PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rejinaldo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamal Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Roy Jones - Can't be touched. Jordan has chosen Vamos as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Silva
vs
Jordan

188 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
202 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Amsterdam in London 95% Laundry

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rejinaldo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jamal Jordan!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Good standup being displayed there by Silva as he connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Jordan does a little dance to reset his feet.

Jordan clinches.
Jordan jumps guard but Silva turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jordan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Jordan avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.

Jordan breaks the clinch.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jordan was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Jordan misses with a head kick.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Jordan rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jordan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Jordan.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jordan landing knees to the body.
Jordan lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jordan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Jordan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rejinaldo Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamal Jordan.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jordan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jordan misses with a knee to the head.
Jordan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Jordan pulls guard effortlessly.
Silva stops Jordan from standing up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva slips nicely into half guard.
Jordan pushes Silva off looking to stand but Silva dives back in and keeps control.

Silva is working for a submission of some sort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan wants to get back to his feet.
Jordan is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Silva seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva trying to control the action but Jordan is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Rejinaldo Silva.
Jordan pushes Silva away with a front kick.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jordan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Jordan clinches with his opponent.
Jordan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.

Jordan pulls guard effortlessly.
Jordan wants to stand up but Silva is controlling him.
Silva trying to control but Jordan is working from the bottom.

Jordan pushes Silva off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva stalks Jordan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jordan's face. Jordan staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jordan doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.
Silva throws a hook but Jordan avoids it easily.
Jordan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Jordan moves away and avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jordan.
Jordan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Jordan should have avoided that one.
Jordan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jordan tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Jordan saw that one coming.
Jordan scores with a three punch combo!
Jordan tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal Jordan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jordan doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva throws a series of punches but Jordan avoids them all with ease.
Jamal Jordan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jordan swinging wildly here.
Jamal Jordan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jordan looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.

Jordan has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Jordan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jordan jumps guard but Silva stands there with Jordan around his waist. Jordan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jordan tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Jordan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jordan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jordan avoids it.
Jordan trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Jordan trying to land knees to the body.
Jordan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jordan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jamal Jordan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jordan avoids it.
Jordan scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Jordan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jordan obliges.
Jordan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Jordan walks into a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jordan moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jordan blocks it with crossed arms.

Jordan pulls guard effortlessly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Silva slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Jordan is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Silva is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jordan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Silva trying to control the action but Jordan is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Jordan is not content to let Silva control the position.
Silva tries to move into full mount but can't pass Jordan's legs.
Jordan wants to get back to his feet.
Silva works to advance to full mount. Jordan defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Jordan tries to buck Silva off but he can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Jordan is now in Silva's guard. A big mistake from Silva there, giving up the dominant position!

Silva has his foot on Jordan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jordan works his way back into a safe position though.

Silva is working an open guard so Jordan takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Jordan ducks down to avoid it.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jordan doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Jordan tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Jordan counters with a head kick. That will keep Silva thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jordan moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal Jordan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Jordan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jordan manages to avoid it.
Jamal Jordan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jordan tries to clinch up.
Jordan tries to clinch up.
Jordan tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big left from Silva misses.
Jordan tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva tries to clinch there but Jordan circles away.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jordan.
Jordan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Jordan moved out of range nicely.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Jordan.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jordan on the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jordan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Silva misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan moves to clinch but Silva breaks away

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Jordan is blocking nicely.
Jordan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jordan obliges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Rejinaldo Silva has been cut.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Jordan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jordan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Jordan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jordan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.

Silva is rocked!
Jordan pushes Silva against the cage. Jordan is working some dirty boxing. Jordan pushes off with a quick right hook! Silva goes down! Silva tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Jordan moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamal Jordan!
During a confident post fight interview, Jamal Jordan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.