PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Jorge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorge's entrance music is Back in black. A fine choice. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Jorge
vs
Young

170 cm
34
163 lbs
22 - 14 - 0

178 cm
31
165 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Jorge!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Young!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young tries to clinch but Jorge moves out of range.

Jorge feints and as Young raises his hands in defense, Jorge changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jorge content to stall in guard here.
Jorge in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jorge wants to stand but Young is controlling his posture from full guard.
Young lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jorge!
Jorge is trying desperately to improve position.
Young sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorge is looking to get to half guard.
Jorge wants to hold on but Young pushes him away.
Young raining down shots from the mount!
Young has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jorge tries to reverse the position but Young maintains control.
Young tries to control but Jorge wriggling away.
Young sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jorge is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young trying to control but Jorge is having none of it.
Jorge manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Jorge looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jorge keeps working.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jorge is squirming around, avoiding Young's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorge regains half guard.
Jorge gets full guard.
Young trying to control but Jorge is working from the bottom.
Young forces his way into half guard.
Young is looking to take a break and control but Jorge is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jorge gets back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorge trying to control the position.
Jorge wants to improve his position but instead Young has moved into half guard.
Jorge wants to control but Young is keeping busy.
Young trying to control from half guard but Jorge is working away.
Jorge wants to get back to full guard.
Jorge slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jorge has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jorge wants to sweep here but Young controlling him for the moment.
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 James Jorge will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Young misses with an attempted mid kick.
Crunch! Young slams his shin into Jorge's torso.
Young throws a series of punches but Jorge moves out of range.
Young shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jorge pinned against the cage. Jorge gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jason Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jorge looks to land a combination but Young avoids it well.
Young misses with a low kick.
Young closes the distance but Jorge moves to the side
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Young shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jorge's guard.
Jorge tries to strike from the bottom.
Young tries to free his leg and advance position but Jorge is retaining full guard.
Young stands up out of Jorge's guard for a moment - Jorge manages to land a nice upkick.
Jason Young has got the better of the ground game so far.

Jorge is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young looking to pass the guard.
Jorge is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jorge lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Young!
Jorge trying to control but Young is having none of it.
Jorge looking to ground and pound but Young is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorge throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jorge thowing shots but they're missing.
Jorge trying to control but Young is having none of it.
Jorge lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jorge cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jorge can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Young is looking to escape.
Jorge with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jorge is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Young can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jorge connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jorge controlling from the full mount.
Young has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Jorge's lack of action.
Young is not content to let Jorge control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorge misses with a head shot. Young uses the momentum to regain guard.
Jorge is looking to work some ground and pound but Young has wrist control.
Jorge trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Jorge postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jorge wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Jorge dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A combination from Jorge does no damage.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jorge. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Young swings for the body but Jorge moves out of range.
Young throws a right hand that Jorge ducks under and follows up with a left that Jorge also avoids with ease.
Jorge fails to land the takedown.
Young throws a right and a left that Jorge avoids nicely.
Jorge tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Jorge misses with a wild combination.
Jorge takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Young closes the distance and pushes Jorge back into the cage.
Young drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Young taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorge is trying to push Young away but Young has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Young is trying to push Jorge away but Jorge has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jorge sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Young somewhat.
James Jorge is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Jorge shoots in and gets a takedown into Young's guard.
Jorge controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jorge.
Young trying to control the position.
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jorge.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jorge wants to pass the guard but Young is keeping the position.
Jorge wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
Jorge landing some decent shots from guard.
Jorge won't allow Young to sweep him here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jorge trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jorge is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Young is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorge landing with the ground and pound.
James Jorge is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jorge controls from within his opponent's guard.
Young trying to control the position.
Jorge controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jason Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because James Jorge wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Young gets tackled into the cage by Jorge. Jorge maintains the clinch.

Young breaks from the clinch.
Young tries to score with a low kick but Jorge moves his leg out of the way.
Jorge will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Young shoots in but no luck this time.
James Jorge has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Young.
Young throws a right and a left that Jorge avoids nicely.
Jorge lands a right hook to the body.
Jab by Jorge.
Jorge keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young swinging wildly here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jorge takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like James Jorge has been cut.
Young takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jorge looks for a takedown but Young sprawls well.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to James Jorge.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jorge, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Jorge!
James Jorge is the new welterweight champion!
James Jorge seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.