PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Pearson (ranked 424 p4p, 55 weight class) and Bunt Jernit (ranked 161 p4p, 19 weight class). Jernit is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sail - Awolnation. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pearson
vs
Jernit

174 cm
29
138 lbs
23 - 15 - 0

177 cm
31
146 lbs
30 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars
Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Pearson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bunt Jernit!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearson cracks Jernit with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pearson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pearson throws a hook but Jernit blocks it.
Jernit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pearson jabs Jernit right on the nose. Jernit blinks but takes it well.
A leg kick checked by Pearson.
Pearson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jernit throws a body shot but no joy.
Jernit tries to work over Pearson's front leg with a kick but Pearson checks it.
A good leg kick by Pearson.
Jernit avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pearson tries to close the distance and clinch but Jernit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pearson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pearson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jernit misses the jab.
Jernit checks a leg kick.
Pearson wants to clinch up but Jernit keeps it at a distance.
It seemed like Jernit was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pearson thuds his shin into the meat of Jernit's side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jernit lands a nice hook to Pearson's body. Pearson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pearson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jernit misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jernit connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pearson. Pearson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jernit bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pearson's head backwards.
Pearson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jernit throws out the jab.
Pearson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jernit.
Pearson backing away here, and Jernit unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jernit misses with a low kick.
Pearson misses the shot to the body.
Pearson lands with an overhand left.
Pearson slips a jab and a cross from Jernit.
A telegraphed right hand from Pearson misses the target.
Pearson just misses with a punch to the body.
Pearson ducks under a wild hook from Jernit.
A big right from Jernit misses.
Jernit looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A swing and a miss from Jernit.
Jernit moves out of range of the body kick from Pearson.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jernit.
Jernit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pearson was well out of range. Poor timing from Jernit.
Jernit misses the shot to the body.
Jernit moves out of range of the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jernit misses with a lunging right hand
and Pearson counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Pearson has Jernit up against the cage in a clinch.
Jernit throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pearson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jernit lands a shoulder strike.
Jernit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pearson misses with a body punch.
Jernit scores with a hook to the body.
Pearson scores a nice knee to the body.
Pearson lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Bunt Jernit has been cut.
Pearson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Pearson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pearson misses with an elbow over the top.
Jernit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pearson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pearson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jernit with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Jernit.
A shot in the inside from Pearson.
A short body shot lands from Pearson as the two fighters clinch.
Jernit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Pearson as the two fighters clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson blocks an elbow strike.
Jernit lands with a right to the head.
Pearson blocks a body shot from Jernit.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pearson.
Jernit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pearson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pearson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pearson dodges an elbow strike from Jernit.
Jernit throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jernit.
Jernit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jernit avoids the elbow strike from Pearson, against the cage.
Pearson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jernit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pearson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pearson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right hook to the body lands for Pearson.
A head punch on the inside from Pearson fails to land.
Jernit managing to block the knees to the body from Pearson.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jernit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pearson's brow.
Pearson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jernit avoids the damage to the body.
Jernit creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pearson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jernit swings wildly with an uppercut but Pearson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jernit takes a shot to the head.
Pearson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Jernit fails to land.
Jernit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jernit lands an elbow just above Pearson 's eye.

It looks like Johnny Pearson has been cut.
Pearson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jernit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pearson backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pearson.
Jernit misses with a knee strike.
Jernit throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jernit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jernit lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pearson.
Pearson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jernit in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jernit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pearson tries a body shot but Jernit blocks it.
Pearson missing with knees to the body.
Pearson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pearson misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Johnny Pearson will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A head kick from Pearson lands but Jernit takes it in his stride.
Pearson takes a swing at Jernit's ribcage but misses.
Pearson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jernit.
Jernit throws a body shot but no joy.
Jernit throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pearson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jernit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pearson.
Pearson just misses with a punch to the body.
Pearson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnny Pearson is winning the standup battle so far.
Jernit thuds a left hand into Pearson's body.
Jernit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pearson. Jernit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pearson throws a big shot that misses.
Jernit avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pearson slips under a jab.
Jernit feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pearson's calf.
Jernit scores with a leg kick.
Jernit has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pearson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pearson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jernit lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jernit takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pearson. Jernit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pearson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jernit.
Pearson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pearson throws a hook to the side of Jernit's head but Jernit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pearson misses with a straight right.
Johnny Pearson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pearson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jernit at a distance.
Pearson avoids the body shot from Jernit.
Pearson tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jernit manages to circle out of the way.
Pearson checks a leg kick nicely.
Pearson scores with a push kick.
Pearson tries to close the distance and clinch but Jernit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jernit looks to land a left hand but Pearson moved out of range nicely.
Jernit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pearson.
Pearson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jernit.
Pearson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jernit manages to avoid it.
Jernit cracks Pearson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pearson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jernit was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Jernit sizes up Pearson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pearson tries to land a leg kick but Jernit saw it coming and moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pearson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jernit.
Jernit throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pearson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jernit takes a step back to recover.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Pearson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Pearson misses with a low kick.
Pearson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pearson throws a nice looking combination but Jernit bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jernit! But no joy.
Pearson throws a push kick but Jernit slaps the foot to one side.
Pearson lands a head shot.
Pearson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jernit.
Jernit looks to score with a jab to the body but Pearson is just out of range.
Pearson jabs Jernit right on the nose. Jernit blinks but takes it well.

Pearson clinches with his opponent.
Pearson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnny Pearson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pearson throws an elbow but it misses.
Pearson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Jernit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Jernit as the two fighters clinch.
Pearson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pearson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jernit pushes Pearson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Pearson is rocked!
Jernit lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oh Pearson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jernit lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pearson backwards.
Jernit unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Pearson! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Jernit is unloading with more strikes now! Pearson drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bunt Jernit!
After winning the bout, Bunt Jernit thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.