PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dave Pritchett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thai Striker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Striker has chosen Rage Against The Machine - Killing in The Name as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!

Pritchett
vs
Striker

177 cm
20
150 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

170 cm
26
147 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Pritchett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Thai Striker!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Striker throws a right hand that Pritchett ducks under and follows up with a left that Pritchett also avoids with ease.
Pritchett tries to clinch up.
Striker attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Striker keeps the fight on the outside.
Pritchett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pritchett is looking to clinch.
Pritchett avoids a kick to the body.

Striker moves into the clinch successfully.
Pritchett is trying to stall.
Pritchett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pritchett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Striker lands an elbow just above Pritchett 's eye.

It looks like Dave Pritchett has been cut.
Striker working Pritchett over with knees to the body.
Striker scores a nice knee to the body.
Pritchett misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Striker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pritchett's brow.
Striker lands an elbow inside.
Pritchett avoiding damage as Striker throws knees to the body.
Striker scores a nice knee to the body.
Striker tries to land a knee to the head but Pritchett blocks with his arms.
Pritchett takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pritchett is breathing heavily.
Striker misses with a knee strike.
Pritchett takes a knee right on the jaw!
Striker lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pritchett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pritchett misses with a punch on the inside.
Striker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Striker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
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!
Striker lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Striker lands a knee to the head.
Pritchett takes a knee right on the jaw!
Striker crunches a lovely knee into Pritchett's ribcage.
Striker holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Striker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Striker lands a good knee to the midsection. Pritchett won't want to take too many of those.
Striker manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Striker with a knee to the head.
Striker utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Striker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pritchett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Striker crunches a lovely knee into Pritchett's ribcage.
Striker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Striker lands a good knee to the midsection. Pritchett won't want to take too many of those.
Striker blocks an uppercut.
Striker scores a nice knee to the body.
Striker utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The referee calls for Pritchett to work.
Pritchett throws a head punch that misses.
Striker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Striker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Striker landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pritchett trying to control the position but instead, Striker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pritchett into the cage.
Striker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Striker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pritchett's defenses.
Pritchett pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pritchett takes a knee right on the jaw!
Striker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Striker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pritchett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Striker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Striker lands a nice knee to the body.
Striker landing knees to the head.
A short uppercut from Pritchett.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Striker.
Pritchett dodges an elbow strike from Striker.
Striker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Striker landing knees to the body.
Striker lands an elbow just above Pritchett 's eye.
Striker tries a knee to the head but Pritchett blocks it.
Striker trying to land knees to the body.
Pritchett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pritchett tries to stall but Striker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Striker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pritchett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pritchett swings wildly with an uppercut but Striker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pritchett throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pritchett's face.
A shot in the inside from Pritchett.
Pritchett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Striker lands a knee to the head.
Striker missing with knees to the body.
Pritchett throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Striker.
Pritchett misses with a punch on the inside.
Striker lands a good knee to the midsection. Pritchett won't want to take too many of those.
Pritchett working aggressively here.
Striker misses with a knee strike.
Striker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pritchett throws an elbow but misses.
Striker connects with a knee to the head.
Pritchett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Striker blocks the elbow strike.
Pritchett throws a punch but it's blocked by Striker.
Pritchett has a couple of punches blocked by Striker.
Striker landing knees to the head.
Pritchett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Striker landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Striker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pritchett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Striker trying to control the position but instead, Pritchett has worked for underhooks and has pushed Striker into the cage.
Pritchett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pritchett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Striker wants to stall.
Pritchett gets through Striker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Striker misses with a knee to the head.
Striker pushes Pritchett back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pritchett avoiding damage as Striker throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pritchett.
Pritchett lands a right hand.
Pritchett has a couple of punches blocked by Striker.
Striker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Striker lands a nice knee to the body.
Striker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Pritchett.
Striker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pritchett avoids it.
Pritchett tries to stall but Striker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Striker scores a nice knee to the body.
Pritchett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Striker blocks an elbow strike from Pritchett.
Striker crunches a lovely knee into Pritchett's ribcage.
Striker lands an elbow that stopped Pritchett in his tracks for a moment.
Striker lands an elbow that stopped Pritchett in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Striker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pritchett's brow.
Striker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thai Striker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Pritchett's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Striker tries to clinch up but Pritchett circles away and keeps his distance.
Striker misses with a two punch combination.
Striker tries a head kick but it misses.
Pritchett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Striker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Striker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thai Striker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Striker shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pritchett slips under a jab.
Striker throws a jab but it's blocked by Pritchett.
Striker throws a series of punches but Pritchett moves out of range.
Striker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pritchett.
Striker stuffs the takedown attempt from Pritchett. Pritchett gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Striker lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pritchett wants to clinch.
Pritchett clinches but Striker breaks the clinch

and Striker counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pritchett holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right from Pritchett on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pritchett lands a left hand.
Striker connects with a knee to the head.
Striker will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pritchett up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Striker.
Pritchett misses with the head strike.
Pritchett lands with a right to the head.
Striker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Striker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Striker tries a knee to the head but Pritchett blocks it.
Striker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Striker tries to land knees in the clinch but Pritchett avoids the damage to the body.
Pritchett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Striker backwards.
Pritchett avoiding damage as Striker throws knees to the body.
Pritchett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pritchett.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Striker tries to land knees in the clinch but Pritchett avoids the damage to the body.
Pritchett managing to block the knees to the body from Striker.
Pritchett lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Striker.
Pritchett is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Striker tries to land a knee to the head but Pritchett blocks with his arms.
Striker taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pritchett.
Striker blocking some punches.
Pritchett creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Striker.
Striker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Striker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pritchett blocks it with crossed arms.
Pritchett has a couple of punches blocked by Striker.
Striker lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Striker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Striker working Pritchett over with knees to the body.
Pritchett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Striker.
Pritchett is trying to maintain a safe position but Striker gets an underhook and turns Pritchett into the cage.
Striker lands a knee to the head.
Pritchett creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Striker lands a knee to the head.
Striker tries to land knees in the clinch but Pritchett avoids the damage to the body.
Striker landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pritchett avoiding damage as Striker throws knees to the body.
Striker is leaning against Pritchett and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Striker tries a knee to the head but Pritchett blocks it.
Pritchett misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striker working Pritchett over with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Pritchett fails to land.
Pritchett looking to slow down the pace here.
Pritchett struggles to land a body shot inside as Striker controls his hands.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Striker obliges.
Striker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pritchett's face.
Striker blocks an uppercut.
Striker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pritchett's face.
Pritchett avoiding damage as Striker throws knees to the body.
Pritchett is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Striker is keeping busy.
Striker lands a knee to the head.
Pritchett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Striker landing knees to the head.
Striker landing knees to the body.
Striker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Striker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Striker scores a nice knee to the body.
Pritchett managing to block the knees to the body from Striker.
Pritchett managing to block the knees to the body from Striker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Striker.
Striker avoiding damage as Pritchett throws knees to the body.
Striker scores with a knee to the head.
Pritchett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Striker stalling in the clinch.
Striker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pritchett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pritchett trying to control the position but instead, Striker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pritchett into the cage.
Striker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Striker tries a knee to the head but Pritchett blocks it.
Pritchett tries to land a knee to the head but Striker blocks with his arms.
Striker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pritchett takes a knee to the side of the body.
Striker avoiding damage.
Pritchett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Striker lands a nice knee to the body.
Pritchett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pritchett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Pritchett fails to land.
Striker looking to stall.
Pritchett misses with a knee to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A head punch on the inside from Pritchett fails to land.
Striker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Striker will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pritchett up against the cage.
Pritchett misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thai Striker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dave Pritchett's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Striker lands an elbow just above Pritchett 's eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pritchett.
Pritchett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pritchett swings wildly with an uppercut but Striker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Striker lands a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Pritchett fails to land.
Pritchett dodges an elbow strike from Striker.
Striker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pritchett is defending well for now.
Pritchett throws a punch but it's blocked by Striker.
Striker misses with a knee strike.
Striker blocking some punches.
Striker landing knees to the head.
Striker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Striker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pritchett is defending well for now.
Striker lands a good knee to the midsection. Pritchett won't want to take too many of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pritchett creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pritchett misses with some punches.
Pritchett is trying to stall.
Striker misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Pritchett fails to land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pritchett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Striker throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pritchett.
Striker blocking some punches.
Pritchett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Striker tries to land a knee to the head but Pritchett blocks with his arms.
Pritchett lands with a right to the head.
Striker missing with knees to the body.
Striker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Striker tries a knee to the head but Pritchett blocks it.
Pritchett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pritchett lands with a left to the head.
Pritchett has a couple of punches blocked by Striker.
Striker scores with a knee to the head.
Striker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pritchett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pritchett misses with a punch on the inside.
Pritchett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pritchett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Striker obliges.
Striker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pritchett blocks it with crossed arms.
Pritchett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pritchett working aggressively here.
Pritchett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Striker backwards.
Striker connects with a knee to the head.
Pritchett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Striker is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pritchett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pritchett effectively controlling the action here.
Pritchett scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Striker lands a knee to the head.
Thai Striker seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Striker misses with a knee strike.
Pritchett lands a hook to the side of the head.
Striker tries a knee to the head but Pritchett blocks it.
Pritchett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Striker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pritchett avoids it.
Pritchett trying to land knees to the body.
Striker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pritchett's face.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Striker lands a good knee to the midsection. Pritchett won't want to take too many of those.
Striker misses with a knee strike.
Pritchett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Striker looking to throw knees to the head but Pritchett is blocking nicely.
Pritchett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Striker.
Striker scores a nice knee to the body.
Striker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short body shot lands from Striker as the two fighters clinch.
Pritchett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Striker lands a nice knee to the body.
Pritchett looking to stall.
Pritchett takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pritchett takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch on the inside from Pritchett fails to land.
Pritchett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Striker scores a nice knee to the body.
Striker landing knees to the head.
Striker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pritchett misses with some punches.
Pritchett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Striker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pritchett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Striker unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pritchett throws a punch but it's blocked by Striker.
Striker misses with a knee strike.
Pritchett throws a head punch that misses.
Striker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pritchett's face.
Striker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Striker lands a damaging elbow.
Striker tries to land a knee to the head but Pritchett blocks with his arms.
Pritchett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Striker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Striker connects with a knee to the head.
Striker trying to land knees to the body.
Pritchett throws a punch but it's blocked by Striker.
Dave Pritchett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pritchett is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Striker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Striker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pritchett.
Pritchett slowing the pace effectively.
Striker lands an elbow inside.
Striker working Pritchett over with knees to the body.
Pritchett lands a right hand.
Striker connects with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Striker as Pritchett tries to tie him up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Striker.
Striker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Striker lands a good knee to the midsection. Pritchett won't want to take too many of those.
Striker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pritchett working aggressively here.
Pritchett takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pritchett.
Striker scores a nice knee to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pritchett lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Striker misses with a knee strike.
Pritchett lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Striker tries to land knees in the clinch but Pritchett avoids the damage to the body.
Pritchett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Striker.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thai Striker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Striker has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight for Thai Striker!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Thai Striker!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Thai Striker!

Thai Striker wins by unanimous decision!