PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mr Jobber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenneth Lord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenneth Lord has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jobber
vs
Lord

150 cm
24
130 lbs
0 - 41 - 0

193 cm
21
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 41 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mr Jobber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenneth Lord!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lord scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lord happy to just control the position for now.
Lord lands a few punches from side control.
Jobber is looking for a sweep.
A lull in the action here.

Lord stands up.
Jobber tries to clinch but Lord is having none of it.

Lord drops Jobber with a beautiful combination! Jobber stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Lord is looking for the KO!

Jobber is rocked!

It looks like Mr Jobber has been cut.

Lord drives through and clinches with Jobber against the cage.
Oh Jobber is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Lord is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Jobber can't fight it off and eventually Lord manages to take the fight to the floor. Jobber looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jobber seems to have got his legs back now.
Jobber is striking but Lord is not phased and passes to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jobber could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
I looks like Lord might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Jobber tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Lord content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jobber knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lord on the ground.

Lord stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Jobber to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jobber closes the distance but Lord moves to the side
and Lord counters with a good low kick that Jobber was not able to check.

Lord shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jobber is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Lord jumps into side control!
Lord content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Lord looks gassed!

Lord tries for a kimura but Jobber is defending well.

Lord stands up and beckons Jobber to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jobber closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lord counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jobber thinking.
Jobber tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Lord counters by clinching up.
Jobber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Lord pulls Jobber into guard.
Jobber loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lord manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jobber manages to get himself to full guard.
Lord is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jobber doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Lord showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jobber throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lord controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Lord wants to pass the guard but Jobber is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jobber trying to strike off his back.
Jobber might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lord content to stall in guard here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lord accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lord showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Let's hope that Lord has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenneth Lord dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mr Jobber's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jobber tries to clinch up

and Lord counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lord.

Lord turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Lord staying calm.

Despite being in the dominant position, Kenneth Lord just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jobber clinches but Lord breaks the clinch
and Lord counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jobber steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lord. That one must have hurt.
Kenneth Lord is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Lord scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lord has an Americana. Jobber didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Lord is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Lord hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Kenneth Lord!