PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nigel Winters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and carl jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nigel Winters has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Winters
vs
jordan

185 cm
21
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
22
186 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nigel Winters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, carl jordan!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
jordan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A combination from Winters does no damage.
jordan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
jordan scores with a hook.
Winters throws a series of punches but jordan avoids them all with ease.
Nigel Winters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
jordan misses with a head kick.
Winters throws a left and a right that both miss
and jordan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Winters keeps the fight on the outside.

Winters shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Winters showed some decent athleticism there.
Winters is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
jordan wants to get back to full guard.
jordan wants to control but Winters is keeping busy and won't allow it.
jordan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Winters.
jordan wants to improve his position but Winters is controlling well.
Winters thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed jordan's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winters thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing jordan to regain full guard.
jordan tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Winters thows a leg kick but jordan checks it

and jordan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
jordan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Winters is proving hard to escape from.
jordan looks gassed!
Winters is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst jordan is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
jordan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Winters keeping moving, preventing jordan from controlling successfully.
Winters is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst jordan is controlling him.
Winters controlling jordan's posture.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Winters wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winters misses with the combination.
jordan has his takedown stuffed
and Winters counters with a one-two to the body.
Winters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Winters misses with an attempted mid kick.

Winters drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Winters throws a big right hand that misses.
jordan controlling Winters's posture.
Winters has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Winters wants to stand and escape but instead jordan has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
jordan trying to control but Winters is working from the bottom.
jordan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Winters's guard.
jordan stopping the sweep attempt from Winters.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winters is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

carl jordan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

jordan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Winters throws a combination that misses
and jordan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Winters's knee momentarily.
Winters throws a left and a right that both miss
and jordan counters with a head kick. That will keep Winters thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The fight stays on the outside here - Winters looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
jordan tries to close the distance and clinch but Winters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Winters throws a nice looking combination but jordan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
jordan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Winters defends it nicely.
Winters throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and jordan counters with a head kick. That will keep Winters thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
jordan moves out of range of the body kick.
jordan keeps the fight on the outside.
Winters shoots in for a double leg but jordan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
jordan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Winters but Winters pushes him off and we're back to square one.

jordan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
jordan is looking to take a break and control but Winters is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Winters sneaks back into half guard.
jordan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Winters's head.
jordan is thwarting Winters's attempts to control the position.

That's two 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.
Winters is trying to stand up here but jordan is controlling him well.
Winters keeps control of the position for the meantime.
jordan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Winters does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
jordan prevents Winters from improving his position.
jordan wants to control but Winters is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

jordan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Some wild striking there from Winters.
Winters moves in looking to clinch but jordan pushes him off.
jordan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Winters scores with a body shot.
Winters misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
jordan closes the distance but Winters moves to the side

and Winters counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in jordan's guard now.
Nigel Winters overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
jordan tries to strike from the bottom.
Winters postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Winters throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
jordan is trying to keep Winters in close.
Winters throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
jordan trying to control the position.
Winters missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Winters gets to his feet - jordan follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nigel Winters dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Winters throws a combination but it was largely blocked by jordan.
Winters swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and jordan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Winters on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Winters tries to get out of the position.
jordan trying to mount his opponent but Winters defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winters is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
jordan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Winters's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
jordan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Winters wants to control but jordan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Winters won't allow jordan to pass to mount.

Winters has one foot on jordan's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Winters falls off balance throwing a combination
and jordan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
jordan is looking to clinch.
Winters throws a series of punches but jordan moves out of range.
jordan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

jordan scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
jordan prevents Winters from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
jordan stops Winters from getting back to his feet.
jordan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Winters makes his way to full guard, as jordan worked for a kimura.
jordan won't allow Winters to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winters keeping full guard, as jordan tries to pass.
Winters is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Winters wants to get back to his feet but jordan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
jordan stopping the sweep attempt from Winters.
Winters trying to keep a closed guard but jordan is proving a slippery customer.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
jordan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Winters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
jordan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Winters avoids it really well and circles away.
Winters fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
carl jordan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well jordan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... carl jordan!