PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Orton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Buckley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orton's entrance music is BOOM by P.O.D.. A fine choice. Buckley has chosen Brandenburg Concerto 2 as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Orton
vs
Buckley

193 cm
22
268 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

195 cm
26
260 lbs
13 - 14 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Very flexible

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Orton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, William Buckley!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orton looks to land a left hand but Buckley moved out of range nicely.
Orton digs a good hook to Buckley's body.
Orton ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Orton stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Orton wants it to stay on the feet.
Buckley tries to move into range but Orton moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like William Buckley has been cut.
Orton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orton digs a good body shot into Buckley's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orton stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Orton wants it to stay on the feet.

Orton drops Buckley with a left right combo! Orton follows him down to the ground into side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Orton staying calm.
Orton's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Orton is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Buckley has escaped the position, nice work there.
Orton wants to control but Buckley is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckley is trying to improve his position.
Buckley struggling a bit here.
Buckley is looking for a sweep.
Buckley gets back to half guard.
Orton prevents Buckley from improving his position.
Orton is taking a breather. Buckley says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Buckley is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Orton's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Orton's back!
Buckley scores with punches to the body.
Buckley is punishing Orton with strikes - can he finish him?!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Orton tries to escape but Buckley has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Orton is trapped and Buckley is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Buckley softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Buckley misses with punches from the back.
Orton just looking to survive in the bad position.
Even with his hooks in, Buckley manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Orton trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Orton is in bad spot here.
Buckley is trying to stick to Orton's back but Orton is turning into Buckley. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Buckley's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Orton.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Buckley holds on and takes a little breather.
Buckley is striking but Orton is not phased and passes to half guard.
Orton passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckley is squirming around, avoiding Orton's attempts to control the action.
Buckley tries to hold on but Orton postures up.
Orton tries to control but Buckley wriggling away.
Buckley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Orton jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Buckley manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Orton is looking to take a break and control but Buckley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Orton tries to advance to mount but Buckley denies him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orton trying to control the position but Buckley is working away.
Buckley is trying to get back to half guard.
Orton is staying tight to Buckley's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Orton trying to control the position but Buckley is working away.
Buckley tries to improve position but can't.
Buckley is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Buckley keeps working.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lull in the action here as Orton stalls from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Orton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Buckley's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Buckley shoots for a takedown but Orton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Randy Orton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Orton attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Orton changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Buckley looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Buckley is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Buckley keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Orton passes the guard and advances to mount!
Orton throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Orton controlling his opponent.
Orton avoids the attempt from Buckley to control.
Buckley is looking to get to half guard.
Buckley controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orton looking to control and managing it successfully.
Orton forces the positional change into back control.
Orton tries to keep control of the position but Buckley is staying busy.

Orton looking for the choke but no joy.
Buckley trying to control the hands but Orton won't let him.
Buckley's corner are yelling at him, telling him to just focus on controlling Orton's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orton has the hooks in. Buckley is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Buckley looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Buckley rolls, trying to escape but Orton keeps control of the position.
Buckley trying to control the hands but Orton breaks the grip.
Orton is riding his opponent, not letting Buckley buck him off.
Buckley trying to control the action but Orton just sinks the hooks in.
Orton controlling well, preventing Buckley from escaping the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Orton has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Buckley has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

Orton is persistently looking for the submission but Buckley is defending it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckley controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad spot.
Orton struggling to keep hold of the position.
Orton thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Buckley is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Orton.
Orton punches the canvas rather than the man.
Orton controls the action.
Buckley is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Orton off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

Orton working for the choke.
Buckley rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orton is looking to take a break and control but Buckley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Buckley gets full guard.
Orton stops Buckley from standing up.
Orton won't allow Buckley to sweep him here.
Orton wants to control from the top but Buckley keeps moving.
Buckley seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Orton trying to control but Buckley is working from the bottom.
Orton sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Orton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on William Buckley's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Buckley throws a shot to the body.

Buckley dives in and scores a takedown into Orton's guard.
Buckley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Orton works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Buckley throwing strikes but missing.
Buckley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Orton is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Buckley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buckley throws a big right hand that misses.
Buckley postures up.
Buckley lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Buckley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Buckley preventing the sweep.
Buckley throws a strike but Orton rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckley has control of Orton's left arm, preventing Orton from doing any damage.
Buckley manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Orton manages to get himself to full guard.
Buckley is in close to Orton's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Buckley has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Orton to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Buckley is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Orton pulls down on the head and he's put Buckley to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Randy Orton!
Randy Orton spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.