PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Strife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ja Rule (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Strife
vs
Rule

180 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
152 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Strife!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ja Rule!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Strife has Rule up against the cage in a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Strife takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rule stalling in the clinch but Strife improves position.
Strife content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.
Strife lands an elbow just above Rule 's eye.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Strife.
Rule slows down the pace here.
Strife scores a nice knee to the body.
Strife landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rule looks gassed!
Strife lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rule stalling in the clinch but Strife improves position.
Strife landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Strife lands an elbow just above Rule 's eye.
Strife is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A nice right hand lands inside from Strife.
Strife landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Strife scores with a nice hook to the head.
Strife landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Strife with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Strife softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rule wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rule wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Strife has him pressed against the cage.
Rule trying to stall but Strife improves his position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ja Rule.
Rule tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Strife counters with a big head kick but Rule shrugs it off.

Strife fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rule, pushing him back against the cage.
Rule takes an elbow to the temple.
Rule can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Strife.
Rule looking to stall.
Strife lands an elbow just above Rule 's eye.
Strife stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Strife gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.
Knees in the clinch landing for Strife.
Strife gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rule is trying to stall.
A bit of stalling here from Strife.
Rule looking to slow down the pace here.

Strife breaks from the clinch.

Strife takes the fight into the clinch.
Strife lands a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Strife.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Strife escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ja Rule seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rule closes the distance looking to clinch

and Strife moves into the clinch.
Rule wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Strife has him pressed against the cage.
Strife scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Strife landing knees to the body.
Strife stalling against the cage.
Strife looking to slow down the pace here.
Rule looking to stall.
Rule's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Strife pushes Rule back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rule looking to slow down the pace here.
Rule stalling.
A knee to the head by Strife.
Strife connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rule's face.
Strife is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A right handed body shot lands from Strife.
Rule trying to stall but Strife improves his position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ja Rule.
Rule tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Strife counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rule looks to clinch

and Strife holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Strife holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Strife connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rule's face.
Strife keeps control of Rule as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Strife landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Strife.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Strife breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rule tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Strife counters by clinching up.
Rule trying to stall but Strife improves his position.
Strife stalling.
Rule tries to stall but Strife uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Strife scores a nice knee to the body.
Strife landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Strife lands an elbow that stopped Rule in his tracks for a moment.
Strife lands an elbow inside.

Strife breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rule closes the distance but Strife moves to the side

and Strife counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Strife.
Rule looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Strife.
A short uppercut from Strife.
Rule wants to stall.
Rule stalling.
Strife lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rule is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ja Rule.
Rule tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Strife counters by clinching up.
Rule is trying to stall.
Rule takes an elbow to the temple.

Strife breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Strife circles away from the clinch attempt

and Strife moves into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Strife.
Rule wants to stall.
Strife lands a damaging elbow.
Strife lands a nice knee to the body.
Strife lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Strife crunches a lovely knee into Rule's ribcage.
Strife throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rules head.
Knees to the body from Strife.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Strife.

Strife breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Strife dominated that round.
That's time! Strife's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Strife punishes Rule's body with a nice straight punch.
Rule misses the body punch
and Strife counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Rule closes the distance looking to clinch
and Strife counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Rule throws a right hand that misses
and Strife counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rule thinking.

Strife has managed to clinch.
Strife lands a nice knee to the body.
Strife lands a knee to the body.
Rule looking to stall.

Strife breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rule tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Strife counters by clinching up.
Strife keeps control of Rule as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Strife lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rule stalling in the clinch but Strife improves position.
Strife is stalling here.
Strife connects with a knee to the head.

Strife breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rule darts in trying to clinch
and Strife counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rule tries to clinch
and Strife makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rule throws a lazy uppercut

and Strife holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Strife lands a knee to the body.
Rule stalling in the clinch but Strife improves position.

Strife breaks the clinch.
Rule clinches but Strife breaks the clinch

and Strife counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Strife breaks the clinch.
Rule tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Strife counters by moving into the clinch.
Strife crunches a lovely knee into Rule's ribcage.
Strife lands a nice elbow.
Rule trying to stall but Strife improves his position.
Strife scores with a knee to the head.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ja Rule.

Strife instigates a clinch.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rule has had enough of the clinch but Strife keeps him there for the moment.
Strife lands a nice knee to the body.
Strife looking to slow down the pace here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Strife lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strife tries a knee to the head but Rule blocks it.
Rule has had enough of the clinch but Strife keeps him there for the moment.
Strife connects with a knee to the head.
Strife lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rule backwards.
Rule looking to stall.
Strife lands a nice elbow.
Strife stalling.
John Strife has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Strife breaks the clinch.

Strife drives through and clinches with Rule against the cage.

Strife escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rule tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Strife counters by clinching up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Strife.
Strife scores a nice knee to the body.
Strife lands an elbow inside.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.

Strife breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rule throws an off balance right hand

and Strife counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Strife lands a knee to the body.
Strife lands a nice knee to the body.
Rule stalling in the clinch but Strife improves position.

Strife manages to break the clinch.
Rule misses with a body shot

and Strife counters by clinching up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rule tries to break the clinch but Strife is controlling the position.
Rule trying to stall but Strife improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Strife lands an elbow inside.
Strife landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Strife breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rule steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Strife. That one must have hurt.

Strife darts in and clinches Rule up against the cage.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.
Strife using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Strife crunches a lovely knee into Rule's ribcage.
Strife crunches a lovely knee into Rule's ribcage.
Strife wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rule has him pressed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Strife takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Strife wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rule trying to stall but Strife improves his position.
Rule wants to get back to striking at distance but Strife won't allow it.
Rule wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Strife manages to break the clinch.
Rule closes the distance but Strife moves to the side
and Strife counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rule's knee momentarily.

Strife fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rule, pushing him back against the cage.
Strife stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Strife is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Strife breaks from the clinch.
Rule tries to clinch
and Strife connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rule throws a combination that misses

and Strife counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Strife lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Strife breaks from the clinch.
Rule tries to clinch up

and Strife counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Strife.
Strife using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rule wants to stall.
Rule seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ja Rule.

Strife has managed to clinch.
Strife lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rule trying to stall but Strife improves his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Strife lands a nice uppercut.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.
Rule is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Rule wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Strife has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Strife - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Strife dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Strife closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Strife.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Strife cracks Rule with a nice body shot.
Strife scores a nice knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Strife.
Strife has Rule pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Strife.
Strife lands an uppercut.
Rule wants to break the clinch but can't.
Strife is stalling here.
Strife is trying to stall.
Rule wants to get back to striking at distance but Strife won't allow it.
Rule is trying to stall.
Knees to the body from Strife.
Strife trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rule wants to stall.
Strife wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rule wants to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Strife.
Rule takes an elbow to the forehead.
Strife stalling.
Rule trying to stall but Strife improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strife scores a nice knee to the body.

Strife manages to break the clinch.
Rule closes the distance looking to clinch
and Strife counters with a thumping low kick.
Strife throws a head kick that half lands.

Strife moves into the clinch.
Strife with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Strife.
Strife gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rule looking to slow down the pace here.
Strife lands an elbow that stopped Rule in his tracks for a moment.
Strife landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Strife breaks from the clinch.

Strife darts in and clinches Rule up against the cage.

Strife escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rule throws a combination that misses

and Strife counters by clinching up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Strife.
Strife connects with a knee to the head.

Strife manages to break the clinch.
Rule darts in trying to clinch

and Strife counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strife missing with knees to the body.
Strife stalling the fight.
Rule wants to get back to striking at distance but Strife won't allow it.
Rule looking to stall.
Strife scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Strife.
Strife lands a nice elbow.
Strife tries a knee to the head but Rule blocks it.
Rule wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rule is trying to stall.
Strife with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Strife is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rule can do to turn this around?
Strife landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Strife breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Strife clinches up against the cage.
Strife using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Strife lands an elbow just above Rule 's eye.
A knee to the head by Strife.
Rule wants to break free but Strife has control.
The is referee keeping an eye on Strife - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Strife landing knees to the body.
Rule is trying to stall.
Knees to the body from Strife.
Rule trying to stall but Strife improves his position.
Strife lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Strife leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife scores with a knee to the head.
Rule trying to stall but Strife improves his position.
Strife lands a nice knee to the body.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Strife.

Strife breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rule tries to clinch up
and Strife counters with a head kick.
Strife lands a head kick!
Strife circles away from the clinch attempt
and Strife counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Strife circles away from the clinch attempt
and Strife counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rule is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Strife fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rule, pushing him back against the cage.
Rule keeps control of Strife as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Strife lands a damaging elbow.
Rule looking to slow down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ja Rule.
Rule tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Strife counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Strife lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rule stalling in the clinch but Strife improves position.
Strife landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rule looking to slow down the pace here.
Strife lands a nice shot to the body.
Strife lands a nice knee to the body.
Rule looking to slow down the pace here.
Strife with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rule tries to break the clinch but Strife is controlling the position.
Rule is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ja Rule.
Rule swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rule darts in trying to clinch
and Strife counters with a flying knee. Nice.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Strife showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Strife 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Strife!