PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jarrad Justice (ranked 24864 p4p, 6609 weight class) and Danny Pearce (ranked 639 p4p, 584 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Justice
vs
Pearce

179 cm
18
168
1 - 2 - 0

181 cm
18
165
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Enjoys gardening

HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jarrad Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danny Pearce!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Pearce misses.
Justice scores with a nice right hand.
Pearce has his takedown stuffed
and Justice counters with a straight right hand.
Justice takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Justice throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Pearce counters with a single leg into guard. Justice didn't expect that.
Pearce is standing up over Justice. Justice looks to escape but Pearce dives into side control.

Pearce wants to control but Justice is keeping him busy.
My spies in Brazilian Top Team + Ricardo Arona inform me that Pearce has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Pearce has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Justice!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
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!

Pearce working for a submission but Justice is keeping him at bay.
Justice is squirming around, avoiding Pearce's attempts to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice wants to hold on but Pearce pushes him away.
Pearce misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Pearce throwing strikes here but Justice is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Pearce thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Pearce unloading with bombs!
Pearce sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearce thowing shots but they're missing.
Justice tries to reverse the position but Pearce maintains control.
Pearce can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Justice is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearce looking to ground and pound but Justice is blocking nicely.
Justice is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Pearce wants to control the pace but Justice is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pearce throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Justice because Pearce loaded up on that one.
Justice avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pearce.
Pearce misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Pearce scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Justice?
Justice is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pearce throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Pearce controlling his opponent.
Pearce has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pearce dominating with strikes here.
Pearce tries to control but Justice wriggling away.
Justice holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Pearce tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Pearce tries to control but Justice wriggling away.
Justice working to try and regain half guard.
Justice is squirming around, avoiding Pearce's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Pearce dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice jab there from Pearce.
Pearce slips a straight right by Justice.
Pearce closes the distance and clinches up with Justice, looking for a takedown. Pearce pushes Justice against the ropes but Justice circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice shot by Justice.
Pearce fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pearce misses with a double jab
enabling Justice to counter with a crisp jab.
Jarrad Justice is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Justice fails to land with a series of punches.
Pearce with the counter takedown but Justice avoids it easily.
Justice bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pearce's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice throws out a powerful jab.

Pearce is rocked!
Pearce tries to get into range but Justice steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Pearce! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Justice scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jarrad Justice!