PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dee Stroya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Holm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holm has chosen Warriors Heart as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Stroya
vs
Holm

192 cm
22
218 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

191 cm
22
212 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Pinoy Fightwear (90% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dee Stroya!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars Holm!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Russell Pearce and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holm tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stroya counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Holm takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stroya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stroya throws a front kick aimed at Holm's knee but Holm avoids it well.
Holm will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Holm misses with a wild combination.
Stroya throws a right hand that misses
and Holm counters with a stiff right hand.
Holm is looking to clinch.
Stroya lands with a hook. Holm tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Stroya getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holm avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Holm is looking to clinch but Stroya is avoiding it.
Stroya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holm manages to avoid it.
Holm jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Holm with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Holm.
Stroya throws out a loose jab but Holm uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holm tries to bum rush Stroya with a series of wild strikes but Stroya uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Holm moves in looking to clinch but Stroya pushes him off.
Stroya explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Stroya tried to score with a low kick but Holm checks it.
Stroya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Stroya. Beautiful body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holm with a hook.
Stroya lands a really nice looking cross but Holm seems unphased.
Stroya looks to score with a jab to the body but Holm is just out of range.
Stroya throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Holm does it's job there.
Some wild striking there from Holm.
Stroya lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Holm at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holm throws a head kick but Stroya moves out of range.
Stroya thows a body shot but no joy.
Holm misses with a straight left.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Stroya lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Holm has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Holm and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Stroya clobbers Holm with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Holm is rocked!
Nice body punch from Stroya.
Holm is still on wobbly legs! Can Stroya finish him?
Holm looks winded!
Stroya measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Holm! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Dee Stroya!
Dee Stroya retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Dee Stroya thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.