PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Bolpar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Gordon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gordon
vs
Bolpar

190 cm
18
209 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

189 cm
23
216 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

GummIberry Nutrition ($10 Sale)
GummIberry Nutrition ($10 Sale)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Gordon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Bolpar!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon tries a head kick but it misses.
Gordon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gordon swats away the attempt to clinch by Bolpar.
Gordon shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bolpar as he jumps to the side.
Some wild striking there from Gordon.
A head kick misses from Bolpar.
Bolpar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gordon connects with a right hand. Bolpar shakes it off.
Bolpar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bolpar shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gordon defends it nicely.
Bolpar slips a jab and a cross from Gordon.

Bolpar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gordon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bolpar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gordon is trying to break free.
Bolpar misses with a knee to the head.
Bolpar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bolpar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bolpar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bolpar has Gordon pressed against the cage, preventing Gordon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bolpar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gordon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bolpar tries a knee to the head but Gordon blocks it.
Bolpar misses with a knee strike.
Bolpar looks gassed!
Gordon presses Bolpar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bolpar avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bolpar looking to throw knees to the head but Gordon is blocking nicely.
Gordon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bolpar keeps control of Gordon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bolpar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gordon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bolpar is pressed up against the cage. Gordon has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bolpar down to the mat. Bolpar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Gordon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gordon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gordon lands with a shot to the body.
Gordon throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gordon stalks Bolpar and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bolpar's face. Bolpar staggers backwards, shaken.
Gordon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bolpar circles away quickly and effectively.
Gordon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice jab there from Gordon.
Gordon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gordon lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gordon.
Gordon cracks a nice hook into Bolpar's ribs.
Bolpar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gordon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bolpar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gordon.
Jack Bolpar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gordon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bolpar backs up against the cage.
Bolpar takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bolpar takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gordon throws a head kick that Bolpar semi-blocks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gordon's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Gordon duly obliges.
Bolpar takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bolpar dodges the punch combination from Gordon.
Gordon misses with a series of wild punches.
Gordon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bolpar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A head kick from Gordon lands but Bolpar takes it in his stride.
Gordon lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gordon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bolpar backs up against the cage.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gordon!

Bolpar is rocked!
Bolpar blocks a head kick by Gordon.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gordon.
A punch combination from Gordon misses.
Gordon misses with the combination.
Gordon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gordon stalks Bolpar and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bolpar's face. Bolpar staggers backwards, shaken.
Gordon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bolpar circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice uppercut lands for Gordon. That snapped Bolpar's head back.
Bolpar takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bolpar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Gordon duly obliges.
Gordon throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gordon misses with the combination.
Bolpar tries to clinch up but Gordon circles away and keeps his distance.
Gordon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bolpar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gordon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bolpar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gordon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gordon cracks Bolpar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bolpar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gordon throws a right hand that Bolpar ducks under and follows up with a left that Bolpar also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Bolpar.
Gordon throws a nice inside leg kick.
No joy there for Gordon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gordon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bolpar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bolpar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bolpar avoids the head kick by Gordon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Gordon misses.
Gordon looks to land a combination. Bolpar sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gordon swats away the attempt to clinch by Bolpar.
Gordon scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bolpar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bolpar tries to clinch up but Gordon circles away and keeps his distance.
Gordon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Gordon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bolpar tries to clinch there but Gordon circles away.
Gordon lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gordon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bolpar backs up against the cage.
Bolpar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Bolpar clinches up against the cage.
Bolpar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gordon's efforts to push away.
Gordon working hard to break the clinch.
Bolpar keeps control of Gordon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bolpar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gordon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bolpar won't allow it.
Bolpar tries a knee to the head but Gordon blocks it.
Gordon has had enough of the clinch but Bolpar keeps him there for the moment.
Gordon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bolpar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Gordon 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.

Bolpar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bolpar blocks a head kick by Gordon.
Bolpar tries to close the distance and clinch but Gordon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gordon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bolpar circles away quickly and effectively.

Bolpar moves into the clinch.
Bolpar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gordon tries for a takedown but Bolpar manages to get underhooks.
Bolpar looking to throw knees to the head but Gordon is blocking nicely.
Gordon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bolpar lands a knee to the body.
Gordon wants to break free but Bolpar has control.
Gordon tries to break the clinch but Bolpar is controlling the position.
Bolpar prevents Gordon from breaking the clinch.
Bolpar tries a knee to the head but Gordon blocks it.
Bolpar misses with a knee strike.
Gordon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bolpar won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolpar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bolpar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gordon blocks it with crossed arms.
Gordon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gordon tries to circle away but Bolpar has him pinned against the cage.
Gordon looking for a takedown.
Gordon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bolpar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gordon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bolpar looking to throw knees to the head but Gordon is blocking nicely.
Gordon can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolpar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gordon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bolpar has double underhooks.
Bolpar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bolpar tries a knee to the head but Gordon blocks it.
Bolpar swings wildly with an uppercut but Gordon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gordon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bolpar has him pressed against the cage.
Bolpar looking to throw knees to the head but Gordon is blocking nicely.
Bolpar prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Gordon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bolpar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bolpar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gordon's brow.
Gordon tries to break the clinch but Bolpar is controlling the position.
Gordon tries to break free but Bolpar pushes him back against the cage.
Bolpar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bolpar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gordon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bolpar trying to land knees to the body.
Bolpar keeps control of Gordon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gordon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gordon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bolpar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gordon blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Bolpar.
Bolpar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bolpar keeps control of Gordon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gordon tries to break the clinch but Bolpar is controlling the position.
Gordon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gordon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bolpar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gordon blocks it with crossed arms.
Bolpar tries to land a knee to the head but Gordon blocks with his arms.
Gordon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bolpar has double underhooks.
Gordon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bolpar working Gordon over with knees to the body.
Bolpar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bolpar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gordon's efforts to push away.
Gordon is trying to force a seperation but Bolpar has the dominant position.
Bolpar misses with a knee strike.
Gordon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gordon has Bolpar pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bolpar manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bolpar looking to throw knees to the head but Gordon is blocking nicely.
Bolpar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bolpar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bolpar has a couple of punches blocked by Gordon.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bolpar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gordon's brow.
Gordon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bolpar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gordon tries to break the clinch but Bolpar is controlling the position.
Bolpar tries a knee to the head but Gordon blocks it.
Bolpar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Gordon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bolpar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gordon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gordon working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolpar scores with a knee to the head.
Bolpar looking to throw knees to the head but Gordon is blocking nicely.
Bolpar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gordon is trying to break free.
Gordon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bolpar has him pressed against the cage.
Bolpar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gordon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Gordon manages to break the clinch.
Tony Gordon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gordon throws a nice looking combination but Bolpar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gordon throws a head kick that misses.
Gordon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gordon thows a body kick. Bolpar tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gordon misses with a wild combination.
Gordon misses with a few strikes there.
Bolpar tries to clinch there but Gordon circles away.
Gordon stalks Bolpar and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bolpar's face. Bolpar staggers backwards, shaken.
Bolpar misses with an uppercut. Gordon saw that one coming.
Gordon throws a series of punches but Bolpar moves out of range.
Gordon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Bolpar closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bolpar looking to throw knees to the head but Gordon is blocking nicely.

Gordon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bolpar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gordon connects with a single shot there.
Gordon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gordon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bolpar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gordon lands with a slapping head kick.

Bolpar has managed to clinch.
Bolpar misses with a knee strike.
Bolpar throws an elbow that misses.
Bolpar prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gordon is trying to break the clinch but Bolpar has him pressed against the cage.
Bolpar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gordon blocks it with crossed arms.
Bolpar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gordon is defending well for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bolpar lands a nice elbow.
Bolpar has Gordon pressed against the cage, preventing Gordon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gordon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bolpar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gordon's face.
Bolpar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gordon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bolpar lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Bolpar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Gordon throws a head kick but Bolpar moves out of range.

Bolpar has Gordon up against the cage in a clinch.
Bolpar prevents Gordon from breaking the clinch.
Bolpar looking to throw knees to the head but Gordon is blocking nicely.
Bolpar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gordon avoids the elbow strike from Bolpar, against the cage.
Bolpar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gordon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bolpar tries to land a knee to the head but Gordon blocks with his arms.
Gordon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gordon looking for a takedown.
Gordon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Gordon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bolpar takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Bolpar clinches up with Gordon and pushes him back against the cage.
Gordon can't break the clinch.

Gordon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bolpar decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bolpar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bolpar wants to free his trapped foot but Gordon is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bolpar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolpar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gordon wants to get back to his feet.
Gordon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bolpar.
Gordon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bolpar.
Bolpar stalling.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bolpar tries to close the distance and clinch but Gordon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two 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.
Gordon throws a head kick that misses.
Bolpar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gordon leaves Bolpar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gordon throws a right and a left that Bolpar avoids nicely.
Bolpar takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gordon feints and then cracks Bolpar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bolpar down.
Bolpar tries to clinch up.
Bolpar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bolpar blocks a head kick by Gordon.
Gordon lands with a nice combination. Bolpar backs away looking to recover.
Bolpar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bolpar tries to clinch but Gordon moves out of range.
Gordon connects with a high kick.
Bolpar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bolpar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gordon throws a sloppy head kick and Bolpar moves out of range easily.
Gordon swats away the attempt to clinch by Bolpar.
Bolpar blocks a head kick by Gordon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolpar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice combination there by Gordon.
Gordon lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gordon blocks a head kick by Bolpar.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gordon!
Gordon stalks Bolpar and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bolpar's face. Bolpar staggers backwards, shaken.
Gordon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gordon misses with a two punch combination.
Bolpar tries to clinch but Gordon moves out of range.
Bolpar wants to clinch.
Gordon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bolpar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gordon cracks a nice hook into Bolpar's ribs.
Gordon lands a jab to Bolpar's midsection.
Bolpar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gordon goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Good leg kick by Gordon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordon swinging wilding here.
Gordon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gordon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bolpar misses with a series of wild punches.
Gordon throws a head kick that Bolpar semi-blocks.
Bolpar takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bolpar takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gordon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bolpar doesn't manage to clinch there - Gordon circles away.
Gordon thumps Bolpar with a low kick.
Bolpar tries to clinch up but Gordon circles away and keeps his distance.
Bolpar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gordon throws a nice head kick!
Gordon lands with a shot to the body.
Gordon throws a one two combo.
Gordon lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gordon lands a two punch combo.
Gordon feints and then cracks Bolpar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bolpar down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Gordon showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gordon has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Gordon!