PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Jorge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iggy Guerrero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorge comes to the cage accompanied by Tropa de Elite. Guerrero has chosen La Bamba as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jorge
vs
Guerrero

187 cm
30
212 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

178 cm
31
218 lbs
18 - 20 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Heavy handed

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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 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiago Jorge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iggy Guerrero!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jorge closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jorge lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Guerrero trying to hold on to Jorge's head to control him but Jorge postures up.
Guerrero tries to get to full guard but Jorge has control of the leg.
Guerrero keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guerrero is pressing down on Jorge's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Jorge wants to control from the top but Guerrero keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorge is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jorge landing with the ground and pound.
Guerrero not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jorge works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jorge working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jorge throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jorge thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Guerrero's head.
Jorge is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jorge is looking to pass Guerrero's guard but actually Guerrero recovers to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorge stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Guerrero swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Guerrero seems keen to control Jorge's posture.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Guerrero is on top in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jorge keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Jorge manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jorge pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Jorge.
Jorge landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jorge can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Guerrero is looking to escape.
Jorge working the ground and pound effectively.
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!
Jorge content just to control the position here.
Jorge lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorge tries to control but Guerrero wriggling away.
Guerrero is bucking up trying to escape but Jorge cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jorge working the ground and pound effectively.

Guerrero is rocked!
Jorge takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jorge cracks Guerrero with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tiago Jorge!
A very excited looking Tiago Jorge made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.