PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Summerfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jennings has chosen Nelly - Here comes the BOOM as his entrance music. Bob Summerfield had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Summerfield
vs
Jennings

181 cm
25
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bob Summerfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Jennings!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Summerfield lands a nice shot to the body.
Jennings throws a hook but Summerfield blocks it.
Jennings walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Summerfield stuffs the takedown attempt from Jennings. Jennings gets slowly back to his feet.
Summerfield lands a nice shot to the body.

Summerfield has closed the distance and engaged Jennings in a clinch.
Jennings is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Summerfield breaks the clinch.
Jennings fails with a takedown attempt.
Bob Summerfield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Jennings.
Summerfield throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Summerfield.
Jennings shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Summerfield pinned against the cage. Summerfield gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
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!

Jennings closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Summerfield to the mat! Summerfield manages to get full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jennings throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jennings working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Summerfield is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jennings is controlling him.
Summerfield is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jennings has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jennings in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Summerfield knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jennings on the ground.
Jennings throwing strikes from guard but Summerfield blocks nicely.
Summerfield is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Summerfield preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jennings is looking to work some ground and pound but Summerfield has wrist control.
Summerfield is trying to control the position but Jennings postures up.
Jennings landing some decent shots from guard.
Summerfield working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jennings.
Jennings trying to control the position from guard on top but Summerfield is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jennings throws a big right hand that misses.
Summerfield trying to keep a closed guard but Jennings is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jennings trying to control the position from guard on top but Summerfield is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jennings with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jennings throws a big right hand that misses.
Summerfield is pulling down on Jennings's head to control his posture.
Jennings is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jennings wants to control from the top but Summerfield keeps moving.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Matt Jennings hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Summerfield moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summerfield keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jennings's efforts to push away.
Jennings is trying to drag Summerfield to the mat but Summerfield just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A right hook to the body lands for Summerfield.
Jennings goes for a takedown in the clinch but Summerfield prevents it.
Summerfield presses Jennings against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Summerfield landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Summerfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jennings wants to clinch
and Summerfield counters with an inside leg kick.
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 Bob Summerfield will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Summerfield punishes Jennings's body with a nice straight punch.
Jennings takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Summerfield - that will leave a mark!

Summerfield clinches.

Jennings tightens his grip and picks Summerfield up, before dumping him to the ground. Summerfield manages to land in guard.
Jennings is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Summerfield throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jennings throwing strikes but missing.
Summerfield preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jennings throwing strikes but missing.
Jennings seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennings throws a big elbow that misses.
Jennings throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jennings distracts Summerfield with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jennings postures up in Summerfield's guard and throws a big left but Summerfield blocks it.
Jennings controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jennings passes Summerfield's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Summerfield on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Summerfield tries to get out of the position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings throwing shots but Summerfield is blocking nicely.
Summerfield is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jennings scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jennings sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Summerfield defending well though.
Jennings content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jennings wants to lay and pray for a moment but Summerfield keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jennings lands a nice short elbow.
Jennings takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jennings missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jennings passes the guard and advances to mount!
Summerfield tries to hold on but Jennings pushes him away.
Jennings working Summerfield over with strikes here.
Jennings punching from mount but Summerfield doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Jennings.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jennings lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Summerfield hang on?
Summerfield takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jennings lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Summerfield hang on?
Jennings is landing with some decent strikes but Summerfield is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jennings looking to control but Summerfield is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jennings landing strikes, looking to finish!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jennings has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Summerfield's face.
Jennings landing strikes from the mount and Summerfield is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Jennings showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jennings closes this distance looking for a takedown but Summerfield circles away.
Summerfield gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Jennings gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Jennings!
Our winner, Matt Jennings, 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.