PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between London Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boy Lugg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jordan comes to the cage accompanied by Till I Collapse. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jordan
vs
Lugg

190 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, London Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Boy Lugg!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lugg fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Lugg gets a clinch.

Lugg successfully pulls guard.
Jordan trying to control the position from guard on top but Lugg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lugg looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jordan looking to sit in guard and control but Lugg gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jordan pulls Lugg in close to his closed guard and prevents Lugg from doing any damage or advancing position.
Lugg looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

London Jordan has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Lugg fails with the takedown.
A shot to the liver by Lugg. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lugg shoots in for a takedown but Jordan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
London Jordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boy Lugg.

Lugg has closed the distance and engaged Jordan in a clinch.

Lugg breaks the clinch.
Lugg shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jordan as he jumps to the side.
Lugg goes for a double leg but Jordan avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Jordan continues to drive forward.

Lugg pulls guard.
Jordan stands and throws Lugg's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Jordan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jordan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jordan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Jordan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
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Jordan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lugg knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lugg gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Lugg is defending against the submission attempts here by Jordan.
Lugg pushes Jordan off looking to stand but Jordan dives back in and keeps control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lugg trying to control from the bottom.

Jordan is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Lugg is just riding it out for now. Jordan eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Boy Lugg will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lugg has taken the fight to the clinch.

Lugg manages to pull guard.
Jordan wants to control from the top but Lugg keeps moving.

Jordan drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Jordan seems to have locked his on tight now - Lugg screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Jordan, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). London Jordan!
London Jordan was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.