PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Sayre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry Ayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sayre comes to the cage accompanied by A Country Boy Can Survive. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sayre
vs
Ayer

176 cm
18
154 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Teddy Sayre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jerry Ayer!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ayer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sayre throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ayer throws a sloppy head kick and Sayre moves out of range easily.
Ayer throws a shot from downtown. Sayre moves away and avoids it.
Sayre takes one to the side of the head.
Ayer misses with a leg kick
and Sayre counters with a leg kick.
Sayre throws a leg kick which misses Ayer's front leg but catches the back leg as Ayer tries to avoid it.
Jab from Ayer.

Sayre gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Sayre breaks the clinch.

Ayer tries to keep at a distance but Sayre has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ayer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sayre has him pressed against the cage.
Ayer wants to stall.
Ayer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sayre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ayer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sayre landing knees to the head.
Nice elbow from Sayre.

It looks like Jerry Ayer has been cut.
Ayer is trying to break free.
Ayer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sayre landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ayer is trying to break the clinch but Sayre has him pressed against the cage.
Sayre stalling.
Sayre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sayre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ayer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Sayre successfully pulls guard.
Sayre wants to stand and escape but Ayer is having none of it.
Ayer slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sayre working a defensive guard here.
Ayer tries to stand but Sayre is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ayer wants to stand and escape but instead Sayre has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Sayre wants to control from the top but Ayer keeps moving.
Ayer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sayre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ayer is looking to sweep but instead, Sayre has passed into half guard.
Sayre is looking to take a break and control but Ayer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sayre shoots in but no luck this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ayer throws a head kick but Sayre moves out of range.
Ayer throws a leg kick
and Sayre counters with a left and a right that stings Ayer.
Ayer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ayer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ayer keeps the fight on the outside.
A left lands for Ayer.

Sayre moves into the clinch.
Sayre drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ayer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sayre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sayre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sayre lands a damaging elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ayer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ayer is looking to control Sayre's arms but Sayre gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ayer has his back to the cage.
Sayre lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sayre tries for a takedown but Ayer manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Teddy Sayre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ayer is struggling to control the position.
Ayer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sayre has him pressed against the cage.
Sayre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ayer.
Ayer has had enough of the clinch but Sayre keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Sayre.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sayre as Ayer tries to tie him up.
Sayre scores with a knee to the head.
Sayre working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Sayre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Sayre has managed to clinch.
Ayer wants to break the clinch but can't.

Sayre gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ayer can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ayer tries to get to full guard but Sayre has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Teddy Sayre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jerry Ayer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sayre on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Some bone on bone action there as Sayre checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ayer throws a lazy head kick

and Sayre moves into the clinch.
Sayre lands a knee to the head.
Sayre misses with a knee strike.
Sayre crunches a lovely knee into Ayer's ribcage.
Sayre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ayer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sayre has him pressed against the cage.
Ayer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ayer tries to break the clinch but Sayre is controlling the position.
Sayre tries to pull guard but Ayer holds him up against the cage and eventually Sayre drops back down to his feet.
Sayre crunches a lovely knee into Ayer's ribcage.
Sayre connects with a knee to the head.
Sayre misses with a knee strike.
Sayre tries a knee to the head but Ayer blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ayer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sayre has Ayer pushed against the cage.

Sayre manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Ayer tries to stand but Sayre is controlling from the bottom.
Ayer controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Ayer drops back looking for a leg! Sayre is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sayre manages to kick Ayer off! Ayer jumps back into Sayre's guard.
Ayer trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sayre's guard.
Ayer is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sayre is on top in guard.
Ayer has his hands on Sayre's head, controlling the position.
Ayer is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ayer pulls Sayre in to control the position.
Ayer wants to control but Sayre passes easily into half guard.

Sayre stands up from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ayer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jerry Ayer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ayer misses with a combination

and Sayre moves into the clinch.
Ayer trying to control the position but instead, Sayre has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ayer into the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sayre.
Ayer takes an elbow to the temple.
Ayer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sayre is stalling here.

Sayre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ayer goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A head kick by Ayer misses

and Sayre counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sayre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sayre stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sayre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sayre content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Sayre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ayer throws out a loose jab but Sayre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ayer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sayre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ayer avoids a punch combination nicely.

Sayre takes the fight into the clinch.
Sayre keeps control of Ayer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sayre tries to land a knee to the head but Ayer blocks with his arms.
Sayre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Teddy Sayre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jerry Ayer's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Ayer lands a jab to Sayre's midsection.
Teddy Sayre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sayre shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ayer pinned against the cage. Ayer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ayer.
Ayer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ayer throws a lazy head kick

and Sayre holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ayer wants to break free but Sayre has control.
Sayre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ayer.

Sayre breaks the clinch.
Sayre scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ayer throws a head kick but Sayre moves out of range.
Ayer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sayre.
Ayer throws a sloppy head kick
and Sayre counters with a two punch combo.
Ayer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sayre manages to avoid it.
Ayer throws a head kick that misses

and Sayre moves into the clinch.
Sayre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ayer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sayre just leaning against Ayer, taking a breather.
Ayer has had enough of the clinch but Sayre keeps him there for the moment.
Sayre pushes off an throws an elbow but Ayer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Sayre manages to break the clinch.
Sayre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sayre avoids the head kick by Ayer.
Sayre wants to clinch.
Sayre is looking to clinch but Ayer is avoiding it.
Ayer stalks Sayre and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sayre's face. Sayre staggers backwards, shaken.
Ayer misses with a kick to the body.
A jab lands there for Ayer.
Sayre closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ayer circles away.
Ayer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ayer throws a lazy body kick

and Sayre moves into the clinch.
Ayer is trying to stall.
Sayre tries to land knees in the clinch but Ayer avoids the damage to the body.

Sayre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ayer stuffs the takedown attempt from Sayre. Sayre gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Teddy Sayre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ayer throws a lazy head kick

and Sayre counters by moving into the clinch.
Sayre looking to stall.
Ayer looking to stall.
Sayre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayre.
Ayer trying to control the position but instead, Sayre has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ayer into the cage.
Ayer wants to get back to striking at distance but Sayre won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ayer gets underhooks to prevent Sayre's takedown attempt.
Ayer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sayre has him pressed against the cage.
Sayre blocks an uppercut.

Sayre manages to break the clinch.
Ayer throws a push kick but Sayre slaps the foot to one side.
Ayer goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ayer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ayer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sayre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ayer.
Jerry Ayer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ayer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sayre wants to clinch.
Ayer misses with a wild body shot.
Jerry Ayer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ayer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sayre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sayre on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ayer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ayer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ayer lands a nice looking body shot.
Ayer scores with a body shot.
Ayer throws a head kick but Sayre moves out of range.
Teddy Sayre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ayer throws a series of punches but Sayre moves out of range.
Ayer misses with a head kick.
Sayre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ayer.
Ayer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ayer misses with a series of wild punches.

Sayre pushes Ayer up against the cage in a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jerry Ayer.
I think Sayre has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teddy Sayre!