PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Orston (ranked 2716 p4p, 379 weight class) and Splash Wetness (ranked 2707 p4p, 377 weight class). Wetness has chosen Pump Up The Jam- Technotronic as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Orston
vs
Wetness

210 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

203 cm
27
215 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$100)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Orston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Splash Wetness!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wetness misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Orston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wetness was well out of range. Poor timing from Orston.

Wetness pushes Orston up against the cage in a clinch.
I was talking to Orston's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Orston goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Orston goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wetness prevents a body shot from Orston.
Wetness blocks a body shot from Orston.
Orston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wetness displaying some good clinch control by pressing Orston up against the cage.
Orston avoiding damage as Wetness throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orston can't break the clinch.
Orston lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wetness trying to stall but Orston improves his position.
Orston scores with a hook to the body.
Wetness misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Orston.
Wetness works on Orston's body with a couple of short punches.
Orston swings wildly with an uppercut but Wetness uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wetness lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Orston displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wetness up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Orston creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Orston tries to work over Wetness's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wetness crunches a lovely knee into Orston's ribcage.
Orston goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Orston breaks the clinch.
Wetness takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Orston tried to score with a low kick but Wetness checks it.
Orston keeps the fight on the outside.
Some bone on bone action there as Wetness checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orston connects with a nice looking jab.
Wetness moves away from the strike by Orston.
Wetness tries to counter by closing the distance.
Wetness is looking to clinch.
Wetness avoids the body shot from Orston.
Orston throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orston looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wetness slips under a jab from Orston.
Wetness wants to counter the offense by Orston and move into the clinch position.
Wetness on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Orston darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wetness misses with a jab, cross combination.
Orston really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Orston motions for Wetness to come forward. Orston throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Orston takes one on the button.
Orston tests Wetness's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orston connects with a high kick.
Orston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wetness was well out of range. Poor timing from Orston.
Orston looks to land a combination but Wetness avoids it well.
Orston looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Orston pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wetness on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Orston looks to score with a jab to the body but Wetness is just out of range.

Wetness gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Orston avoids the elbow strike from Wetness, against the cage.
Wetness tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orston avoids it.
Orston goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Orston lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wetness backwards.
Orston lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wetness blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orston tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wetness is trying to maintain a safe position but Orston gets an underhook and turns Wetness into the cage.
Orston misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wetness tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orston avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wetness trying to land knees to the body.
Wetness prevents Orston from breaking the clinch.
Wetness displaying some good clinch control by pressing Orston up against the cage.
Orston tries to throw a body punch but Wetness avoids it by throwing Orston back against the cage.
Orston throws a punch but it's blocked by Wetness.
Wetness lands a body punch.
Wetness leaning against his opponent.
Orston misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orston fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wetness stalling the fight.
Orston throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Orston dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fighters circling - Orston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Orston is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wetness can do to turn this around?
Wetness takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wetness scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Orston looks to land a body kick but Wetness moved away.
Orston throws a jab when Wetness was well out of range.
Wetness tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - Orston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wetness is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Orston wants to land a leg kick but Wetness is out of range.
Orston avoids the head kick by Wetness.
Orston quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wetness checks a leg kick.
Orston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wetness.
Wetness tries to counter with a clinch but Orston shakes him off and moves away.
Wetness is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Orston.
Wetness blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orston looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wetness misses with a low kick.
Wetness on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Orston jabs Wetness right on the nose. Wetness blinks but takes it well.
Wetness scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Orston doesn't seem bothered though.
David Orston is winning the standup battle so far.
Wetness takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Orston fakes the leg kick and cracks Wetness in the body.
Orston misses the body punch

and Wetness moves into the clinch.
Orston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Orston has a couple of punches blocked by Wetness.
Orston tries a body shot but Wetness blocks it.
Wetness misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orston.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orston.
Wetness tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orston avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wetness is pushing Orston up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Orston breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Orston takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Orston.
Orston misses with a head kick.
Orston on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A jab from Orston finds it's way through Wetness's defenses.
Wetness takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Orston goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Orston cracks Wetness with a right hand to the side of the head.
Orston throws a nice outside leg kick.
Orston misses with a low kick as Wetness jumps back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wetness throws a hook to the side of Orston's head but Orston sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wetness tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Orston lands a head shot.
Orston lands with a cross.
Nice jab there from Orston.
Orston throws an overhand right that lands on Wetness's shoulder, as Wetness tries to avoid the shot.
Orston connects with a leg kick. Wetness looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Orston.
Wetness scores with a leg kick.
Wetness takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wetness swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orston digs a good hook to Wetness's body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Orston.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wetness fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orston manages to avoid it.

Wetness clinches.
Wetness misses with a punch to the body.
Orston is trying to stall.
Orston lands with a right to the head.
Wetness is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Orston.
Orston tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wetness using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orston lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Orston dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Orston swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Orston thuds his shin into the meat of Wetness's side.
Orston throws the kick towards the body but Wetness avoids it.
Wetness steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Orston.
Wetness moves in looking to clinch but Orston pushes him off.
Orston misses with a low kick.
Orston works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wetness on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wetness throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Orston throws a sloppy head kick and Wetness moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orston jabs Wetness to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wetness tries a head kick but it misses.
Orston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Orston lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wetness's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wetness tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wetness has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Orston.
Orston shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
David Orston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wetness misses with a double jab.
It looked like Orston wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Orston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wetness displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Orston throws out the jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Orston!
Orston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Orston is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wetness takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Splash Wetness is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Orston lands a nice shot that snaps Wetness's head back.
Wetness is looking to clinch.
Wetness throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Orston makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Wetness really felt that one!
Orston throws a head kick that Wetness semi-blocks.
David Orston is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orston misses with a looping left.
Orston lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wetness throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Orston.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wetness blocks a head kick by Orston.
Orston tests Wetness's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jab from Orston.
Orston cracks the inside of Wetness's front leg.
Orston fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wetness checks it well.
Wetness on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Orston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wetness was well out of range. Poor timing from Orston.
Wetness's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head kick misses from Orston.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wetness steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Orston. That one must have hurt.
An inside leg kick from Orston misses.
Orston scores with a body shot.
Orston walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wetness checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Orston bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wetness scores with a crisp jab that stopped Orston in his tracks.
Splash Wetness has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Orston lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wetness fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Wetness gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wetness is struggling to control the position.
Orston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orston leaning his opponent against the cage.
Orston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wetness is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orston is defending well for now.
Wetness tries to land knees in the clinch but Orston avoids the damage to the body.
Wetness throws a knee to the head but misses.
Orston makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orston digs a right hand into Wetness's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wetness's gas tank.
Orston takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wetness trying to land knees to the body.
Wetness trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Orston showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Orston has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Orston!
An out of breath David Orston thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.