PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jamal Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jordan comes to the cage accompanied by Vamos. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jordan
vs
Cherry

190 cm
23
202 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

193 cm
23
203 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Jamal Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Cherry!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jordan slips a straight right by Cherry.
Jordan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jordan avoids the body shot from Cherry.
Jordan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cherry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good work by Jordan as he checks the leg kick.
Cherry takes a swing at Jordan's ribcage but misses.
Cherry thumps Jordan with a low kick.
Cherry closes the distance and clinches up with Jordan, looking for a takedown. Cherry pushes Jordan against the cage but Jordan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jordan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cherry.
Cherry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jordan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jordan tries to clinch but Cherry is having none of it.
Jordan throws a series of punches but Cherry moves out of range.
Jordan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cherry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cherry misses with a hook.
Jordan is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cherry throws a shot from downtown. Jordan moves away and avoids it.
Cherry fails with a takedown attempt.

Jordan closes the distance and clinches.
Cherry wants to get back to striking at distance but Jordan won't allow it.

Cherry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cherry misses with a looping right.
Jamal Jordan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cherry scores with a push kick.
Cherry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Jordan pushes Cherry up against the cage in a clinch.
Cherry changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jordan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jamal Jordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Cherry.
Jordan connects with an inside leg kick.
Jordan tries to close the distance and clinch but Cherry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jordan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan moves in looking to clinch but Cherry pushes him off.
Jordan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jordan moves into the clinch successfully.
Jordan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cherry in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jordan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Jordan.
Cherry looks winded!
Jordan tries to land a knee to the head but Cherry blocks with his arms.
Jordan cracks Cherry with a nice body shot.
Jordan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cherry backwards.
Jordan connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Mr Cherry has been cut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cherry creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cherry blocks the elbow strike.
Jordan works on Cherry's body with a couple of short punches.
Jordan lands a nice uppercut.
Cherry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jordan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jordan lands a nice knee to the body.
Jordan digs a right hand into Cherry's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cherry's gas tank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cherry lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jordan lands an elbow just above Cherry 's eye.
Jordan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jordan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jordan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jordan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jordan.
Jordan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cherry.
Nice body punch from Jordan.
A nice left hand lands by Jordan.
Jordan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
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!
A nice left hand lands by Jordan.
Jordan lands a left hand.
Cherry takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cherry takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jordan working Cherry over with knees to the body.
Jordan is leaning against Cherry and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jordan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jordan pushes Cherry back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jordan working Cherry over with knees to the body.
Jordan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jordan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cherry takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jordan lands a nice elbow.

That has opened up Mr Cherry's cut even more.
Jordan lands an elbow inside.
Cherry takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jordan lands a good knee to the midsection. Cherry won't want to take too many of those.
Jordan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jordan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jordan working Cherry over with knees to the body.
Jordan crunches a lovely knee into Cherry's ribcage.
Jordan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cherry or not.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jordan lands an uppercut.
Jordan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cherry.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jordan obliges.
Jordan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal Jordan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mr Cherry's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jordan tries to bum rush Cherry with a series of wild strikes but Cherry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jordan throws a jab but it's blocked by Cherry.
Jordan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jordan is looking to clinch but Cherry is avoiding it.
Jordan moves out of range of the strikes.
Jordan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jordan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cherry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jordan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jordan tries to clinch there but Cherry circles away.
Jordan tries to clinch but Cherry is having none of it.

Jordan closes the distance and clinches.
Cherry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jamal Jordan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jordan is working Cherry over against the cage.
Cherry misses with a punch on the inside.
Jordan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Jordan.
Cherry is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jordan lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jordan.
Cherry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jordan lands an elbow inside.

The cut above Mr Cherry's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Cherry takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jordan crunches a lovely knee into Cherry's ribcage.
Jordan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jordan lands a nice uppercut.
Jordan scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jordan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jordan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cherry takes a knee right on the jaw!

Mr Cherry's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Jordan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jordan connects with a knee to the head.

Cherry is rocked!
Jordan lands with a left to the head.
Cherry is still on wobbly legs! Can Jordan finish him?

Jordan drops Cherry with a big knee straight up the middle! Cherry is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Jordan tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan tries to clinch there but Cherry circles away.
Jordan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cherry's hands.
Cherry misses with a hook. Jordan ducked under it nicely.
Jordan connects with a nice looking jab.
Jordan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cherry can do to turn this around?
Cherry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jordan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jordan throws a leg kick but Cherry sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jordan checks a low kick from Cherry.
Jordan tries to clinch up but Cherry circles away and keeps his distance.

Cherry throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Jordan tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Cherry is in Jordan's guard.

Jordan pushes Cherry off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Cherry seems to have recovered his senses.

Jordan clinches up against the cage.
Jordan scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Jordan.
Jordan lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cherry.
Cherry goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jordan prevents it.

Cherry breaks the clinch.
Jordan tries to close the distance and clinch but Cherry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jordan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jordan tries to clinch but Cherry is having none of it.
Jordan tries to move into range but Cherry moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cherry throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jordan's waist but Jordan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cherry off to one side.
Jordan tries to close the distance and clinch but Cherry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jordan tries to clinch but Cherry moves out of range.
Jamal Jordan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jordan doesn't manage to clinch there - Cherry circles away.
Jordan tries to clinch but Cherry is having none of it.
Jordan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cherry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jamal Jordan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cherry connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A good leg kick by Jordan.
Jordan is looking to land body kicks.
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!
Cherry with a hook.

Jordan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jordan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cherry lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jordan prevents the takedown attempt.
Jamal Jordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Cherry.
Jordan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mr Cherry's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jamal Jordan!
Jamal Jordan thanked the fans post fight for their support.