PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Jefferson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Vendetta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jefferson comes to the cage accompanied by Gladys Knight - Midnight train to Georgia. Fabio Vendetta has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Michael Jefferson's chin.

Jefferson
vs
Vendetta

195 cm
25
205 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Condemned

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Jefferson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fabio Vendetta!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vendetta defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jefferson.

Jefferson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Vendetta!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jefferson cracks Vendetta with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jefferson looking to finish with strikes here!
Jefferson landing punches.
Vendetta wants to hold on but Jefferson pushes him away.
Vendetta blocking the ground and pound.
Jefferson with the ground and pound from mount.

It looks like Fabio Vendetta has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jefferson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Jefferson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Vendetta because Jefferson loaded up on that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jefferson avoids the attempt from Vendetta to control.
Jefferson punching from mount but Vendetta doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Vendetta is bucking up trying to escape but Jefferson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jefferson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jefferson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Vendetta tries to lock up and control but Jefferson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jefferson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jefferson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Vendetta taking shots to the head.

Vendetta is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jefferson connects with a bit shot that sees Vendetta covering up! More strikes from Jefferson and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Jefferson is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Jefferson!
Michael Jefferson is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Michael Jefferson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.