PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Emory Majors (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lorenzo Sulphur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Majors
vs
Sulphur

187 cm
39
189 lbs
19 - 19 - 0

192 cm
28
202 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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 19 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emory Majors!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lorenzo Sulphur!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Sulphur misses.
Sulphur fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Majors went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Majors manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Sulphur on his heels. He'll look to pass Sulphur's guard now, I'm sure.
Majors stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sulphur swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Majors trying to control the position from guard on top but Sulphur is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Majors distracts Sulphur with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sulphur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Majors accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Majors with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Majors throws an elbow that misses. Sulphur uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Majors's guard. Nice move by Sulphur!

Majors pulls Sulphur in close to prevent any damage.
Majors wants to improve his position but instead Sulphur has moved into half guard.
Majors is refusing to be controlled, as Sulphur sits in half guard.
Sulphur passes to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Majors tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Majors has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sulphur has control of an arm but Majors manages to advance to Sulphur's back!
Majors misses with punches from the back.
Sulphur is in bad spot here.
Majors scores with punches and elbows.
Majors lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Majors lands with a hammerfist to the side of Sulphur's head.
Majors loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Sulphur hold on?
Majors trying to control.
Majors throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Majors missing with punches from the back.
A lull in the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sulphur covering up well under a series of strikes from Majors.
Sulphur is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Majors is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Sulphur up.
Majors is trying to stick to Sulphur's back but Sulphur is turning into Majors. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Majors's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Sulphur.
Majors wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Sulphur is now in half guard.
Sulphur trying to control from Majors's half guard. Majors has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Majors is trying to control the position but Sulphur postures up.
Sulphur stopping the sweep attempt from Majors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emory Majors dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sulphur ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sulphur misses with a kick to the body.

Sulphur looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Majors wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Majors is trying to control the position but Sulphur postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sulphur throwing strikes but missing.
Majors pulls Sulphur in close to prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sulphur throws an elbow that misses. Majors uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sulphur's guard. Nice move by Majors!

Sulphur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Majors is in close to Sulphur's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Majors keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sulphur's head.
Majors loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Majors working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sulphur's head.
Majors throws a strike but Sulphur rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sulphur controlling from the top position.
Majors has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Majors is on top in guard.

Majors trying to control but Sulphur is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Majors makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Majors landing some decent shots from guard.

Sulphur is rocked!
Majors is pushing down on Sulphur's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sulphur is fighting to maintain full guard but Majors has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sulphur is still in real trouble! Can Majors finish him?
Majors scores with a big shot! Sulphur's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Sulphur! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emory Majors!
Emory Majors made sure to mention his sponsor, [JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition in his post fight interview.