PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elof Jurgs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Travis Lucas has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Lucas
vs
Jurgs

187 cm
48
201 lbs
49 - 24 - 0

184 cm
22
201 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 49 - 24 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Lucas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Elof Jurgs!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Anthony Taglia and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucas jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jurgs.
Jurgs throws a lazy uppercut
and Lucas counters with a good low kick that Jurgs was not able to check.
A swing and a miss from Lucas.

Jurgs scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lucas tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Jurgs presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Lucas taking shots to the head.
Jurgs has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lucas's face.
Lucas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jurgs on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jurgs in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jurgs controlling from mount.
Jurgs looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jurgs avoids the attempt from Lucas to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurgs is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jurgs thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Lucas tries to reverse the position but Jurgs maintains control.
Jurgs landing punches.
Lucas is in a horrible position here. Jurgs smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lucas holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jurgs tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee warns Lucas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jurgs landing punches.
Jurgs landing shots from mount.
Lucas tries to lock up and control but Jurgs gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jurgs pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lucas is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucas wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jurgs.
Jurgs avoids the attempt from Lucas to control.
Lucas is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jurgs is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jurgs scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lucas?
Lucas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jurgs thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Lucas really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jurgs is landing with some decent strikes but Lucas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lucas is working to get back to half guard.
Lucas gets back to half guard.
Lucas regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jurgs throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lucas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jurgs chips away with some ground and pound.
Jurgs stopping the sweep attempt from Lucas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jurgs content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elof Jurgs 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.

Lucas misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Jurgs on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jurgs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lucas.
Jurgs tries to work over Lucas's front leg with a kick but Lucas checks it.
A swing and a miss from Lucas.
Jurgs with the counter takedown but Lucas avoids it easily.
Jurgs connects with a solid leg kick.
Lucas slaps away a takedown attempt from Jurgs, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jurgs misses with a body kick.
Jurgs blocks a jab.
Lucas throws a low kick but Jurgs avoids it.
A big left from Jurgs misses.
Lucas throwing a counter right hand but Jurgs manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jurgs shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jurgs has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lucas is trying to control but can't.
Lucas wants to improve his position but Jurgs is controlling well.
Lucas trying to control but Jurgs postures up.
Jurgs has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jurgs passes the guard and advances to mount!
Lucas is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurgs scoring with strikes but Lucas is staying in there.
Lucas can't escape the position.
Jurgs controlling the position easily from mount.
Jurgs in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jurgs working Lucas over with strikes here.
Jurgs with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jurgs controlling from the full mount.
Lucas is trying to escape the mount.
Jurgs throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Lucas because Jurgs loaded up on that one.
Lucas can't escape the position.
Jurgs lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jurgs controlling his opponent.
Jurgs punching from mount but Lucas doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jurgs with shots to the head and body - Lucas looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jurgs postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Lucas bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Jurgs and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elof Jurgs!
During a confident post fight interview, Elof Jurgs thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.