PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jodi Joe Fjera (ranked 1926 p4p, 253 weight class) and Ray Rorden (ranked 3655 p4p, 445 weight class). Fjera comes to the cage accompanied by Tito & Tarantula . Ray Rorden acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Joe Fjera
vs
Rorden

183 cm
21
210 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
205 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jodi Joe Fjera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Rorden!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rorden throws a right and a left that Fjera avoids nicely.
Fjera lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rorden throws a hook to the side of Fjera's head but Fjera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rorden has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fjera.
Rorden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fjera.
Fjera throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Horrible takedown attempt by Fjera or perhaps it was just good defense by Rorden, which made it look bad.
Rorden takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fjera dodges the punch combination from Rorden.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fjera throws a series of punches but Rorden avoids them all with ease.

Fjera has Rorden up against the cage in a clinch.
Fjera lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fjera manages to break the clinch.

Rorden shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Fjera manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Fjera uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Fjera shoots in for a takedown but Rorden shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fjera throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fjera connects with a high kick.
Nice straight punches there by Fjera. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fjera.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fjera thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rorden if he has to take too many more of those.
Fjera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Fjera.
The ground and pound from Fjera seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fjera prevents Rorden from escaping the position.
Fjera takes a little break here. Rorden wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Fjera working the ground and pound from side control.

Fjera tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Fjera has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Rorden is wriggling around trying to escape but Fjera has hooked up a rear naked choke! Is it over??? Is it... you're damn right it is! Rorden taps out and Fjera picks up the big win! Great work there by Fjera!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jodi Joe Fjera!
An out of breath Jodi Joe Fjera thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.