PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tree Curtis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Jeffries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Earl Jeffries has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Curtis
vs
Jeffries

189 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tree Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Earl Jeffries !
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jeffries tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Curtis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jeffries ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Danga de danga de dang - Curtis scores with a four punch combination!
Nice defenses there by Jeffries .
Jeffries wants to counter the offense by Curtis and move into the clinch position.
Jeffries takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jeffries throws a hook to the side of Curtis's head but Curtis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Curtis misses with an uppercut
and Jeffries counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jeffries steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Curtis.
A swing and a miss from Curtis.
Curtis cracks Jeffries with a good jab.
Curtis takes a swing at Jeffries 's ribcage but misses.
Jeffries with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Curtis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curtis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jeffries doesn't manage to clinch there - Curtis circles away.
Jeffries swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Curtis.
A low kick from Curtis is predictable there
and Jeffries counters with a left to the body.
Jeffries takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Curtis throws a body kick that misses
and Jeffries counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Curtis misses.
Curtis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Curtis throws out a leg kick but Jeffries moves out of range and Curtis only half commits.
Jeffries fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jeffries misses with a body punch
and Curtis counters with a three punch combo that has Jeffries backing up. Jeffries nods at Curtis to acknowledge the strikes.
Curtis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jeffries 's calf.
Curtis misses with a straight left.
Jeffries shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jeffries fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Curtis misses with an uppercut.
Curtis swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jeffries .
Jeffries walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis lands with a right hand.
Jeffries takes a swing at Curtis's ribcage but misses.
Curtis lands with a shot to the body.
Jeffries thows a left - swing and a miss!
Curtis throws a front kick aimed at Jeffries 's knee but Jeffries avoids it well.
Tree Curtis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Curtis.
A little jabbing left from Jeffries on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jeffries misses with a hook. Curtis ducked under it nicely.
Curtis throws a right hand that Jeffries ducks under and follows up with a left that Jeffries also avoids with ease.
Curtis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jeffries .
Curtis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jeffries tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Curtis was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeffries .
Jeffries drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A jab from Curtis misses.
Curtis cracks Jeffries with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jeffries tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeffries throws a body punch but Curtis moves out of range.
Curtis throws a jab but it's blocked by Jeffries .
Curtis throws a jab when Jeffries was well out of range.
Curtis throws an overhand right that lands on Jeffries 's shoulder, as Jeffries tries to avoid the shot.
Jeffries missing with a left hand there. Curtis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Jeffries misses.
Curtis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Curtis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Curtis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jeffries circles away quickly and effectively.
Jeffries appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jeffries moves out of range as Curtis strikes.
Jeffries now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Jeffries with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Curtis to score with a decent uppercut.
Jeffries clobbers Curtis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Curtis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jeffries checks it well.
Jeffries throws a body punch but Curtis moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curtis scores with a body shot.
Jeffries takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jeffries just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the body from Jeffries misses
and Curtis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Curtis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jeffries is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Curtis rather than just go for the knockout.
Jeffries scores with a hook to the body. Curtis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Curtis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Curtis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jeffries throws an overhand right that lands on Curtis's shoulder, as Curtis tries to avoid the shot.
Jeffries feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Curtiss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jeffries drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jeffries staying out of range there.
Jeffries wants to counter with a clinch but Curtis pushes him away.
Curtis scores with a nice head shot.
Jeffries stuns Curtis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Curtis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tree Curtis 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.

Curtis slips a jab from Jeffries .
It looked like Curtis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Jeffries might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Curtis has got the better of the exchanges.
A big left from Jeffries misses.
Curtis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Curtis tries to work over Jeffries 's front leg with a kick but Jeffries checks it.
Jab from Curtis.
Curtis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jeffries looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jeffries misses with a looping left.
Curtis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Curtis throws a hook to the side of Jeffries 's head but Jeffries sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A punch lands to the side of Jeffries 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeffries is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Curtis throws a series of punches but Jeffries moves out of range.
Jeffries doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Curtis swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis misses with an uppercut
and Jeffries counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Curtis avoids the body shot from Jeffries .
Jeffries throws a looping overhand right but Curtis ducks down to avoid it.
Jeffries is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curtis.
Curtis throws a one two combo.
Curtis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jeffries takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Curtis throws a looping overhand right but Jeffries ducks down to avoid it.
Curtis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Curtis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jeffries can do to turn this around?
Jeffries throws a jab but it's blocked by Curtis.
Curtis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jeffries misses with a lunging right hand
and Curtis counters with a left to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jeffries loads up on a big right hand but Curtis slips the punch.
Jeffries throws a shot to the body.
Jeffries has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Curtis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Curtis misses with a straight right.
Jeffries needs to keep his hands up - Curtis had a free shot at his head there.
Curtis throws a hook to the side of Jeffries 's head but Jeffries sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jeffries misses with a left hand
and Curtis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jeffries misses with a lunging right hand
and Curtis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jeffries misses the shot to the body.
Jeffries misses the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Curtis. Those never looked like landing.
Jeffries tries to counter by closing the distance.
Curtis moves away from the strike by Jeffries .
Jeffries misses the body punch
and Curtis counters with a straight right hand.
Jeffries throws a big shot that misses.
Jeffries takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curtis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Curtis looks to land a left hand but Jeffries moved out of range nicely.
Jeffries throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Curtis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A nice side step and Jeffries releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Curtis lands a lovely overhand right.
Jeffries on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Curtis misses with a right hand
enabling Jeffries to counter with a crisp jab.
Jeffries throws a hook but Curtis blocks it.
Curtis misses with a hook
and Curtis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Curtis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Curtis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jeffries was well out of range. Poor timing from Curtis.
Curtis misses with an uppercut.
Curtis walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jeffries checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Curtis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jeffries throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curtis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Curtis is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jeffries ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jeffries wants to counter with a clinch but Curtis pushes him away.
Curtis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jeffries throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Curtis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jeffries throws a hook to the side of Curtis's head but Curtis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jeffries avoids the body shot from Curtis.
Curtis connects with a nice looking jab.
Jeffries bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Curtis's head.
Curtis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Curtis misses with a left hand
and Jeffries counters with a nice uppercut.
Curtis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jeffries swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Curtis swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jeffries looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tree Curtis dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Jeffries has managed to clinch.
Jeffries lands a damaging elbow.
Curtis tries to pull guard but Jeffries holds him up against the cage and eventually Curtis drops back down to his feet.
Curtis lands a body shot.
Jeffries blocks a body shot from Curtis.
Curtis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jeffries walks away with a smile on his face. Curtis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A slow jab from Jeffries misses its intended target.
Curtis misses with a low kick.
Curtis missing with a left hand there. Jeffries was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Curtis throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Curtis throws a hook to the side of Jeffries 's head but Jeffries sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Curtis misses.
Curtis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jeffries at a distance.
Curtis throws a hook but Jeffries blocks it.
Curtis throws a shot from downtown. Jeffries moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jeffries momentarily.
Curtis throws a shot from downtown. Jeffries moves away and avoids it.
Curtis missing with a left hand there. Jeffries was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jeffries misses with a jab to the body
letting Curtis counter with a right hand.
Jeffries misses the shot to the body.
Jeffries scores with a jab to the body.
Jeffries displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Curtis throws out the jab.
Jeffries is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curtis.
Curtis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good work by Jeffries as he checks the leg kick.
Jeffries thows a left - swing and a miss!
Curtis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jeffries has time to react.
Jeffries just misses with a punch to the body.
Jeffries looks to score with a jab to the body but Curtis is just out of range.
Earl Jeffries has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeffries ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Curtis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jeffries looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Curtis defending well as Jeffries loads up on a big left hand.
Curtis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jeffries circles away quickly and effectively.
Jeffries has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Curtis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jeffries staying out of range there.
Jeffries misses with a hook to the body
and Curtis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Curtis throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jeffries counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Curtis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jeffries on the side of the head.
Curtis misses with an uppercut. Jeffries saw that one coming.
Curtis jabs at Jeffries 's body.
Jeffries bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jeffries ducks under a wild hook from Curtis.
Curtis with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curtis cracks Jeffries with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Curtis lunges at Jeffries with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jeffries 's hand.
Jab from Curtis.
Jeffries is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A counter left hand to the body from Curtis misses its target.
A jab from Curtis finds it's way through Jeffries 's defenses.
Tree Curtis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A shot to the body from Jeffries misses
and Curtis counters with a nice uppercut.
Jeffries fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curtis manages to avoid it.
Jeffries takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Curtis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab from Jeffries misses.
Curtis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jeffries in his tracks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jeffries throws a lazy uppercut
and Curtis counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curtis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Curtis lands a nice shot that snaps Jeffries 's head back.
Curtis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Curtis lands a right hook to the body.
Tree Curtis is winning the standup battle so far.
Curtis slips a straight right by Jeffries .
Jeffries takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jeffries throws an overhand right that lands on Curtis's shoulder, as Curtis tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Curtis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jeffries on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Jeffries closes the distance and pushes Curtis back into the cage.
Curtis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Curtis avoids a wild elbow strike from Jeffries .
Curtis takes an elbow to the forehead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tree Curtis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Curtis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tree Curtis!
Tree Curtis looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'that lame clinch rape shit dont work when i set my sliders for it.'.