PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Herzog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giorgio Jacques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herzog comes into the arena with Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out blaring out of the sound system. Chris Herzog is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Herzog
vs
Jacques

175 cm
29
181 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

178 cm
24
182 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Resistance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Herzog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giorgio Jacques!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jacques drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jacques wants to control but Herzog is keeping him busy.
Jacques working away.
Herzog tries to buck Jacques off but Jacques is having none of it.

Jacques is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Herzog has escaped the position, nice work there.
Herzog is looking to reverse the position.
Herzog is working hard here to advance position.
Herzog dodges the ground and pound from Jacques.
Herzog is looking for a sweep.
Herzog tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Jacques presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Herzog is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacques lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Herzog tries to hold on but Jacques postures up.
Jacques raining down shots from the mount!
Herzog bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Herzog stopping the sweep attempt from Jacques.
Herzog throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jacques is trying to control the position but Herzog postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacques lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Herzog!
Herzog is trying to escape the mount.
Jacques throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Herzog tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Herzog tries to hold on but Jacques pushes him away.
Herzog bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jacques is adopting a defensive guard.
Herzog looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herzog stopping the sweep attempt from Jacques.
Herzog postures up.
Jacques wants to sweep here but Herzog controlling him for the moment.

Jacques is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jacques is trying to keep Herzog in close.
Herzog is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herzog stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jacques swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Herzog throws a strike but Jacques rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jacques wants to control from the top but Herzog keeps moving.
Herzog bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jacques's guard.
Jacques is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Herzog trying to control the position from guard on top but Jacques is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Herzog is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jacques is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jacques looking for a sweep. Not yet Jacques, not yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Chris Herzog.
Jacques fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Herzog takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jacques ducks under a wild hook from Herzog.
Herzog moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Herzog throws a body punch but Jacques moves out of range.
Jacques throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jacques tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Herzog just misses with a punch to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Herzog lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jacques has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jacques and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Herzog cracks the inside of Jacques's front leg.
Herzog throws a head kick that misses.
Herzog throws a solid leg kick but Jacques takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Herzog.
Jacques buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jacques blocks a leg kick.
Jacques moves out of range of the leg kick from Herzog.
Jacques misses with a hook
and Herzog counters with a slapping leg kick.
Herzog moves out of range of the body kick from Jacques.
Jacques looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Herzog misses with a wild body shot.
Jacques is looking to land body kicks.
Jacques walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jacques throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Herzog sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jacques misses with a wild body shot.
Jacques throws an off balance right hand
and Herzog counters with a nice leg kick.
Herzog checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Herzog keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Herzog tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Herzog has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Herzog there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jacques shoots in for a takedown but Herzog shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jacques throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Herzog takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jacques pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jacques.
Herzog misses with a body kick.
Herzog swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jacques looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Herzog.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Herzog takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Herzog will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Herzog looks to land a combination. Jacques sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Herzog avoids a kick to the body.
Herzog misses with an uppercut.
Jacques blocks a head kick by Herzog.
Herzog connects with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jacques finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jab, jab by Herzog - just one landing.
Herzog pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jacques is out of range and Herzog settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Chris Herzog will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jacques scores with a nice head shot.
Herzog uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jacques.
Chris Herzog is winning the standup battle so far.
Herzog slaps away a takedown attempt from Jacques, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jacques misses with a body kick.
Giorgio Jacques seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jacques misses the shot to the body.
Jacques lands with a hook. Herzog tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jacques scores with a nice body kick.
Herzog swinging wildly here.
Herzog stuffs the takedown.
Herzog swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jacques counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacques takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jacques misses with a body kick.
Jacques swings for the body but Herzog moves out of range.
Herzog avoids the body shot from Jacques.
Herzog's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Herzog duly obliges.
Jacques connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
An inside leg kick lands from Jacques.
Herzog misses with a wild combination.
Jacques throws a push kick but Herzog slaps the foot to one side.
Jacques connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacques misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Herzog, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Herzog has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jacques.
Herzog lands an overhand right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jacques, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jacques scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Herzog ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jacques moves away.
Herzog avoids a kick to the body.
Jacques lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Herzog at a distance.
Jacques throws a body punch but Herzog moves out of range.
Jacques on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Herzog. Herzog obviously looking to wear him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacques moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Herzog takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jacques tries to land a leg kick but Herzog saw it coming and moves away.
Jacques throws a body kick that misses.
Herzog connects with a body shot.
Jacques lands the left hand.
Herzog missing with a left hand there. Jacques was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Herzog lands a leg kick that knocks Jacques off balance momentarily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Herzog checks a leg kick.
Herzog on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Herzog fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jacques.
Good work by Herzog as he checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herzog with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jacques is breathing heavily.
Herzog thows a body shot but no joy.
Jacques avoids the body shot from Herzog.
Jacques throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Herzog's waist but Herzog gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jacques off to one side.
Chris Herzog has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Giorgio Jacques.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jacques.
A decent looking cross lands there for Herzog.
Jacques misses with a low kick.
Herzog fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sloppy strikes from Herzog. Those never looked like landing.
Herzog uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jacques.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Herzog misses with a wild body shot.
Herzog dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jacques. That did some damage!
Herzog ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jacques tries to land a front kick but Herzog steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Herzog misses with a wild body shot.
Herzog attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jacques wants to land a leg kick but Herzog is out of range.
Herzog uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jacques.
Jacques scores with a body shot.
Herzog misses with a low kick.
Herzog is looking to wear down Jacques with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jacques scoring well with a low kick there.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Herzog fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Herzog misses with a low kick as Jacques jumps back.
Herzog will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jacques fails with a takedown attempt.
Herzog misses with a series of wild punches.
Jacques scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Herzog changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jacques tries to avoid it but Herzog manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jacques to the ground. Jacques escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jacques.
Jacques with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Herzog takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Herzog just misses with a punch to the body.
Jacques shoots for a double leg takedown but Herzog sprawls well. He's pushed Jacques's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jacques throws a lazy right hand but Herzog sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Herzog looks to throw the jab but Jacques is out of range.
Jacques is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Herzog.
Nice defenses there by Herzog.
Herzog is looking to chop away at Jacques's legs.
Herzog throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jacques sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jacques misses with an attempted mid kick.
Herzog cracks a nice hook into Jacques's ribs.
Herzog lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Herzog is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jacques misses with a body kick.
Herzog dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jacques. That did some damage!
Jacques looks to land a body kick but Herzog moved away.
Herzog blocks a low kick nicely.
Jacques lands a front kick.
Jacques with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Herzog to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Herzog fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jacques has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jacques.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Herzog shoots in for a takedown but Jacques shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice body punch from Jacques.
Jacques stuns Herzog with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jacques checks a leg kick nicely.
Herzog digs a good hook to Jacques's body.
Herzog throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jacques.
Herzog throws a nice inside leg kick.
Herzog misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jacques tries to score with a low kick but Herzog moves his leg out of the way.
Jacques does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Giorgio Jacques will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Herzog fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jacques looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jacques blocks the body kick.
Herzog misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jacques.
Herzog moves out of range as Jacques throws a body kick.
Jacques is looking to land body kicks.
Jacques shoots in but Herzog avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Herzog scores with the left hand. Jacques knows he should have avoided that one.
Jacques takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jacques takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Herzog darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Herzog scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herzog throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good leg kick by Herzog there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Herzog looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jacques is looking to land body kicks.
Jacques on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice takedown defense from Herzog. No joy for Jacques on that attempt.
Jacques motions for Herzog to come forward. Jacques throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jacques throws a quick inside leg kick.
Herzog swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jacques drops his hands momentarily and Herzog takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Herzog.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacques misses with a wild body shot.
Jacques throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Herzog jabs Jacques to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Herzog takes a swing at Jacques's ribcage but misses.
Herzog throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jacques scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jacques tries to land a front kick but Herzog steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Herzog moves out of range of the leg kick from Jacques.
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!
An inside leg kick from Herzog misses.
Jacques looks to score with a jab to the body but Herzog is just out of range.
Jacques throws a body punch but Herzog moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herzog connects with a high kick.
Jacques avoids the head kick by Herzog.
Jacques with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jacques tries to land a front kick but Herzog steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jacques throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Herzog sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Herzog moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jacques turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Herzog. That's going to slow Jacques down.
Jacques avoids the body shot from Herzog.
Herzog is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Herzog lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jacques circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacques takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jacques looks to land a body kick but Herzog moved away.
Jacques looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Herzog walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jacques.
Jacques 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.
Herzog misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jacques.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Herzog attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Herzog will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Jacques throws a leg kick that is checked
and Herzog counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jacques throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Herzog digs a good body shot into Jacques's ribs.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Herzog swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jacques lands with a right hand.
Jacques throws a low kick but Herzog moves out of range easily.
Jacques takes a swing at Herzog's ribcage but misses.
Jacques looks to throw the jab but Herzog is out of range.
Herzog looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Herzog connects with a leg kick. Jacques looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Herzog misses with a wild combination.
Jacques looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jacques throws a solid leg kick but Herzog takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jacques.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jacques jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Jacques closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jacques working the ground and pound but Herzog is defending the strikes.
Herzog prevents Jacques from improving position.
Herzog takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Check out the look on Jacques's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Herzog manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Herzog lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Herzog not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jacques works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Herzog looking to pass the guard.
Herzog forces his way into half guard.
Jacques tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Herzog has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Herzog can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jacques is looking to escape.
Jacques tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jacques is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Herzog with good strikes from the mount here!
Herzog takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Herzog throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jacques because Herzog loaded up on that one.
Jacques wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Herzog.
Jacques avoids a series of strikes thrown by Herzog.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Herzog lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Herzog trying to control but Jacques is having none of it.
Jacques sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Herzog trying to mount his opponent but Jacques defends it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Herzog showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Herzog has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Chris Herzog!