PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Custer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dragon Warfist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Custer
vs
Warfist

185 cm
35
210 lbs
37 - 13 - 1

198 cm
36
216 lbs
28 - 17 - 4

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 37 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jesse Custer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 4, fighting out of Hilo, Dragon Warfist!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Warfist.
Warfist tries to clinch up.
Warfist lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Custer at a distance.
Warfist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Warfist has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Custer lands an overhand right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Custer, right into the meat.
Warfist throws a solid leg kick but Custer takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Warfist.
Custer missing with a left hand there. Warfist was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Custer misses with a hook.
Warfist slaps away a takedown attempt from Custer, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warfist tries to work over Custer's front leg with a kick but Custer checks it.
Custer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Warfist wants to land a leg kick but Custer is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Warfist.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warfist feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Custer's calf.
Custer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Warfist.
Dragon Warfist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Custer lands a slapping body shot.
Warfist misses the jab.
Custer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Warfist uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Custer.
Dragon Warfist is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Custer has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Warfist finds it's way round the side to connect with Custer's head.
Warfist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Custer was well out of range. Poor timing from Warfist.
Donk. Warfist catches Custer right on the button with a cross.

Warfist clinches with his opponent.
Good body shot from Warfist.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Custer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Custer manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Warfist.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Warfist.
Warfist struggles to land a body shot inside as Custer controls his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Custer has a couple of punches blocked by Warfist.
A left hand lands to the body for Custer.
Warfist blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Warfist tries to work over Custer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Custer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Custer lands with a light punch inside.
Warfist stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Custer tries to pull guard but Warfist holds him up against the cage and eventually Custer drops back down to his feet.
Warfist misses with a hook from the clinch.
Custer misses with a body punch.
Custer working aggressively here.

Warfist manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warfist lands a jab to the nose.
A low kick from Warfist misses
and Custer counters with a good, hard body kick but Warfist shrugs it off.
Custer scores with a body shot.
Warfist throws a jab when Custer was well out of range.
Custer attempts a counter takedown but Warfist avoids it well and moves away.
Custer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Custer slips a straight right by Warfist.
Custer half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Warfist throws a leg kick that is checked

and Custer counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Custer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Warfist's head.
Custer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Warfist trying to control from the bottom.
Warfist desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Custer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Warfist on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Warfist is not content to let Custer control the position.
Custer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Warfist's head.
Custer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Warfist wants to control but Custer is keeping busy.
Custer missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Warfist controlling the position well.
Custer with the ground and pound but Warfist uses the opportunity to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dragon Warfist will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Warfist moves away from the strike by Custer.
Warfist let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Warfist misses with a body shot.
Warfist changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Custer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Custer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Warfist on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Custer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Warfist lands with a shot to the body.
Warfist misses with a hook. Custer ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warfist smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Warfist swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Warfist moves into the clinch successfully.
Warfist swings wildly with an uppercut but Custer uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Custer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Custer misses with a body punch.
Warfist swings wildly with an uppercut but Custer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Custer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Warfists head.
Custer misses with a body punch.
Custer lands with a right to the head.
Custer struggles to land a body shot inside as Warfist controls his hands.
Warfist tries to throw a body punch but Custer avoids it by throwing Warfist back against the cage.
Custer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Warfist misses with a hook to the ribs.
Custer throws a head punch that misses.
Custer tries to pull guard but Warfist forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Custer pushes Warfist back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Custer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Custer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Warfist.
Custer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Custer digs a right hand underneath Warfist's ribcage. Warfist let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Warfist is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warfist tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Custer's elbow.
Custer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Warfist or not.
Warfist tries to throw a body punch but Custer avoids it by throwing Warfist back against the cage.
Warfist working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Custer tries a body shot but Warfist blocks it.
Warfist working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stalling in the clinch from Custer.

Custer pulls guard.
Custer lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Custer throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Warfist preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Warfist looking for a sweep. Not yet Warfist, not yet.
Custer trying to control the position from guard on top but Warfist is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Warfist seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Custer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Warfist is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Warfist looking for a sweep. Not yet Warfist, not yet.
Custer trying to control but Warfist is working from the bottom.
Custer throws a big elbow that misses.
Custer throwing strikes but missing.
Custer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Custer trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Custer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Custer content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Custer's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Custer stopping the sweep attempt from Warfist.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Custer with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Custer lands a couple of elbows.
Custer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Custer chips away with some ground and pound.
Warfist is pulling down on Custer's head. It's preventing any offense from Custer, at least for the moment.
Warfist utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Custer postures up in Warfist's guard and throws a big left but Warfist blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesse Custer dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Warfist takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Dragon Warfist has been cut.
Warfist tried to score with a low kick but Custer checks it.
Custer attempts a counter takedown but Warfist avoids it well and moves away.
Warfist misses with a low kick.
Custer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Warfist has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Warfist misses with a straight left.
Custer attempts a counter takedown but Warfist avoids it well and moves away.
A low kick from Warfist misses

and Custer counters with a takedown into side control.
Custer trying to control the action but Warfist is working from the bottom.
Warfist is trying to escape the position but Custer is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You can see the frustration on Warfist's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Custer throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Custer scores with punches from side control.
Custer fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Custer scores with punches from side control.
Custer working the ground and pound.
Custer working the ground and pound.

Warfist is rocked!
Custer trying to control the action but Warfist is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Warfist's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Warfist avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Custer.
Custer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Warfist keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Custer misses with the ground and pound.
Custer tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Custer working away.
Custer in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Warfist is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Warfist takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Custer landing a few strikes.
Warfist regains half guard.
Custer not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Custer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Custer lands a nice short elbow.
Custer drops an elbow to the side of Warfist's head.
Warfist is still in real trouble! Can Custer finish him?
Warfist has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Custer is working away from the top position though.
Custer looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Warfist with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Custer lands strikes from half guard.
Custer lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Warfist! More strikes land and this one is all over! Custer jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesse Custer!
A relieved looking Jesse Custer thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.