controlling successfully.
Sharpe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sharpe trying to control but Orion is working from the bottom.
Sharpe distracts Orion with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sharpe stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Orion swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharpe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sharpe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sharpe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sharpe lands a couple of digs.

Sharpe decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Sharpe throws a solid leg kick but Orion takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sharpe.

Sharpe darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Orion is looking for a sweep. Sharpe is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe is nestled in close to Orion, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sharpe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Sharpe is working for a kimura but Orion is defending it quite comfortably.
Orion could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Sharpe takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Orion is refusing to be controlled, as Sharpe sits in half guard.
Sharpe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sharpe works his foot free and advances to mount.
Sharpe unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sharpe with shots to the head and body - Orion looks very uncomfortable down there.
Orion is in a horrible position here. Sharpe smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Sharpe looking to secure an arm triangle but Orion defends it well.
Sharpe raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Sharpe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Orion tries to hold on but Sharpe postures up.
Sharpe lands a nice shot to the head.
Orion wants to control but Sharpe is having none of it.
Sharpe lands with some strikes.
Orion is bucking up trying to escape but Sharpe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Orion might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sharpe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Orion hang on?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sharpe trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sharpe lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Orion avoids the head kick by Sharpe.
Orion wants to clinch up but Sharpe keeps it at a distance.

Sharpe instigates a clinch.
Sharpe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

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

Orion gets caught flat footed, as Sharpe shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Orion manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sharpe manages to get himself to full guard.
Orion stopping the sweep attempt from Sharpe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sharpe seems keen to control Orion's posture.
Orion trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sharpe has Orion pulled in close to control his posture.

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.
Sharpe is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Orion is trying to control but can't.
Nice strikes from Sharpe there.
Sharpe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sharpe working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sharpe drops an elbow to the side of Orion's head.

Sharpe is looking for a kimura here.
Sharpe winds up and cracks Orion with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion is trying to maintain the position but Sharpe is very close to passing his half guard.
Sharpe seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Orion does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sharpe working Orion over with strikes.
Orion has hold of Sharpe's hands but Sharpe slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sharpe is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sharpe prevents Orion from standing back up.
Orion is looking to improve his position.
Sharpe slips a nice elbow through Orion's hands, connecting with Orion's forehead.
Sharpe trying to control the pace.
Sharpe working over Orion with some ground and pound. Orion looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sharpe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Orion wants to get back to full guard.
Sharpe takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Sharpe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Sharpe shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sharpe showed some decent athleticism there.
Sharpe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Sharpe stands up out of the half guard.
Sharpe shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Orion as he avoids it easily.

Sharpe scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Orion is trying to stand back up but Sharpe is controlling him
Orion tries to get to full guard but Sharpe has control of the leg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Orion is trying to stand.
Orion blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sharpe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharpe content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sharpe thows a huge punch but Orion dodges it nicely.
Sharpe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sharpe is nestled in close to Orion, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sharpe lands with a punch from half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sharpe on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Orion looks to clinch

and Sharpe counters with a shoot takedown. Orion fights it but they end up in guard.
Sharpe with a flurry of punches that miss.

Sharpe stands up from Orion's guard - Sharpe perhaps looking for a knockout.

Orion shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Orion was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orion trying to control but Sharpe is having none of it.
Sharpe can't escape the position.
Sharpe regains half guard.
Sharpe moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sharpe looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Orion postures up.
Sharpe keeping moving, preventing Orion from controlling successfully.
Orion looking to sit in guard and control but Sharpe gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Sharpe drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Orion dives on top into guard.
Peter Sharpe has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Orion is looking to work some ground and pound but Sharpe has wrist control.

Sharpe has his feet on Orion's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sharpe is defended easily by Orion.
Sharpe shoots in for a takedown but Orion shows good takedown defense.
Alex Orion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Sharpe.
Orion tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Sharpe counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Orion's guard now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Sharpe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sharpe winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 26:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 26:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Sharpe!