PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hill Billy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiago Jorge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Die Mother Fucker Die. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Billy
vs
Jorge

180 cm
19
213 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
21
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hill Billy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiago Jorge!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jorge clinches.
Jorge misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Jorge.
Billy fails to pull guard.
Billy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Billy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hill Billy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Billy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jorge creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Billy's defenses.

It looks like Hill Billy has been cut.

Jorge jumps guard and drags Billy to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Jorge is looking to stand up but Billy isn't so interested in that idea.
Jorge wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jorge manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Billy tries to lock up and control but Jorge gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jorge throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorge sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jorge postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Billy looks a forlorn figure.
Jorge working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jorge thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Jorge scores with a couple of good head shots there.
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!
Jorge looking to ground and pound but Billy is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorge lands a heavy elbow.
Jorge looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jorge looking to control but Billy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jorge landing strikes from the mount and Billy is in trouble!
Jorge wants to control the pace but Billy is squirming around nicely.
Jorge throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jorge trying to control but Billy is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorge lands with some strikes.
Jorge fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jorge landing shots from mount.
Jorge controlling from the full mount.
Billy manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Billy, under a barage of strikes from Jorge.
Jorge is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorge thows a huge punch but Billy dodges it nicely.
Billy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jorge missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Billy could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Billy wants to control but Jorge is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Well, if Jorge is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Billy regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Jorge.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jorge stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Billy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jorge lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jorge looking to pass the guard.
Jorge's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jorge throws a big right hand that misses.
Jorge scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Billy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jorge.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jorge accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jorge pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Billy is keeping the position for now.
Jorge controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jorge throwing strikes but missing.
Jorge postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Billy keeping full guard, as Jorge tries to pass.
Jorge thows a big elbow that misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jorge loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jorge scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jorge wants to pass the guard but Billy is keeping the position.
Jorge's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jorge tries to free his leg and advance position but Billy is retaining full guard.
Jorge scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jorge throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jorge throws a strike but Billy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Billy is breathing heavily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jorge is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Billy won't allow Jorge to get back to his feet.
Jorge is controlling Billy's posture.
Billy stopping the sweep attempt from Jorge.
Billy passes Jorge's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Jorge really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Billy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jorge gets full guard.

Billy is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Jorge is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Jorge has escaped and now he's on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jorge looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jorge trying to control the position from guard on top but Billy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jorge working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Billy's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jorge not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiago Jorge dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hill Billy'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Billy tries to keep at a distance but Jorge has taken the fight into the clinch.

Jorge manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Jorge bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Billy's guard.
Jorge in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jorge throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Billy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Billy keeping moving, preventing Jorge from controlling successfully.
Jorge scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jorge slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jorge with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jorge has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorge trying to control the position from guard on top but Billy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jorge lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jorge trying to control but Billy is working from the bottom.
Billy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jorge connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorge throws a big right hand that misses.
Jorge trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jorge trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jorge thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jorge looking to pass the guard.
Billy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jorge passes Billy's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jorge trying to control from Billy's half guard. Billy has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Tiago Jorge has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jorge scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorge throws a big right hand that misses.
Jorge sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jorge wants to control from the top but Billy keeps moving.
Jorge landing some decent shots from guard.
Jorge scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jorge thows a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorge is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jorge works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jorge is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jorge landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Billy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jorge.
Jorge sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Billy defending well though.
Jorge missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jorge is trying to control the action in half guard but Billy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jorge not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jorge thows a huge punch but Billy dodges it nicely.
Jorge is taking a breather. Billy says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Billy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jorge.
Jorge throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jorge is nestled in close to Billy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jorge seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jorge working Billy over with strikes.
Jorge thows a huge punch but Billy dodges it nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Billy has hold of Jorge's hands but Jorge slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Billy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jorge.
Jorge trying to control the pace.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jorge working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jorge working over Billy with some ground and pound. Billy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jorge sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Billy defending well though.
Jorge missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jorge is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jorge wants to take a breather but Billy is having none of it.
Ground and pound from Jorge.
Billy is staying active underneath Jorge, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jorge throws a strike but Billy avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Jorge engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jorge landing some decent shots from guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jorge works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jorge with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Billy is refusing to be controlled, as Jorge sits in half guard.
Hill Billy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jorge seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tiago Jorge is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jorge takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Billy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jorge.
Jorge is taking a breather. Billy says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tiago Jorge comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jorge 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Tiago Jorge!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Tiago Jorge!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Tiago Jorge!

Tiago Jorge wins by unanimous decision!