PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Jericho (ranked 19956 p4p, 4613 weight class) and Stewie Scrivens (ranked 718 p4p, 560 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Scrivens's choice of entrance music: POLARIS - Hey Sandy. This should be fireworks!

Jericho
vs
Scrivens

188 cm
37
200
11 - 6 - 0

181 cm
18
165
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackson Jericho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stewie Scrivens!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Scrivens closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Scrivens wants to pass to mount but Jericho is defending the position.
Scrivens keeps trying to improve his position.
Jericho gets full guard.
Jericho looking for a sweep. Not yet Jericho, not yet.
Jericho seems keen to control Scrivens's posture.
Jericho is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jericho manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Scrivens manages to get himself to full guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scrivens tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jericho looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Jericho forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho not doing much here.
Jericho has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Jericho.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jericho connects with a nice short shot to Scrivens's temple.
Jericho takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jericho seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Scrivens for as long as he can get away with.
Jericho continues to hold on tight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Scrivens tries to get to full guard but Jericho has control of the leg.
Jericho looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jackson Jericho.
Well Jericho 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 9:10
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 10:9
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jackson Jericho!
Jackson Jericho thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Stewie Scrivens was interviewed post fight and said 'Nice fight, Jackson. Thanks for the lesson.'.