PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dwayne James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andro Juricic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James comes to the cage accompanied by Stand By Me-Florence + The Machine. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

James
vs
Juricic

189 cm
30
217 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
224 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dwayne James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andro Juricic!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juricic thuds a left hand into James's body.
Dwayne James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James is looking to clinch but Juricic is avoiding it.
James wants to clinch up but Juricic keeps it at a distance.
Juricic now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

James gets a clinch.
James misses with the head strike.
James goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
James tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Juricic's elbow.
Juricic tries to throw a body punch but James avoids it by throwing Juricic back against the cage.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Juricic controls his hands.
A hook to the body from Juricic.
Juricic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
James tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Juricic's elbow.
James lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Juricic.
A right hook to the body lands for James.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juricic drops down looking for an ankle pick but James pulls his leg out and moves away.
James tries to clinch up but Juricic circles away and keeps his distance.
Juricic scores with a body shot.
We've been told by James's head coaches at Lovelair Muay Thai/MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Juricic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Juricic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Juricic swats away the attempt to clinch by James.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James tries to clinch up.
It seemed like Juricic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
James tries to clinch but Juricic moves out of range.
James tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Juricic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Juricic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
James moves in looking to clinch but Juricic pushes him off.
Juricic swats away the attempt to clinch by James.
Juricic lands with an uppercut that bounces James off the cage and back into range.
James has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from James there as he acknowledges the shot.
Juricic 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.
Juricic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
James tries to clinch but Juricic is having none of it.
James takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
James is looking to clinch but Juricic is avoiding it.
James tries to clinch
and Juricic counters with a nice body shot.
Juricic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Juricic stalks James and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into James's face. James staggers backwards, shaken.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juricic lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James is looking to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Juricic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up but Juricic swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Juricic shoots in and bounces James off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Juricic wants to control from the top but James keeps moving.
Juricic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
James can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Juricic controls the pace.
Juricic in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Juricic 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juricic postures up in James's guard and throws a big left but James blocks it.
Juricic cracks James with a solid left hand.
Juricic is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Juricic throws a big right hand that misses.
Juricic loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Juricic missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Juricic throwing strikes from guard but James blocks nicely.
Juricic is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
James has momentary wrist control but Juricic slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juricic scoring with some ground and pound.
Juricic slips nicely into half guard.
Juricic thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed James's head.
Juricic is trying to control the action in half guard but James is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Juricic moves into full mount! James won't be happy about that!
James is bucking up trying to escape but Juricic cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Juricic is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. James can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Juricic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Juricic is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. James can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Juricic lands a big shot to the head and James winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Andro Juricic!