PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kerry Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Jason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pierce
vs
Jason

181 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kerry Pierce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cody Jason!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Franklyn Lucas and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jason fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Pierce thinks about countering with a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jason.

It looks like Kerry Pierce has been cut.
Cody Jason seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pierce chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jason can pounce on him.
Jason wants to clinch
and Pierce counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jason thinking.
Jason tries to clinch but Pierce is having none of it.
Jason looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pierce is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Jason.
Jason is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jason misses with a double jab
and Pierce counters with a straight right hand.
Jason throws a combination that misses

and Pierce counters by clinching up.

Pierce jumps guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pierce is pulling down on Jason's head to control his posture.
Pierce punching to the body, from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jason is fighting to break Pierce's control of his arms but Pierce is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Jason tries to free his leg and advance position but Pierce is retaining full guard.
Jason wants to stand and escape but instead Pierce has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Pierce in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pierce landing with the ground and pound.
Pierce is working Jason over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Pierce drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Pierce jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierce working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pierce controlling from the top position.

Pierce gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jason doesn't manage to clinch there - Pierce circles away.
Pierce shoots in but no luck this time.
Jason changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Jason is looking to clinch.
Pierce scores with a head kick. Jason tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Pierce takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Pierce clinches.
Jason wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pierce manages to break the clinch.

Pierce clinches with his opponent.
Jason working hard to break the clinch.
Pierce connects with a knee to the head.

Pierce manages to break the clinch.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jason or perhaps it was just good defense by Pierce, which made it look bad.
Pierce dodges the punch combination from Jason.
Jason misses with a kick to the body.
Pierce wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Pierce as he connects with a hook.
Jason scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jason dives in and grabs Pierce's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pierce pushes down on Jason's head and hops out.
Kerry Pierce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cody Jason.
Jason looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jason gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Pierce counters by moving into the clinch.
Pierce throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jason blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jason pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jason has had enough of the clinch but Pierce keeps him there for the moment.
Pierce is trying to drag Jason to the mat but Jason just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Pierce pulls guard.
Pierce trying to control the position here.
Jason loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Pierce pushes Jason off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kerry Pierce dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kerry Pierce's cut.
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.

Pierce takes a swing at Jason's ribcage but misses.
Jason misses with a takedown attempt

and Pierce holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pierce with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Pierce's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jason tries to clinch but Pierce moves out of range.
Pierce goes for a double leg but Jason avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Jason continues to drive forward.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pierce.
Pierce blocks a head kick by Jason.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jason looks to land a combination but Pierce avoids it well.
Jason doesn't manage to clinch there - Pierce circles away.
Jason takes one to the side of the head.
Jason darts in looking for a takedown but Pierce gets double underhooks and turns Jason into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jason tries to clinch up.
Pierce keeps the fight on the outside.

Jason tries to keep at a distance but Pierce has taken the fight into the clinch.

Pierce's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jason shoots in and drives through. Pierce sprawls well.
Kerry Pierce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cody Jason.
Jason throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pierce.
Jason is breathing heavily.
Jason lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pierce slips a jab and a cross from Jason.
Pierce shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jason sprawls well. Jason wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pierce gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jason on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jason shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pierce eats them both and turns towards Jason to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jason misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pierce counters with a head kick.

Pierce closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Pierce happy to just control the position for now.

Pierce decides to stand back up. Pierce steps back and let's Jason get back to his feet.
Pierce avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pierce shoots in and bounces Jason off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Pierce gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jason misses with a takedown

and Pierce counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pierce.
Jason takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pierce.
Jason prevents the takedown attempt.
Pierce goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jason prevents it.
Jason scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce looking to throw knees to the head but Jason is blocking nicely.
Jason tries to break the clinch but Pierce is controlling the position.

Pierce decides to pull guard.

Jason avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jason distracts Pierce with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jason trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pierce's guard.
Pierce throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Jason missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pierce keeping moving, preventing Jason from controlling successfully.

Pierce had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jason defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kerry Pierce dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kerry Pierce's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Jason scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jason looks to score with a jab to the body but Pierce is just out of range.
Jason misses with a double jab
and Pierce counters with a three punch combo that has Jason backing up. Jason nods at Pierce to acknowledge the strikes.
Jason misses with a double jab.
Pierce throwing a counter right hand but Jason manages to avoid it.
Jason tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jason is defended easily by Pierce.
Jason takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jason misses with a takedown

and Pierce counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pierce.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jason can't find room to land a body shot as Pierce controls the action.
Pierce comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Pierce breaks from the clinch.
Jason tries to clinch but Pierce moves away
and Pierce cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jason tries to close the distance and clinch but Pierce swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pierce wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Jason displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Pierce takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Jason's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Pierce breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jason scoring well with a low kick there.
Jason is looking to clinch but Pierce is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pierce gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Jason breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pierce avoids a kick to the body.
A punch combination from Jason misses.
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!

Pierce gets a double leg takedown into Jason's guard.
Jason is wriggling around but Pierce manages to pass to half guard.

Pierce stands up from half guard.
Pierce closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jason circles away.
Jason is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Jason tries to close the distance and clinch but Pierce swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pierce is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jason can do to turn this around?
Jason swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Pierce moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierce is trying to drag Jason to the mat but Jason just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pierce.
Pierce misses with a knee to the head.
Pierce pushes off an throws an elbow but Jason leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Pierce pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pierce shoots for a takedown but Jason saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kerry Pierce. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jason throws a one two combo.
Pierce tries for a takedown but Jason sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pierce slaps away a takedown attempt from Jason, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jason swats away the attempt to clinch by Pierce.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jason tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pierce swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pierce seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Pierce displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jason.
Pierce shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jason but Jason pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jason tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As Jason tries to get set, Pierce tries to push him back and clinch up but Jason manages to avoid the attempt.

Pierce clinches up with Jason and pushes him back against the cage.
Pierce has Jason pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jason manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Cody Jason has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kerry Pierce is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jason is working for takedown but Pierce is calmly controlling the position for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kerry Pierce.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pierce, 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kerry Pierce!