PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steven Hurst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Jay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hurst
vs
Jay

171 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Steven Hurst!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Jay!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hurst gets a double leg takedown into Jay's guard.
Jay is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Hurst dives into side control.
Hurst really is a fat lump.

You can see the frustration on Jay's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hurst postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jay is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Hurst tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hurst has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jay tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay gets back to half guard.
Hurst seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jay trying to control here.
Jay trying to get back to full guard but Hurst takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Hurst controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurst is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jay is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hurst landing shots from mount.
Jay tries to hold on but Hurst pushes him away.
Jay tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jay wants to hold on but Hurst pushes him away.
Hurst tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurst working the ground and pound effectively.
Hurst in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jay is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hurst controlling the pace for now.
Hurst fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jay is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hurst looking to secure an arm triangle but Jay defends it well.
Jay is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jay is squirming around, avoiding Hurst's attempts to control the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Hurst working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Hurst dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hurst paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jay walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hurst checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hurst keeps the fight on the outside.
Jay tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hurst swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Jay gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hurst to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Jay trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jay trying to control the position.

Jay is looking for a triangle here but Hurst uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Hurst has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Jay looks to move to half guard but instead Hurst has passed into mount! Damn!
Jay is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hurst is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jay tries to hold on but Hurst pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay is looking to get to half guard.
Jay is breathing heavily.
Jay swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jay tries to hold on but Hurst postures up.
Hurst wants to control the action but instead Jay gets a body lock and reverses into Hurst's guard! Nice work!
Hurst has Jay pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurst wants to sweep but no luck.
Hurst has Jay pulled in close to control his posture.
Jay passes Hurst's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Steven Hurst overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hurst punching from the bottom.
Jay throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Hurst to regain full guard.
Jay working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hurst looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jay is one step ahead there.

Jay decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Jay with a poor takedown
and Hurst counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Hurst scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jay wants to get back to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jay is looking to get back to full guard here but Hurst has managed to pass to side control instead.
Hurst working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Hurst dominated that second round.
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!

Hurst is looking to land body kicks.

Jay clinches.
Hurst misses with an elbow over the top.

Jay pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hurst darts in looking for a takedown but Jay gets double underhooks and turns Hurst into the cage.
Hurst throws a push kick but Jay slaps the foot to one side.
Hurst shoots for a double leg takedown but Jay sprawls well. He's pushed Hurst's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hurst tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jay blocks the body kick.

Hurst gets tackled into the cage by Jay. Jay maintains the clinch.
Hurst wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steven Hurst. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hurst jumps guard but Jay stands there with Hurst around his waist. Hurst gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hurst wants a takedown but no success here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jay gets underhooks to prevent Hurst's takedown attempt.
Hurst jumps guard but Jay stands there with Hurst around his waist. Hurst gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jay goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hurst prevents it.
Hurst is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jay can do to turn this around?

Jay successfully pulls guard.
Jay seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Jay is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Jay seems content to control.

Jay is working for a kimura here but Hurst manages to reverse the position and he's now in Jay's guard.
Hurst might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hurst being controlled here momentarily.
Hurst controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurst seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jay for as long as he can get away with.
Hurst would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Jay is looking to stand up but Hurst isn't so interested in that idea.

Jay working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Hurst has passed into half guard!

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.
Hurst lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hurst lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hurst is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Jay is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Hurst jumps into side control!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jay manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
John Jay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steven Hurst is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Jay is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hurst defends it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Jay comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hurst 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven Hurst!