PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Demetrious Jorgensen (ranked 1172 p4p, 61 weight class) and Santana Blaze (ranked 844 p4p, 42 weight class). Santana Blaze will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Jorgensen
vs
Blaze

165 cm
39
143 lbs
19 - 16 - 0

177 cm
39
138 lbs
22 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Demetrious Jorgensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Santana Blaze!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze misses with a few strikes there.

Blaze tries to sprawl but Jorgensen drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Jorgensen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Blaze is trying to stand.
Blaze is looking for a sweep. Jorgensen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blaze looks like he's trying to stand up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jorgensen connects with a nice short shot to Blaze's temple.
Blaze pushes Jorgensen off looking to stand but Jorgensen dives back in and keeps control.
Jorgensen thows a huge punch but Blaze dodges it nicely.
Blaze regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Jorgensen.
Jorgensen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jorgensen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jorgensen landing some decent shots from guard.
Blaze controls Jorgensen momentarily but Jorgensen frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jorgensen chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Blaze wriggles free and stands up.
Jorgensen doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Blaze counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jorgensen dives in and grabs Blaze's left leg, looking for a takedown. Blaze pushes down on Jorgensen's head and hops out.
Blaze misses with a double jab.
Demetrious Jorgensen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jorgensen shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demetrious Jorgensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blaze throws a lazy right hand but Jorgensen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jorgensen.
Blaze misses with a straight right.
Jorgensen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blaze swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jorgensen blocks a jab.
Jorgensen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Blaze sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jorgensen somewhat.
Blaze is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Blaze has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Jorgensen is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Blaze is looking to chop away at Jorgensen's legs.
Jorgensen misses with a takedown attempt
and Blaze counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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!
Blaze throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Jorgensen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Blaze napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Blaze can't do much from the bottom here.
Blaze tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Blaze wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Jorgensen working the body and head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorgensen is working Blaze over with some ground and pound from side control.
An elbow from Jorgensen crashes against the mat.
Blaze is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jorgensen off and has taken his back!
Jorgensen covering up well and avoiding damage.
Jorgensen breaks Blaze's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Jorgensen throwing strikes but missing.
Jorgensen trying to control the position from guard on top but Blaze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jorgensen throws a big right hand that misses.
Blaze trying to keep a closed guard but Jorgensen is proving a slippery customer.
Jorgensen cracks Blaze with a solid left hand.
Jorgensen throwing strikes but missing.
Jorgensen wants to control from the top but Blaze keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorgensen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Blaze manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jorgensen working aggressively here.
Blaze wants to break free but Jorgensen has control.

Jorgensen has picked Blaze up - he's going for a ride! Jorgensen dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Jorgensen thows a huge punch but Blaze dodges it nicely.
Blaze is looking for a sweep. Jorgensen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jorgensen stops Blaze from getting back to his feet.
Blaze gets full guard.
Jorgensen is working Blaze over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Blaze wants to stand up but Jorgensen is controlling him.
Jorgensen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Santana Blaze will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jorgensen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Blaze manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Blaze tries to get to full guard but Jorgensen has control of the leg.
Jorgensen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jorgensen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jorgensen stops Blaze from getting back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaze trying to control here.
Jorgensen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Blaze is trying to stand up here but Jorgensen is controlling him well.
Blaze trying to hold on to Jorgensen's head to control him but Jorgensen postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorgensen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jorgensen working the head and body with strikes.
Blaze wants to control but Jorgensen is keeping busy.
Jorgensen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Blaze is looking to escape.
Jorgensen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jorgensen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jorgensen working the head and body with strikes.

Blaze manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Jorgensen keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.

Blaze breaks the clinch.
Jorgensen fails with the takedown.
Blaze flicks out a counter leg kick but Jorgensen steps away.
Blaze throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorgensen misses with a takedown attempt - Blaze sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Blaze takes a swing at Jorgensen's ribcage but misses.
Jorgensen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Blaze sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jorgensen somewhat.
Blaze let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demetrious Jorgensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jorgensen shoots for a takedown but Blaze saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
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!
Blaze thuds a left hand into Jorgensen's body.
Blaze looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blaze displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jorgensen.
Jorgensen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blaze circles away.
Jorgensen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Blaze misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jorgensen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Blaze cracks Jorgensen with a good jab.
Jorgensen misses with a takedown
and Blaze counters with a stiff right hand.
Blaze is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jorgensen avoids the body shot from Blaze.
Jorgensen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Blaze counter with a right hand.
Blaze shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jorgensen eats them both and turns towards Blaze to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Jorgensen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Blaze napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze is looking to regain half guard here but Jorgensen keeps moving and retains side control.
Jorgensen in side control, throwing shots but Blaze defends.
The strikes coming from Jorgensen are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Blaze tries to improve position but can't.
Jorgensen in side control, throwing shots but Blaze defends.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze tries to escape but Jorgensen is in control.
Jorgensen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Blaze is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Blaze struggling a bit here.
Blaze is trying to buck Jorgensen off.
Jorgensen scoring with punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jorgensen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Blaze some visible discomfort.
Blaze is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santana Blaze 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!

Jorgensen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jorgensen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jorgensen winds up and cracks Blaze with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jorgensen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Blaze desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Blaze tries to roll over but Jorgensen keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jorgensen works his way into side control.
Jorgensen prevents Blaze from escaping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jorgensen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Blaze is still trying to improve position.
Blaze keeps trying to improve his position.
Blaze parries the strikes from Jorgensen easily there. Jorgensen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Blaze to escape.
Jorgensen working the ground and pound.
Blaze manages to get back to half guard.
Blaze keeping hold of Jorgensen's head, controlling as best he can.
Blaze is looking for a sweep. Jorgensen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blaze wants to control but Jorgensen is keeping busy.
Jorgensen working over Blaze with some ground and pound. Blaze looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Blaze is rocked!
Blaze taking some punishment here, with Jorgensen in his half guard.
Blaze is still in real trouble! Can Jorgensen finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze taking some punishment here, with Jorgensen in his half guard.
Blaze is looking to escape.
Nice strikes from Jorgensen there.
Jorgensen lands a big elbow - Blaze is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Jorgensen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Demetrious Jorgensen!
Santana Blaze was interviewed post fight and said ' '.