PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Till I Collapse. Jordan has chosen Rebel Son as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smith
vs
Jordan

180 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Eddie Farnsworth and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jordan.

Smith is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jordan's half guard.
Jordan trying to control from the bottom.
Jordan wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith trying to control the pace.
Jordan is refusing to be controlled, as Smith sits in half guard.
Jordan is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan is looking to improve his position.
Smith trying to control the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. John Smith wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Jordan fails with a takedown attempt.
Jordan thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch but Jordan moves out of range.
Jordan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
John Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Jordan.

Smith shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Smith has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Smith is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Smith thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Smith throwing strikes but missing.
Jordan is trying to keep Smith in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Smith decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Smith wants to clinch up but Jordan keeps it at a distance.

Smith rushes Jordan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Jordan avoids the damage to the body.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Jordan.
William Jordan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jordan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Smith sprawls well initially but Jordan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jordan.

Smith looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jordan wants to get back to his feet.
Smith trying to control here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Smith looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Smith dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Smith throws a series of punches but Jordan avoids them all with ease.
Jordan with a lazy takedown attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Jordan drives through with a takedown into Smith's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Smith managing to control the position.

Smith manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Jordan shoots in.
Smith is looking to clinch but Jordan is avoiding it.
Jordan is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jordan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jordan has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jordan is breathing heavily.
Jordan unloading with bombs!
Smith is working to get back to half guard.
Smith holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jordan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jordan scoring with strikes but Smith is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to reverse the position but Jordan maintains control.
Smith is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Smith working to try and regain half guard.
Jordan tries to control but Smith wriggling away.
Smith tries to lock up and control but Jordan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith is desperately trying to improve his position but Jordan has a good base and remains in mount.
Smith is squirming around, avoiding Jordan's attempts to control the action.
Smith is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jordan.
Smith wants to control but Jordan is having none of it.
Jordan trying to control but Smith is having none of it.
Jordan controlling from the full mount.
Smith wants to hold on but Jordan pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan controlling from the full mount.
Jordan avoids the attempt from Smith to control.
Jordan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jordan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Smith is looking to escape.
Jordan is looking to stand but Jordan has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Jordan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jordan misses with a body kick.

Smith looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jordan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jordan controls Smith momentarily but Smith frees himself.
Jordan 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.
Smith wanted to stand there but Jordan had control of the position.
Smith trying to control but Jordan is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up because John Smith just wasn't active enough.

Smith looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Jordan!
Jordan is not content to let Smith control the position.
Jordan is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan is not content to let Smith control the position.
Jordan is trying to control Smith's posture but Smith avoids it.

Smith decides to take the fight back to the feet.
John Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith leaves Jordan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jordan fails with the takedown

and Smith counters by clinching up.
Jordan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Jordan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smith has his takedown stuffed

and Jordan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jordan.
Jordan managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.

Smith manages to break the clinch.
Jordan keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Jordan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Smith looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jordan postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Smith struggling a bit here.
Jordan wants to stand but Smith is controlling his arm.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith struggling a bit here.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Smith has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Smith!
A very excited looking John Smith rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.