PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Silas Tourn (ranked 4924 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Jeferson (ranked 4902 p4p, 351 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Tourn
vs
Jeferson

173 cm
25
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

167 cm
25
147 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Silas Tourn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Jeferson!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tourn misses with a body shot.
Jeferson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A solid leg kick lands there for Jeferson.

Tourn fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jeferson to the ground. Tourn is now in Jeferson's guard.
Jeferson wants to stand and escape but Tourn is having none of it.
Tourn showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tourn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Jeferson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Jeferson gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Tourn counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Jeferson!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tourn staying calm.
Tourn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jeferson keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tourn cracks Jeferson with a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tourn is putting a hurting on Jeferson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tourn tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Jeferson tries to escape but Tourn is in control.
Tourn fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Tourn has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tourn content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Tourn has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tourn landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jeferson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Tourn advances nicely into full mount.
Tourn looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tourn throwing strikes but Jeferson recovers to half guard. A much better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tourn stops Jeferson from getting back to his feet.
Tourn is trying to control. Jeferson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tourn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tourn slips a nice elbow through Jeferson's hands, connecting with Jeferson's forehead.
Tourn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tourn missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jeferson taking some punishment here, with Tourn in his half guard.
Tourn takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Tourn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tourn sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jeferson defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tourn seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Tourn sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jeferson defending well though.
Tourn is pressing down on Jeferson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jeferson is holding on for now.
Jeferson wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tourn throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silas Tourn dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

That kick from Jeferson tenderised Tourn's leg. Tourn is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tourn avoids the head kick by Jeferson.
Jeferson avoids the body shot from Tourn.
Tourn throws out a loose jab but Jeferson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tourn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jeferson can do to turn this around?
Jeferson chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Tourn changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jeferson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Tourn throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Tourn trying to control the action but Jeferson is working from the bottom.
Tourn working the head and body with strikes.
Silas Tourn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sloppy strikes there by Tourn.
Tourn with the ground and pound but Jeferson regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Tourn is trying to control. Jeferson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tourn winds up and cracks Jeferson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tourn lands strikes from half guard.
Tourn working Jeferson over with strikes.
Tourn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jeferson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tourn.
Tourn thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tourn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jeferson is staying active underneath Tourn, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tourn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jeferson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tourn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tourn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tourn with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Tourn working the head and body with strikes.
Tourn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tourn lands strikes from half guard.
Tourn with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Tourn stops Jeferson from getting back to his feet.
Jeferson won't allow Tourn to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Tourn is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Tourn feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Tourn distracts Jeferson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tourn is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jeferson wants to stand but Tourn is controlling the position.
Tourn is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tourn controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jeferson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tourn's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silas Tourn dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Tourn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jeferson ducks under a wild hook from Tourn.
David Jeferson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tourn blocks a head kick by Jeferson.
Tourn on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tourn moves out of range of the body kick.
Jeferson lands with a slapping head kick.
Jeferson darts in trying to clinch

and Tourn counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Tourn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tourn is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Jeferson!
Tourn controlling the position easily from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tourn landing strikes from the mount.
Jeferson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tourn controlling the pace for now.
Tourn fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jeferson taking shots to the head.
Tourn has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jeferson's face.
Tourn fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Tourn content just to control the position here.
Tourn looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Jeferson is rocked!
Tourn postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Jeferson bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Tourn and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Silas Tourn!