PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Macho Man (ranked 6250 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jor Jormir (ranked 7031 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Man
vs
Jormir

190 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Macho Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jor Jormir!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Jormir.
Jormir blocks a jab.
Jormir's coach down at Lucky Liam's MMA Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Jormir's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Jormir bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Man's head.
Good exchange - Jormir coming out on top.
Man looks to score with a jab to the body but Jormir is just out of range.
Jormir let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Man throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jormir sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Man throws a jab but it's blocked by Jormir.
Jormir punishes Man's body with a nice straight punch.
Jormir throws a big shot that misses.
Man throws the left hand but Jormir avoids the punch easily.
Man rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jormir counters with a stiff right hand.
Man misses with a hook. Jormir ducked under it nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Jormir there.
Man is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jormir.
Jormir defending well as Man loads up on a big left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Man. That snapped Jormir's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jormir misses with a wild body shot.
Man misses with a wild body shot.
Man misses with a left hand
and Jormir cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Macho Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jormir avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice side step and Jormir releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A jab from Man misses.
Man lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Jormir misses.
A swing and a miss from Man.
Nice defenses there by Jormir.
Jormir uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Man.
Jormir fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Man on the side of the head.
Man throws a right hand that misses
and Jormir counters with a nice uppercut.
Man misses with a right hand
enabling Jormir to counter with a crisp jab.
Jormir misses with a straight left.
Man defending well as Jormir loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jormir scores with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man throws a lazy uppercut
and Jormir makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Man. Jormir does a little dance to reset his feet.
Man lands with a good body shot.
Man throws an overhand right that lands on Jormir's shoulder, as Jormir tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Man misses.
Jormir keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Man swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jormir.
Man misses with a wild body shot.
Man uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jormir.
Jormir catches Man with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jormir ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jormir is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Man had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Man loads up on a big right hand but Jormir slips the punch.
Jormir throws an overhand right that lands on Man's shoulder, as Man tries to avoid the shot.
Man misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a jab but it's blocked by Jormir.
Jormir looks to throw the jab but Man is out of range.
Man appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Man throws a hook to the side of Jormir's head but Jormir sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jormir looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Man misses with a lunging right hand
and Jormir counters with a stiff right hand.
Jormir misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Jormir.
Man jabs at Jormir's body.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jormir counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Man moves out of range of the strikes.
Man throws a right hand that misses
and Jormir counters with a nice uppercut.
Man wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Man throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jormir throws out a counter right but Man avoids it with no problem.
Man throws a hook to the side of Jormir's head but Jormir sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jormir throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Man throwing a counter right hand but Jormir manages to avoid it.
Man throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a double jab
enabling Jormir to counter with a crisp jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Man lands with a cross.
Man is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Nice uppercut lands for Man. That snapped Jormir's head back.
Man throws a hook but Jormir avoids it easily.
Man moves out of range of the strikes.
Man throwing a counter right hand but Jormir manages to avoid it.
Man misses the shot to the body.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Jormir to counter with a crisp jab.
Man closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Man throws out a loose jab but Jormir uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jormir! But no joy.
Man throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Jormir counter with a right hand.
Jormir slips a straight right by Man.
Jormir slips a jab from Man.
Jormir staying out of range there.
Man lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jor Jormir dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Man swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jormir connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Man throws a poor cross that misses
and Jormir counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jor Jormir seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jormir throws a body shot but no joy.
Man connects with a crisp jab.
Man throws a lazy right hand but Jormir sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jormir throws out a counter right but Man avoids it with no problem.
Man misses with a looping right.
Man throws a body shot but no joy.
Jormir swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Man ducks under a wild hook from Jormir.
Man misses with a left hand
and Jormir counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Man swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jormir looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Man rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Jormir to counter with a crisp jab.
Man lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Man throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jormir counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A cross from Man lands.
Jormir uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man misses with an uppercut
enabling Jormir to counter with a crisp jab.
Man throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jormir connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jormir keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jormir throws out a counter right but Man avoids it with no problem.
Jormir throws a jab when Man was well out of range.
Man throws a lazy uppercut
and Jormir counters with a right hand to the body.
Man misses with an uppercut. Jormir saw that one coming.
Jormir slips under a jab.
Jormir now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Man throws a poor cross that misses
and Jormir cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jormir throws a right hand that Man ducks under and follows up with a left that Man also avoids with ease.
Jormir avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Jormir misses.
Man swings widly with a right hand
and Jormir counters with a right hand to the body.
Man swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jormir looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jormir misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Man throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jormir swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A slow jab from Man misses its intended target.
Jormir appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Man might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a body shot but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jormir tests Man's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jormir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Man looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Man throws a right hand that misses
enabling Jormir to counter with a crisp jab.
Jormir moves out of range of the strikes.
Jormir has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A swing and a miss from Man.
Jormir looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Man moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Man throws a right hand that misses
and Jormir connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Man throws an off balance right hand
and Jormir cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Man takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Man misses the body punch
and Jormir counters with a straight right hand.
Man swings widly with a right hand
and Jormir counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Man is rocked!
Man throws a lazy uppercut
and Jormir counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Man is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Man is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jormir.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a lunging right hand
and Jormir counters with a nice uppercut.
Man takes a swing at Jormir's ribcage but misses.
Man throws a combination that misses
and Jormir counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jormir lands a head shot.
Man misses with a body punch
and Jormir counters with a crisp right that sends Man to the canvas! Jormir follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jor Jormir!