PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billie Terry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Surgenor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billie Terry has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Terry
vs
Surgenor

151 cm
24
194 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Billie Terry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joshua Surgenor!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terry throws a sloppy head kick

and Surgenor counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Terry!
Surgenor laying and praying for a moment but Terry takes advantage and regains half guard.
Surgenor is trying to control the action in half guard but Terry is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Terry has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Surgenor is working away from the top position though.
Surgenor is trying to control. Terry wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terry throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Surgenor trying to control from Terry's half guard. Terry has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Surgenor trying to control the position from guard on top but Terry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Surgenor wants to stand and escape but instead Terry has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Terry postures up in Surgenor's guard and throws a big left but Surgenor blocks it.
Terry throwing strikes but missing.
Surgenor is trying to control the position but Terry postures up.
Terry connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terry is looking to work some ground and pound but Surgenor has wrist control.
Terry with a flurry of punches that miss.
Terry landing some decent shots from guard.
Surgenor trying to keep a closed guard but Terry is proving a slippery customer.
Terry lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Terry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Terry distracts Surgenor with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Terry might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Terry drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Terry jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Surgenor is trying to keep Terry in close.
Terry 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.
Terry preventing the sweep.
Surgenor has Terry pulled in close to control his posture.
Terry could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Terry scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terry landing some decent shots from guard.
Terry postures up.

Surgenor looking for a guillotine here but Terry defends easily.
Surgenor is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Terry avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Surgenor.
Surgenor is trying to control. Terry wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Terry punching from the bottom.

Surgenor is looking for a kimura but Terry is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Surgenor to get the leverage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terry flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Terry manages to get to full guard.
Terry working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Surgenor.
Surgenor tries to free his leg and advance position but Terry is retaining full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Surgenor wants to stand but Terry is controlling his posture from full guard.
Surgenor looking to sit in guard and control but Terry gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Billie Terry will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Surgenor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Surgenor tries to clinch up but Terry circles away and keeps his distance.
Terry moves out of range of the body kick from Surgenor.
Terry looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Surgenor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Terry is looking to counter with head kicks.
Surgenor is looking to clinch but Terry is avoiding it.
Terry throws a head kick that misses.
Surgenor tries to counter with a clinch but Terry shakes him off and moves away.
Terry avoids the head kick by Surgenor.
Terry appears to be looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Surgenor.
Terry is looking to counter the offense by Surgenor and move into the clinch.
Joshua Surgenor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Surgenor drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Surgenor must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terry working a defensive guard here.
Terry is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Terry winds up and cracks Surgenor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Surgenor is trying to maintain the position but Terry is very close to passing his half guard.
Surgenor is trying to stand up here but Terry is controlling him well.
Surgenor is looking for a sweep. Terry is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Terry is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Terry lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Terry is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Surgenor is just riding it out for now. Terry eventually gives up the hold.
Surgenor tries to get to full guard but Terry has control of the leg.
Terry is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Terry seems to be working for a kimura but Surgenor defends the submission attempt.
Terry is nestled in close to Surgenor, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Surgenor taking some punishment here, with Terry in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Surgenor wants to improve his position but Terry is controlling well.
Terry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Surgenor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Surgenor is defending against the submission attempts here by Terry.
Terry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Surgenor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Surgenor is trying to stand back up but Terry is controlling him
Surgenor trying to control here.
Terry trying to control the pace.
Surgenor wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Terry trying to control from half guard but Surgenor is working away.
Terry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Terry working Surgenor over with strikes.

Terry is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Surgenor has managed to free his arm - good work.
Terry trying to control the action but Surgenor is working from the bottom.
Surgenor is looking to improve his position.
Terry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Surgenor regains full guard. Nicely done.
Terry works over Surgenor with some ground and pound from guard.
Billie Terry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Surgenor is breathing heavily.
Terry connects with a couple of short punches.
Terry throwing strikes from guard but Surgenor blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billie Terry dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Surgenor misses with a double jab
and Terry counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Surgenor throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Terry tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Surgenor is in Terry's guard.
Surgenor throws a big right hand that misses.
Surgenor wants to control from the top but Terry keeps moving.
Surgenor with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terry trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Surgenor trying to control but Terry is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terry is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Surgenor shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Terry scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Surgenor manages to mount him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Surgenor cracks Terry with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Surgenor looking to finish with strikes here!
Surgenor throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Surgenor with a couple of short strikes.
Terry wants to control but Surgenor is having none of it.
Surgenor misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Surgenor manages to capitalize on a mistake by Terry to take his back!

Surgenor is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Terry wriggles onto his back under a barage of strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Surgenor trying to control but Terry is having none of it.
Surgenor has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Terry's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Surgenor is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Terry has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Terry!
Terry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Surgenor looking to control.
Surgenor wants to sweep here but Terry controlling him for the moment.

Terry is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Surgenor trying to keep a closed guard but Terry is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Terry postures up in Surgenor's guard and throws a big left but Surgenor blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joshua Surgenor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Terry 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billie Terry!