PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry Butler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hyper - We Control . Jerry Butler has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Roy Nelson's chin.

Nelson
vs
Butler

188 cm
27
242 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
19
255 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roy Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerry Butler!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butler shoots in looking for a takedown. Nelson tries to sprawl out of it but Butler keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nelson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Butler tries to move into range but Nelson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Butler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nelson scores with a decent looking hook.
Nelson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Butler is out of range.
Nelson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nelson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nelson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick from Nelson lands but Butler takes it in his stride.
Butler fails with a takedown attempt.
Nelson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Butler circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nelson throws a head kick but Butler moves out of range.

Butler gets a double leg takedown into Nelson's guard.
Butler is looking to work some ground and pound but Nelson has wrist control.

Butler drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Butler jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Nelson wants to sweep but no luck.
Butler controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Nelson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Butler looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Butler looking to sit in guard and control but Nelson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nelson is looking to advance position but Butler has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is squirming around, avoiding Butler's attempts to control the action.
Butler scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nelson?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Butler looking for a guillotine from mount but Nelson is having none of it.

Butler is working for a guillotine from mount but Nelson frees his head quite easily.

Butler stands up from mount. Strange move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Butler drives through and clinches with Nelson against the cage.

Butler breaks the clinch.
Nelson throws a body punch but Butler moves out of range.
Nelson throws a head kick that Butler semi-blocks.
Butler dodges the punch combination from Nelson.

Butler drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Nelson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Butler not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Butler works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Butler is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Butler content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Butler is trying to control the action in half guard but Nelson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Butler postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Nelson to stand up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nelson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Butler's hands.
Butler checks a low kick from Nelson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jerry Butler will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Butler blocks a head kick by Nelson.
Roy Nelson is winning the standup battle so far.
Nelson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Butler.
Nelson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nelson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nelson tries to bum rush Butler with a series of wild strikes but Butler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roy Nelson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nelson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nelson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Butler with a poor takedown
and Nelson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nelson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nelson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nelson moves out of range as Butler throws a body kick.
Nelson moves out of range of the body kick from Butler.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butler tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Butler walks into a jab.
Nelson throws a lazy head kick

and Butler counters with a takedown into side control.
Butler is looking to take a break and control but Nelson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nelson can't do much from the bottom here.
Butler advances to mount.
Butler controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Butler wants to control the pace but Nelson is squirming around nicely.
Nelson is trying to escape the mount.

Butler stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Roy Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Butler fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Roy Nelson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerry Butler.
Nelson misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Butler momentarily.
Nelson misses with the combination.
Nelson scores with a three punch combo!
Nelson connects with a body shot that sends Butler's belly button to the back.
Nice takedown defense from Nelson. No joy for Butler on that attempt.
Nelson throws out a leg kick but Butler moves out of range and Nelson only half commits.
Nelson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Butler takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Butler moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nelson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Nelson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Butler chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nelson can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nelson misses with a low kick.

Butler drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Nelson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Butler pushes down on Nelson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Butler looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Roy Nelson will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Butler fails with a takedown attempt.
Nelson misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Nelson.
Butler misses with an attempted mid kick.
Butler looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nelson is fending him off so far but Butler persists. Nope, Nelson circles away and we're back to standing.
Butler tries to clinch up.
Nelson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nelson tries to bum rush Butler with a series of wild strikes but Butler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nelson misses with a combination

and Butler counters by clinching up.
Butler jumps guard but Nelson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Roy Nelson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerry Butler.
Nelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Butler has him pressed against the cage.
Butler wants to take the fight to the mat but Nelson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Butler has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Nelson is trying to keep an underhook but Butler manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Nelson wants to improve his position but Butler is controlling well.
Nelson is staying active underneath Butler, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Butler is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Butler not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nelson is not content to let Butler control the position.
Butler moves into full mount! Nelson won't be happy about that!
Butler can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nelson is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Butler trying to control but Nelson is having none of it.
Nelson is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Butler is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Nelson misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Butler misses.
Nelson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Butler counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson keeping moving, preventing Butler from controlling successfully.
Jerry Butler has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Butler cracks Nelson with a solid left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jerry Butler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Butler has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerry Butler!