PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eddy Scharf (ranked 1790 p4p, 176 weight class) and Jamaican Jam (ranked 1815 p4p, 178 weight class). Jam has chosen Quartiere Coffee - In Jamaica as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Scharf
vs
Jam

170 cm
26
146 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

178 cm
27
152 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

IniTech Nutrition
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddy Scharf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jamaican Jam!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jam throws the left hand but Scharf avoids the punch easily.
Jam has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jam there as he acknowledges the shot.
Scharf ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Scharf is looking to counter the offense by Jam and move into the clinch.
Scharf tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Scharf tries to close the distance and clinch but Jam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jam! But no joy.
Scharf with a nice cross.
Scharf has been working on his boxing with his coaches at WildBoar's Pig Pen (Strength and Conditioning) $40 in the buildup to the fight.
Jam throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jam tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scharf was well out of range. Poor timing from Jam.
Jam has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Scharf ducks under a wild hook from Jam.
Jam drops his hands momentarily and Scharf takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Scharf closes the distance and clinches.
Jam takes a shot to the head.
Jam tries a body shot but Scharf blocks it.
Scharf misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scharf makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jam blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Scharf gets through Jam's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Scharf scores with a shoulder strike.
Jam blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scharf swings wildly with an uppercut but Jam uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jam throws a punch but it's blocked by Scharf.
Scharf misses with the head strike.

Jam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jam slips under a jab.
Scharf throws a body shot but no joy.
Scharf tries to clinch but Jam is having none of it.
Jam lands with a straight right. Scharf didn't see that one coming.
Scharf gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jam.
Jam missing with a left hand there. Scharf was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jam throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jam throws a body punch but Scharf moves out of range.
Eddy Scharf seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scharf lands with a cross.
Scharf misses with an uppercut.
Scharf ducks under a wild hook from Jam.
Jam slips under a jab.
Scharf throws a lazy right hand but Jam sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jam throws a counter combo.
Jam keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scharf misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Scharf gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scharf throws a punch but it's blocked by Jam.
Scharf throws a head punch that misses.

Jam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scharf is looking to clinch but Jam is avoiding it.
Scharf lands the left hand.
Jam takes a swing at Scharf's ribcage but misses.

Scharf gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scharf.

Jam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scharf tries to close the distance and clinch but Jam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jam! But no joy.
Scharf looks to throw the jab but Jam is out of range.
Scharf misses with a hook.
Scharf tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jam swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jam ducks under a wild hook from Scharf.
Scharf tries to clinch up.
Scharf tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jam manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jam avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scharf misses with a looping left.
Scharf tries to clinch but Jam moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scharf looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Scharf lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Scharf lands with a cross.
Scharf jabs Jam right on the nose. Jam blinks but takes it well.

Scharf gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Scharf working aggressively here.
Jam has a couple of punches blocked by Scharf.
Scharf makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Scharf throws a punch but it's blocked by Jam.

Jam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scharf keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Scharf clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scharf tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scharf keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jam's efforts to push away.
Scharf misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scharf doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scharf scores with a nice hook to the head.
Scharf blocking some punches.
Scharf misses with the head strike.

Jam pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Scharf moves to clinch but Jam breaks away
and Jam cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jam swats away the attempt to clinch by Scharf.
Jam misses with a hook

and Scharf counters by clinching up.
Scharf working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddy Scharf dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Scharf doesn't manage to clinch there - Jam circles away.
Scharf is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jam jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scharf tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jam paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scharf uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jam changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Scharf tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Scharf tries to clinch but Jam is having none of it.
Jam appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Scharf tries to close the distance and clinch but Jam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jam moves out of range as Scharf strikes.
Scharf ducks under a wild hook from Jam.
Jam circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Jam to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jam slips a straight right by Scharf.
Scharf avoids the body shot from Jam.
Scharf misses with a shot to the body
and Jam counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Scharf pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Scharf wants to clinch up but Jam keeps it at a distance.
Scharf is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jam can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Jam breaks from the clinch.

Scharf closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Scharf scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Scharf fails to land.
Scharf doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scharf tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scharf misses with a punch on the inside.
Jam blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Scharf has a couple of punches blocked by Jam.
Scharf pushes Jam back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jam slowing the pace effectively.
Jam has a couple of punches blocked by Scharf.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Scharf.
Jam swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jam blocks an uppercut.
Jam fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scharf misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scharf.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Jam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scharf is looking to clinch.
Scharf tries to clinch but Jam moves out of range.
Scharf thuds his right hand into Jam's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Scharf darts in and clinches Jam up against the cage.
Jam tries to break free but Scharf pushes him back against the cage.
Jam misses with some punches.
Jam blocking some punches.
Jam tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scharf's elbow.
Scharf has a couple of punches blocked by Jam.

Jam breaks from the clinch.
Scharf thuds his right hand into Jam's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Scharf looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Jam!
Jam is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scharf just content to control the position.
Scharf's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Further stalling from Scharf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Scharf is looking to take a break and control but Jam is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Scharf decides to stand back up. Scharf steps back and let's Jam get back to his feet.
Jam scores with a nice strike.
Jam misses with a wild body shot.
Scharf tries to clinch but Jam moves out of range.
Scharf throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jam stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Scharf tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jam manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scharf misses the jab.
Scharf wants to clinch but Jam slips to the side
and Jam counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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 Eddy Scharf will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Scharf is looking to clinch.
Jam swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jam slips under a jab from Scharf.

Scharf closes the distance and clinches.
Jam can't break the clinch.
Jam lands a body shot.
Scharf misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scharf blocking some punches.
Scharf misses with the head strike.
Scharf misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Jam scores with a nice short uppercut.
Scharf lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jam backwards.
Scharf misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scharf gets through Jam's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Scharf cracks Jam with a nice body shot.
Scharf swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jam tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Jam breaks from the clinch.
Scharf dips to his left and cracks Jam with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Scharf as he connects with a hook.
Jam circles away from the clinch attempt.
Scharf is looking to clinch but Jam is avoiding it.
Jamaican Jam seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jam swats away the attempt to clinch by Scharf.
Jam takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Scharf tries to clinch but Jam moves out of range.
Scharf rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jam moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scharf shoots in but no luck this time.

Scharf has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Scharf fails to land.
Jam blocks an uppercut.
Scharf lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jam backwards.
Jam throws a head punch that misses.
Eddy Scharf has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short uppercut from Scharf.
Scharf throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jam manages to break the clinch.
Scharf is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jam avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scharf loads up on a big right hand but Jam slips the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jam drops his hands momentarily and Scharf takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Scharf wants to clinch up but Jam keeps it at a distance.

Scharf clinches up with Jam and pushes him back against the cage.
Scharf lands a right hand.
Jam throws a head punch that misses.
Scharf blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jam lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Scharf backwards.

Jam manages to break the clinch.
Jam will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Scharf lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Jam misses.
Jam stuns Scharf with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Scharf slips a straight right by Jam.
Scharf throws a big shot that misses.
Jab by Scharf.
Scharf misses with an uppercut
and Jam connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Scharf thows a left - swing and a miss!
Eddy Scharf is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jam ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scharf moves away.
Scharf tries to counter by clinching up but Jam breaks away and moves out of range.
Scharf avoids the body shot from Jam.

Scharf rushes Jam and presses him up against the cage.
Jam is looking to break free of the clinch but Scharf has double underhooks.

Jam escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Scharf scores with a jab to the jaw.
Scharf fails in his attempt to clinch.
Scharf tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jam swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jam darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Scharf connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jam. Jam circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jam misses the shot to the body.
Scharf misses with a hook.
Scharf takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jam closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Scharf tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Scharf wants to clinch.
Jamaican Jam has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A cross from Scharf lands.
Jam has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Scharf cracks Jam with an open hand slap.
Jam moves out of range of the strikes.
Scharf tries to clinch but Jam moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eddy Scharf showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Scharf, 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddy Scharf!
Our winner, Eddy Scharf, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Jamaican Jam was interviewed post fight and said 'This fucking blind referee is friends with the fucking biased judges who are both paid by my PED-using opponent's manager. Fuck them and fuck the haters! What are you looking at asshole? Come at me, I'll mash you like potatoes!! Mommy!! They are threatening me! 😭'.