PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holden James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Aerials. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Junior
vs
James

177 cm
26
194 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

178 cm
29
187 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Holden James!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Junior.
Junior misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Junior misses.
James lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Jorge Junior has been cut.
Junior fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Junior shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Junior was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
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!
James is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Junior trying to control but James is having none of it.
James is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Junior wants to control the pace but James is squirming around nicely.
Junior throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Junior throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
James's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Junior lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Junior is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. James can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
James avoids a series of strikes thrown by Junior.
James is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior is landing with some decent strikes but James is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Junior throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
James avoids a series of strikes thrown by Junior.
James squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Junior breaks from James's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Junior controlling from the full mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Junior there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Junior with a couple of short strikes.

James is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Junior's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jorge Junior!
After the fight, Jorge Junior was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.