PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnathon Mordecai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jordy Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnathon Mordecai has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Mordecai
vs
Velasquez

220 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
280 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnathon Mordecai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, jordy Velasquez!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mordecai throws the left hand but Velasquez avoids the punch easily.

Mordecai moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Velasquez goes down! Can Mordecai finish him!?

Velasquez is rocked!

It looks like jordy Velasquez has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mordecai is fighting to break Velasquez's control of his arms but Velasquez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Mordecai wants to control from the top but Velasquez keeps moving.
Mordecai wants to stand and escape but instead Velasquez has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Velasquez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mordecai's head.
Mordecai wants to stand up but Velasquez is controlling him.
Mordecai thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Velasquez postures up and lands a big shot to Mordecai's brow.
Velasquez's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Velasquez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mordecai wants to sweep but no luck.
Velasquez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Mordecai will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mordecai wants to stand and escape but Velasquez is having none of it.
Velasquez wants to control from the top but Mordecai keeps moving.
Mordecai looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Velasquez puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Velasquez is pressing down on Mordecai's thigh, looking to free his foot. Mordecai is holding on for now.
Mordecai wants to get back to his feet.
Velasquez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Velasquez blocks Mordecai's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Velasquez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Velasquez landing shots from mount.
Velasquez is landing with some decent strikes but Mordecai is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Mordecai is bucking up trying to escape but Velasquez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Velasquez has eaten all the pies!
Velasquez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Mordecai really wants to buck Velasquez off and get back to his feet.
Mordecai is breathing heavily.
Mordecai is desperately trying to improve his position but Velasquez has a good base and remains in mount.
Mordecai is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Velasquez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mordecai flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Mordecai sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Velasquez drops an elbow to the side of Mordecai's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez works his way into side control.
Velasquez lands a few punches from side control.
Velasquez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Velasquez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mordecai down.
Velasquez tries to advance to mount but Mordecai denies him.
Velasquez scoring with punches and elbows.
Mordecai pushes Velasquez away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Velasquez gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Velasquez has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Mordecai!
Velasquez lands a heavy elbow.
Velasquez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mordecai hang on?
Velasquez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez landing strikes from the mount and Mordecai is in trouble!
Velasquez controlling his opponent.
Mordecai swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Velasquez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mordecai tries to hold on but Velasquez postures up.
Velasquez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mordecai is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mordecai taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jordy Velasquez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on jordy Velasquez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mordecai fails with the takedown
letting Velasquez counter with a right hand.
Velasquez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Velasquez circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Velasquez to counter with a crisp jab.
Velasquez avoids the head kick by Mordecai.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mordecai 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.
Mordecai with a poor takedown
and Velasquez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A bone on bone clash there as Velasquez blocks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mordecai misses with a combination
and Velasquez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Velasquez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mordecai is trying to defend but Velasquez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Mordecai tries to kick Velasquez off but Velasquez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Velasquez passes to full mount!
Mordecai tries to lock up and control but Velasquez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Velasquez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mordecai is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mordecai wants to control but Velasquez is having none of it.
jordy Velasquez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Velasquez lands a heavy elbow.
Velasquez lands a big shot there that rocks Mordecai but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mordecai has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Velasquez's lack of action.

Mordecai makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Mordecai tries to clinch

and Velasquez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mordecai won't be happy with that.
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!
Velasquez wants to control but Mordecai is keeping him busy.
Mordecai is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mordecai is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Velasquez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mordecai is looking to control Velasquez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mordecai avoid being mounted?
Velasquez is pressing down on Mordecai's thigh, looking to free his foot. Mordecai is holding on for now.
Mordecai avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Velasquez.
Mordecai won't allow Velasquez to pass to mount.
Velasquez prevents Mordecai from standing back up.
Velasquez wants to control but Mordecai is keeping him busy.
Velasquez stops Mordecai from getting back to his feet.
Mordecai keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Velasquez lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Velasquez working over Mordecai with some ground and pound. Mordecai looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Velasquez wants to pass to mount but Mordecai is defending the position.
Mordecai missing with punches from the bottom.
Mordecai punching from the bottom.
Velasquez prevents Mordecai from improving his position.
Mordecai tries to kick Velasquez off but Velasquez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Velasquez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mordecai with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mordecai manages to get to full guard.
Velasquez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jordy Velasquez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on jordy Velasquez'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. This is the final round!

Mordecai tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Velasquez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mordecai won't be happy with that.
Mordecai is trying to get back to his feet.
Velasquez lands an elbow.
Velasquez is looking to take a break and control but Mordecai is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Velasquez taking a breather here.
Velasquez cracks Mordecai with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mordecai tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Velasquez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Velasquez tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Mordecai is trying to buck Velasquez off.
Velasquez landing strikes.
Mordecai is trying to get back to his feet.
Mordecai throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Mordecai is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Velasquez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

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.
Velasquez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Mordecai is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Velasquez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Velasquez in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Velasquez looks up at the clock and then as Mordecai takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Velasquez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Velasquez is working Mordecai over with some ground and pound from side control.
Velasquez working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mordecai to see if he's OK.
Mordecai throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Velasquez scoring with punches from side control.
Mordecai is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Mordecai trying to remain calm as Velasquez controls from the top position.
Mordecai can't do much from the bottom here.
Velasquez in side control lands a decent elbow.
Mordecai wants to control but Velasquez postures up.
Velasquez advances to mount.

That's four 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.
Velasquez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mordecai can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Mordecai tries to buck Velasquez off but he can't manage it.
Mordecai is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mordecai is bucking up trying to escape but Velasquez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Velasquez with a couple of short strikes.
Mordecai is trying desperately to improve position.
Mordecai is working hard here to advance position.
Johnathon Mordecai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mordecai swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Mordecai is working to get back to half guard.

Mordecai somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

And that's the end of the fight!
jordy Velasquez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Velasquez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jordy Velasquez!