PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Jostrzebski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elijah Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jostrzebski might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Candyman. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Jostrzebski
vs
Judah

172 cm
22
143 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

175 cm
21
147 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Aspire Clothing
MayheM sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Joseph Jostrzebski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Elijah Judah!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jostrzebski slips under a jab.
Jostrzebski jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jostrzebski throws a jab but it's blocked by Judah.
Judah tries a head kick but it misses.
Judah misses the body punch
and Jostrzebski counters with a stiff right hand.
Judah 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.
Jostrzebski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Judah throws a shot from downtown. Jostrzebski moves away and avoids it.
Jostrzebski takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jostrzebski throws a jab but it's blocked by Judah.
A swing and a miss from Jostrzebski.
Judah blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah throws a body punch but Jostrzebski moves out of range.
Judah throws a shot from downtown. Jostrzebski moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Jostrzebski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Judah throws a lazy right hand but Jostrzebski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jostrzebski swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Judah connects with a body shot that sends Jostrzebski's belly button to the back.
Judah lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jostrzebski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Judah stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jostrzebski throws a looping overhand right but Judah ducks down to avoid it.
Jostrzebski misses the jab.
Judah lands a body shot.
Judah swings for the body but Jostrzebski moves out of range.
Jostrzebski is looking to counter punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah swings for the body but Jostrzebski moves out of range.
It looked like Jostrzebski wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jostrzebski lands a head shot.
Jostrzebski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judah slips under a jab from Jostrzebski.
Judah moves away from the strike by Jostrzebski.
Judah throws the left hand but Jostrzebski avoids the punch easily.
Jostrzebski is looking for a counter combo.
Elijah Judah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Judah.
Judah loads up on a big right hand but Jostrzebski slips the punch.
A quick step to the side and Jostrzebski tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jostrzebski throws a looping overhand right but Judah ducks down to avoid it.
A nice side step and Judah releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jostrzebski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Judah moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Judah! But no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah takes a swing at Jostrzebski's ribcage but misses.
Judah misses with a wild body shot.
Judah cracks Jostrzebski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Judah misses with a straight left.
Jostrzebski scores with a jab.
Jostrzebski lands a really nice looking cross but Judah seems unphased.
Jostrzebski lands a two punch combo.
Judah staying out of range there.
Judah connects with the punch.
Jostrzebski is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Judah lands a nice hook to Jostrzebski's body. Jostrzebski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah throws a predictable looking body shot
and Judah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jostrzebski misses with a body shot.
Judah takes a swing at Jostrzebski's ribcage but misses.
Judah throws a head kick but Jostrzebski moves out of range.
Jostrzebski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judah was well out of range. Poor timing from Jostrzebski.
Judah looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jostrzebski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Judah sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Judah cracks a nice hook into Jostrzebski's ribs.
Judah throws out a loose jab but Jostrzebski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jostrzebski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Judah throws out the jab.
Judah looks to land a right hand but Jostrzebski moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Elijah Judah will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jostrzebski avoids the body shot from Judah.
Jostrzebski moves out of range as Judah strikes.
Jostrzebski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Judah sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jostrzebski moves out of range of the strikes.
Judah feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jostrzebskis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jostrzebski throws a hook but Judah avoids it easily.
Judah shapes to counter with a head kick.
Jostrzebski scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jostrzebski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Judah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jostrzebski.
Jostrzebski throws a jab when Judah was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Judah throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Jostrzebski misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah ducks right into an uppercut from Jostrzebski.
Judah clobbers Jostrzebski with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jostrzebski throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Judah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Judah misses with a looping left.
Jostrzebski lands a nice looking body shot.
Jostrzebski connects with a looping right hand.
Jostrzebski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Judah misses with a wild body shot.
Jostrzebski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Judah.
Jostrzebski swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Judah moves out of range as Jostrzebski strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Judah throws a jab but it's blocked by Jostrzebski.
Judah takes a swing at Jostrzebski's ribcage but misses.
Judah scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Judah throws a head kick that Jostrzebski semi-blocks.
Jostrzebski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jostrzebski looks to score with a jab to the body but Judah is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Judah on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jostrzebski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It seemed like Judah was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Judah thuds a left hand into Jostrzebski's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws out a loose jab but Jostrzebski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jostrzebski was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Judah misses the shot to the body.
Judah lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Judah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jostrzebski.
Judah throws out a counter right but Jostrzebski avoids it with no problem.
Elijah Judah seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Judah defending well as Jostrzebski loads up on a big left hand.
Judah blocks a jab.
Jostrzebski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Judah.
Jostrzebski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Judah displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jostrzebski throws out the jab.
Jostrzebski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judah.
Judah misses the shot to the body.
Judah lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jostrzebski drops his hands momentarily and Judah takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Judah throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jostrzebski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jostrzebski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jostrzebski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judah was well out of range. Poor timing from Jostrzebski.
Judah swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jostrzebski was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elijah Judah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Judah bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Judah scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jostrzebski throws a sloppy body shot
and Judah counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Judah throws a hook but Jostrzebski blocks it.
Jostrzebski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jostrzebski swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jostrzebski tries to move into range but Judah moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jostrzebski takes a swing at Judah's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah stuns Jostrzebski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Judah misses with a straight left.
Judah waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jostrzebski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jostrzebski misses with an uppercut
and Judah connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jostrzebski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jostrzebski scores with a punch to the head.
Judah moves out of range as Jostrzebski strikes.
Judah closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Judah scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jostrzebski doesn't seem bothered though.
Judah uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jostrzebski has time to react.
Judah connects with a nice looking jab.

Jostrzebski is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Judah misses the body punch
enabling Jostrzebski to counter with a crisp jab.
Oh Jostrzebski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jostrzebski misses the body punch
and Judah makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jostrzebski seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jostrzebski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jostrzebski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judah was well out of range. Poor timing from Jostrzebski.
Judah lands a really nice looking cross but Jostrzebski seems unphased.
Judah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jostrzebski moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Jostrzebski misses the target.
Jostrzebski throws out a loose jab but Judah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jostrzebski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Judah avoids the body shot from Jostrzebski.
Jostrzebski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Judah.
It looked like Jostrzebski was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Judah.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jostrzebski avoids the body shot from Judah.
Judah dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Judah looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jostrzebski looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Judah misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Jostrzebski.
Judah looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Judah's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jostrzebski under the eye.
Judah scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Judah throws a sloppy head kick and Jostrzebski moves out of range easily.
Jostrzebski appears to be looking for a big counter.
Judah looks to land a left hand but Jostrzebski moved out of range nicely.
Judah moves away from the strike by Jostrzebski.
Elijah Judah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah looks to throw the jab but Jostrzebski is out of range.
Judah takes a swing at Jostrzebski's ribcage but misses.
Jostrzebski moves forwards but Judah connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Judah tries to bum rush Jostrzebski with a series of wild strikes but Jostrzebski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jostrzebski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Judah.
Judah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jostrzebski.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jostrzebski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Judah changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph Jostrzebski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Judah throws a body shot but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elijah Judah comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Judah has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Elijah Judah!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Elijah Judah!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Elijah Judah!

Elijah Judah wins by unanimous decision!
Elijah Judah seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.