PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Abraham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and London Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jordan has chosen Till I Collapse as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Abraham
vs
Jordan

193 cm
22
201 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robert Abraham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, London Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Jordan.
Jordan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jordan throws a series of punches but Abraham moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Abraham. Those never looked like landing.
The fighters circle momentarily. Abraham darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Abraham lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jordan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jordan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jordan wants to clinch.
Jordan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abraham.
Abraham moves out of range of the strikes.
Abraham takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Abraham misses the shot to the body.
Jordan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Abraham circles away.
Jordan shoots for a double leg takedown but Abraham sprawls well. He's pushed Jordan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jordan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abraham.
Abraham swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jordan takes one to the side of the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No joy there for Abraham, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Abraham misses.

Abraham lands a big head kick that sends Jordan tumbling to the mat! Abraham takes a step backwards and waves Jordan back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like London Jordan has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abraham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jordan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Abraham misses with a few strikes there.
Jordan throws a right hand that Abraham ducks under and follows up with a left that Abraham also avoids with ease.
Jordan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Abraham stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jordan fails with a takedown attempt.
Robert Abraham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of London Jordan.
Abraham fails to land with a series of punches.
Jordan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Abraham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jordan lands a nice hook to Abraham's body. Abraham takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jordan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Abraham.
Abraham misses with a left hand
and Jordan counters with a nice uppercut.
Jordan with a hook.
Jordan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Abraham avoids it really well and circles away.
Abraham misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan with a jab.
Jordan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Abraham defends it nicely.
A big right from Jordan misses.
Abraham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jordan.
Abraham moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jordan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jordan scores with a shot to the body.
Jordan is trying desperately to land a takedown but Abraham is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Jordan.
Jordan slips under a jab from Abraham.
Abraham closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jordan circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abraham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Abraham is breathing heavily.
Abraham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jordan misses with a few strikes there.
Jordan cracks Abraham with a right hand to the side of the head.
Abraham takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abraham looks to score with a jab to the body but Jordan is just out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Abraham. Those never looked like landing.
Abraham throws a nice looking combination but Jordan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Jordan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jordan has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Jordan moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Abraham has worked his arm free - good work by Abraham!
Abraham is not content to let Jordan control the position.

Jordan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Abraham is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan is looking to take a break and control but Abraham is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Jordan has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Abraham is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Jordan yanks on the arm and Abraham is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Jordan.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). London Jordan!
After the fight, London Jordan was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.