PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Augustus Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rampage Strykzilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strykzilla is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: A Certain Death - Misery Signals. Augustus Cole has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cole
vs
Strykzilla

198 cm
27
265 lbs
21 - 7 - 1

200 cm
27
260 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

-OVERDOSE Factory-
Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry

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 21 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Augustus Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rampage Strykzilla!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strykzilla shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cole defends it nicely.
Augustus Cole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cole lands a jab to Strykzilla's midsection.
Strykzilla is looking to clinch but Cole is avoiding it.
Sloppy strikes from Cole. Those never looked like landing.

Cole rushes Strykzilla and presses him up against the cage.
Strykzilla tries to pull guard but Cole holds him up against the cage and eventually Strykzilla drops back down to his feet.
Strykzilla tries to pull guard but Cole holds him up against the cage and eventually Strykzilla drops back down to his feet.
Augustus Cole has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rampage Strykzilla.
Cole lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Strykzilla drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Cole breaks the clinch.
Cole swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cole scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Strykzilla doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cole stalks Strykzilla and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Strykzilla's face. Strykzilla staggers backwards, shaken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cole. Strykzilla does a little dance to reset his feet.
Strykzilla defending well as Cole loads up on a big left hand.
Cole throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Strykzilla misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cole jabs Strykzilla right on the nose. Strykzilla blinks but takes it well.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cole.
Cole is looking to wear down Strykzilla with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Strykzilla slips a jab from Cole.
Cole fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Strykzilla checks it well.
Cole leaves Strykzilla with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Strykzilla misses with a takedown
and Cole counters with a straight right hand.
Strykzilla looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strykzilla takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cole paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cole leaves Strykzilla with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cole swings for the body but Strykzilla moves out of range.
Strykzilla is trying desperately to land a takedown but Cole is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Strykzilla.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Cole misses the target.
Cole throws a nice looking combination but Strykzilla bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Strykzilla shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cole but Cole pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Strykzilla tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cole manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cole swings for the body but Strykzilla moves out of range.
Cole misses with the combination.
Strykzilla looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cole is fending him off so far but Strykzilla persists. Nope, Cole circles away and we're back to standing.
Cole pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cole lands a jab-cross combination.
A head kick from Cole lands but Strykzilla takes it in his stride.
Strykzilla slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole misses with a jab, cross combination.
Strykzilla throws a right hand that Cole ducks under and follows up with a left that Cole also avoids with ease.
Cole scores with the left hand. Strykzilla knows he should have avoided that one.
Strykzilla blocks a jab.
Cole misses with a combination
and Strykzilla counters with a one-two to the body.
Cole swings widly with a right hand

and Strykzilla counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Strykzilla.
Strykzilla goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cole prevents it.
Cole fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Strykzilla working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Strykzilla lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short body shot lands from Strykzilla as the two fighters clinch.
Cole misses with a punch on the inside.
Cole tries to work over Strykzilla's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cole misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cole's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Strykzilla keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cole.
Horrible takedown by Strykzilla or perhaps it was just good defense by Cole which made him look bad.
Strykzilla shoots in for a takedown but Cole shows good takedown defense.

Strykzilla moves into the clinch.
Strykzilla scores with a shoulder strike.
Cole misses with a hook from the clinch.

Cole manages to break the clinch.
Cole throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Strykzilla tries to clinch there but Cole circles away.
Cole keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Strykzilla closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cole did well to prevent Strykzilla getting side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Cole keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Strykzilla wants to control but Cole is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Augustus Cole dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nice straight punches there by Cole. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cole.
Strykzilla fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Strykzilla looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
No joy there for Cole, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Strykzilla.
Augustus Cole has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rampage Strykzilla.
Strykzilla misses with a wild combination.
Augustus Cole is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cole throws a series of punches but Strykzilla moves out of range.
Strykzilla with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cole to score with a decent uppercut.
Cole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Strykzilla.
Strykzilla fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Strykzilla uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cole.
Cole thows a left - swing and a miss!
Augustus Cole is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strykzilla shoots in but no luck this time.
Cole throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Strykzilla on the side of the head.
Cole connects with a body shot that sends Strykzilla's belly button to the back.
Strykzilla is breathing heavily.
Strykzilla avoids the body shot from Cole.
Cole works Strykzilla's body with a nice hook.
Cole misses with a series of wild punches.
Strykzilla checks a low kick from Cole.
Strykzilla tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cole paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cole shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Strykzilla eats them both and turns towards Cole to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
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!
Strykzilla moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cole goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cole lands a nice shot to the body.
Strykzilla avoids the body shot from Cole.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strykzilla tries to clinch up but Cole circles away and keeps his distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cole, as that shot connected.
Strykzilla ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Strykzilla walks into a jab.
Cole moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Augustus Cole is winning the standup battle so far.
Cole scores with a one two! Strykzilla had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Strykzilla is rocked!
Strykzilla tries to clinch there but Cole circles away.
Strykzilla is still on wobbly legs! Can Cole finish him?
Cole scores with a body shot.
Strykzilla seems to have recovered his senses.
Cole keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Cole misses.
Cole tries a head kick but it misses.
Cole fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Strykzilla fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strykzilla shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cole defends it nicely.
Cole throws a poor cross that misses

and Strykzilla counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Strykzilla.
Strykzilla blocking some punches.
Cole lands with a right to the head.
Strykzilla lands a left hand.
Strykzilla scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cole throws a punch but it's blocked by Strykzilla.
Strykzilla lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cole or not.

Strykzilla has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Cole clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
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!

Strykzilla is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Cole knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Cole for a finish.

Cole fending off the submission attempt from Strykzilla.

Strykzilla is working for a rear naked choke. Cole is not defending it well and Strykzilla has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Cole refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Cole's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rampage Strykzilla!
Our winner, Rampage Strykzilla, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.