PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Jeferson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jeferson
vs
Foster

178 cm
27
171 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

175 cm
21
177 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very quick

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Jeferson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Joseph Foster!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jeferson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Foster trying to control from the bottom.
Jeferson prevents Foster from improving his position.
Jeferson drops an elbow to the side of Foster's head.
Foster taking some punishment here, with Jeferson in his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeferson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Foster knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Foster trying to hold on to Jeferson's head to control him but Jeferson postures up.
Foster is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jeferson is working away from the top position though.
Foster slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jeferson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Foster trying to keep a closed guard but Jeferson is proving a slippery customer.
Jeferson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jeferson scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Foster is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jeferson landing some decent shots from guard.
Foster controls Jeferson momentarily but Jeferson frees himself.
Jeferson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jeferson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Foster wants to sweep but no luck.
Jeferson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Foster tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jeferson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster wants to control the position but Jeferson says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Foster wants to control but Jeferson passes into side.
Jeferson is working Foster over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jeferson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Foster to see if he's OK.
Foster manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jeferson's best efforts.

Foster is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jeferson pulls his head out easily.
Foster wants to get back to full guard.

Foster looking for submissions off his back.
Jeferson slips a nice elbow through Foster's hands, connecting with Foster's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jeferson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Foster regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jeferson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Foster's head.

Foster looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jeferson passes into side control.
Jeferson is chipping away with strikes.

It looks like Joseph Foster has been cut.
Jeferson working the head with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Foster tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jeferson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jeferson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Foster some visible discomfort.
Jeferson scoring with punches and elbows.

Foster is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Jeferson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joseph Foster's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Foster throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jeferson feinted with a counter takedown.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jeferson.
Jeferson lands an elbow.
Foster is still in real trouble! Can Jeferson finish him?
Jeferson in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Foster looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Jeferson turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Jeferson!
A relieved looking Alex Jeferson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.