PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Pierre (ranked 1867 p4p, 263 weight class) and John Jorgenson (ranked 2864 p4p, 368 weight class). John Jorgenson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Pierre
vs
Jorgenson

185 cm
21
222 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

199 cm
27
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antoine Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Jorgenson!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Chad Campbell and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pierre has closed the distance and engaged Jorgenson in a clinch.
Jorgenson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jorgenson working hard to break the clinch.
Pierre wants to take the fight to the mat but Jorgenson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jorgenson can't find room to land a body shot as Pierre controls the action.
Jorgenson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pierre has Jorgenson pressed against the ropes, preventing Jorgenson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Pierre pulls guard successfully.

Pierre has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Jorgenson should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Pierre has tightened it up now! Jorgenson should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Antoine Pierre!
In his post fight interview, Antoine Pierre started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
The defeated John Jorgenson had this to say: 'Hey I just met you and this is crazy, but I'm robbing my opponent of his belt in the parking garage later'.