PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jayson Ma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uriah Farber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Farber comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "Keep Me" by The Black Keys kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ma
vs
Farber

170 cm
25
139 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jayson Ma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Uriah Farber!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farber looks to land a combination but Ma avoids it well.
Farber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ma feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Farber's calf.

Farber looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nice strikes from Farber there.
Ma wants to control but Farber is keeping busy.
Ma moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Farber throws a big right hand that misses.
Farber throws a big elbow that misses.

Ma had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Farber defends it easily.
Farber won't allow Ma to sweep him here.
Farber tries to free his leg and advance position but Ma is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farber sitting in guard here, content to control.
Farber stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ma swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Ma looking for a guillotine here but Farber defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farber throws a big elbow that misses.
Farber looking to pass the guard.
Farber stays in close to Ma's body and controls the position.
Ma keeping full guard, as Farber tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farber sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Uriah Farber wasn't active enough on the ground.
Ma tries to clinch but Farber is having none of it.
Ma tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ma throws a wild body kick that Farber sees coming a mile off.
Ma throws a sloppy head kick and Farber moves out of range easily.
Ma misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ma fails to land with a series of punches.
Ma is breathing heavily.
A jab from Farber finds it's way through Ma's defenses.

Ma looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Farber!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farber is trying to improve his position.
Farber misses with a strike from the bottom.
Farber is not content to let Ma control the position.
Farber is looking for a sweep.
Ma in the domination position with Farber hanging on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farber is trying to control Ma's posture but Ma avoids it.

Ma tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ma has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Farber tries to escape but Ma is in control.
Ma wants to control but Farber is keeping him busy.
Farber is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ma wants to lay and pray for a moment but Farber keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uriah Farber dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Farber avoids the head kick by Ma.
Farber misses with a jab, cross combination.

Farber closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ma did well to prevent Farber getting side control.

Farber is looking for a kimura but Ma is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Farber to get the leverage.
Farber with the ground and pound but Ma uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Farber scoring with some ground and pound.

Ma throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Farber throws a big elbow that misses.
Farber really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ma. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ma bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Farber's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Farber is pulling down on Ma's head to control his posture.
Farber wants to stand up but Ma is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farber wants to sweep here but Ma controlling him for the moment.
Farber pulls Ma in to control the position.
Ma is looking to stand up but Farber won't let him.

Ma avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Farber has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ma has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Farber is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Farber has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ma can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Farber looking for a sweep. Not yet Farber, not yet.
Ma wants to control from the top but Farber keeps moving.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Farber managing to control the position.
Farber's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ma tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Farber manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Farber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A cross from Farber lands.
Ma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Farber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ma looks for the body kick but Farber saw that one coming.
Ma throws a sloppy head kick and Farber moves out of range easily.

Farber gets a double leg takedown into Ma's guard.
Farber controlling from the top position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Farber's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ma looking to control.

Ma working for a triangle but Farber defends it easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Farber accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Farber stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ma swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Farber thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Farber content to stall in guard here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farber pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ma is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uriah Farber showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Danga de danga de dang - Farber scores with a four punch combination!
Ma tries a head kick but it misses.
Farber avoids the head kick by Ma.

Farber decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Farber not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Still in half guard, Farber seems content to control.
Farber throwing shots but Ma is blocking nicely.
Farber throwing shots but Ma is blocking nicely.
Uriah Farber has got the better of the ground game so far.
Farber content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Farber is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ma doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Farber.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farber scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ma wants to control but Farber is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Farber content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Farber is trying to work for a kimura but Ma is defending well.
Ma misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farber throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Farber wants to pass to mount but Ma is defending the position.

Farber is trying to work for a kimura but Ma is defending well.
Ma wants to get back to full guard.
Farber seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ma does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Farber is taking a breather. Ma says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Farber wants to work for an arm triangle but Ma is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Farber is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Ma to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Farber stays in close to Ma's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farber is looking to work some ground and pound but Ma has wrist control.
Ma utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Farber is pushing down on Ma's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ma is fighting to maintain full guard but Farber has managed to sneak the leg through.

Farber is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ma doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Farber.
Farber slows the pace down in half guard.
Farber not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farber performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Ma kicks Farber off and gets back to his feet.
Farber throws a combination. Ma tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Ma is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Farber's half guard.
Jayson Ma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farber holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ma prevents Farber from improving his position.
Farber regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ma.

And that's the end of the fight!
Uriah Farber comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Farber winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Uriah Farber!
Uriah Farber thanked the fans post fight for their support.