PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Andrade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan House (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). House has chosen Saliva's Make Me a Superstar as his entrance music. Jordan House has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Andrade
vs
House

190 cm
25
205 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

190 cm
24
221 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Andrade!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jordan House!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from House misses.
Andrade takes one on the button.
Andrade tries to close the distance and clinch but House swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Andrade slips under a jab from House.
House comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
House fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Andrade on the side of the head.
Andrade tries to clinch but House is having none of it.
House jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Andrade uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from House.
House looks to land a left hand but Andrade moved out of range nicely.
House misses with a looping right.
House lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Andrade backs up against the cage.
House scores with a body shot.
House lands a slapping body shot.
House misses with a body shot.
House misses with a straight left.
A big right from House misses.
House looks to land a combination. Andrade sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Andrade gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
House darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Andrade lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Jordan House has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
House thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from House.
Andrade moves out of range as House strikes.
Andrade walks into a stiff left hand from House.
House throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
House throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
House connects with a nice looking jab.
House looks to score with a jab to the body but Andrade is just out of range.
House lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Andrade circles away quickly and effectively.
House swinging wildly here.
House scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Andrade shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. House manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Andrade stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. House swivels though and keeps the full guard.
House is adopting a defensive guard.
House looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
House is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Andrade trying to control the position from guard on top but House is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andrade controls from within his opponent's guard.
House looking to hit a scissor sweep but Andrade is one step ahead there.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
House uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
House throws a shot from downtown. Andrade moves away and avoids it.
House misses with an uppercut.
House with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by House.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
House stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Andrade takes one on the button.
House lands a jab to the nose.
House throws a jab when Andrade was well out of range.
Andrade keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from House.
Andrade moves out of range as House strikes.
Andrade takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Andrade gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Andrade gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Andrade throws a push kick but House slaps the foot to one side.
Andrade lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Andrade.
Andrade avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Andrade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Andrade just misses with a punch to the body.
Andrade thuds a left hand into House's body.
Andrade blocks a jab.
Andrade slips a jab and a cross from House.
House displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Andrade throws out the jab.
Andrade slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
House thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice shot lands for House.
Nice defenses there by Andrade.
House throws a jab when Andrade was well out of range.
House misses with a body shot
and Andrade counters with a head kick. That will keep House thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
House slips under a jab from Andrade.
House swinging wildly here.
House throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
House misses with a straight right.
House looks to throw the jab but Andrade is out of range.
Andrade throws a jab when House was well out of range.
House takes a swing at Andrade's ribcage but misses.
Andrade tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
House scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
House is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Andrade had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Andrade throws a right and a left that House avoids nicely.
House misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Andrade.
Jordan House seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
House lands a really nice looking cross but Andrade seems unphased.
House scores with a three punch combo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jordan House dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jordan House's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

House throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Andrade sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Andrade slips under a jab.
A combination from House does no damage.
House scores with a hook to the body. Andrade takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
House connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Andrade's hands.
Andrade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Andrade looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
House misses with a looping right.
House might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
House with a jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
House blocks a head kick by Andrade.
House lands a nice hook to Andrade's body. Andrade takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Andrade throws a head kick but House moves out of range.
Andrade misses with a hook. House ducked under it nicely.
House connects with a body shot.
House cracks Andrade with an open hand slap.
Andrade uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by House.
Andrade slips a jab from House.
House stuns Andrade with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Andrade fails to land the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Andrade takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrade takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
House listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
House works the jab nicely.
House throws a jab but it's blocked by Andrade.
Nice defenses there by Andrade.
House will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Andrade looks to score with a jab to the body but House is just out of range.
Andrade uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from House.
House fails to land with a series of punches.
House thuds his right hand into Andrade's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
House blocks a head kick by Andrade.
House moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Andrade is on the wrong end of a nice combination from House.
Andrade walks into a jab.
Nice defenses there by House.
House scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
House lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
House lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Andrade is rocked!
House lands with a right that hurts Andrade. Andrade looks to clinch but House throws a short knee that drops Andrade. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Jordan House! Jordan House retains his light heavyweight title!