PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Lobo (ranked 1086 p4p, 142 weight class) and Earl Jeffries (ranked 887 p4p, 111 weight class). Lobo comes to the cage accompanied by Keys N Krates - Glitter (feat. Ambré). Antonio Lobo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lobo
vs
Jeffries

185 cm
39
196 lbs
36 - 29 - 1

180 cm
29
200 lbs
22 - 12 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 36 - 29 - 1, fighting out of London, Antonio Lobo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Earl Jeffries !
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lobo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jeffries looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lobo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jeffries connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lobo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jeffries getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lobo keeps Jeffries at a distance using the push kick.
Jeffries misses with a double jab.
As Jeffries backs away, Lobo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A big left from Lobo misses.
Antonio Lobo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Jeffries misses the target.
And Lobo counters with a quick kick to the body but Jeffries blocks it.
Jeffries takes one to the side of the head.
Lobo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jeffries is out of range and Lobo settles back down.
Jeffries throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lobo counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lobo misses with a hook. Jeffries ducked under it nicely.
Jeffries takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lobo punishes Jeffries 's body with a nice straight punch.
Lobo lands a nice hook to Jeffries 's body. Jeffries takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jeffries misses with an uppercut.
Jeffries on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A jab from Jeffries misses.
The fighters circling - Jeffries throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lobo swings widly with a right hand
and Jeffries counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jeffries has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lobo.
Crunch! Lobo slams his shin into Jeffries 's torso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lobo delivers a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jeffries throws a jab when Lobo was well out of range.
Jeffries jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lobo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've been told by Lobo's head coaches at Scotty's Yard that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Jeffries digs a good body shot into Lobo's ribs.
Lobo misses with a body kick.
Jeffries misses with an uppercut.
Lobo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Jeffries on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jeffries tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lobo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jeffries throws a body punch but Lobo moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lobo throws a body shot but no joy.
Jeffries might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lobo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lobo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jeffries manages to avoid it.
Jeffries jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jeffries throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Lobo does it's job there.
Jeffries moves out of range as Lobo throws a body kick.

Jeffries gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jeffries doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lobo jumps guard but Jeffries stands there with Lobo around his waist. Lobo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jeffries .
Still in the clinch, Lobo scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jeffries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lobo scores with a shot to the side of Jeffries 's head.

Lobo drags the fight down to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lobo controls Jeffries momentarily but Jeffries frees himself.

Lobo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jeffries defends it easily.

Lobo is looking for a triangle here but Jeffries uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Lobo manages to get back to half guard.

Lobo looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Lobo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jeffries lands a right hook to the body.
Jeffries throws a poor cross that misses
and Lobo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lobo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jeffries loads up on a big right hand but Lobo slips the punch.
A leg kick checked by Jeffries .

Lobo has Jeffries up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeffries misses with a punch on the inside.
Jeffries lands a body shot in the clinch.

Lobo has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jeffries uses from the top position.

Lobo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeffries showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Lobo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Lobo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jeffries is aware though and is defending well.
Lobo looking to control.
Jeffries won't allow Lobo to sweep him here.
Lobo wants to control but Jeffries passes easily into half guard.
Lobo is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lobo gets back to full guard.

Lobo is looking for a triangle but Jeffries pushes his legs off easily.
Jeffries engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Jeffries got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lobo has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jeffries has managed to get both his arms back between Lobo's legs - danger averted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lobo has an active guard here but Jeffries has managed to pass into half guard.
Jeffries content to control rather than advance.
Lobo tries to get to full guard but Jeffries has control of the leg.
Lobo trying to control from the bottom.
Lobo is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jeffries is pressing down on Lobo's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lobo is holding on for now.

Lobo looking for submissions off his back.
Lobo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jeffries tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jeffries lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Antonio Lobo will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Jeffries throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lobo throwing a counter right hand but Jeffries manages to avoid it.
Lobo misses with a straight left.
Lobo connects with an inside leg kick.
Lobo misses with a body shot
and Jeffries connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Antonio Lobo is winning the standup battle so far.
Lobo throws a big shot that misses.
Lobo is looking to score with low kicks.
Lobo avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lobo throws a right hand that misses
and Jeffries counters with a nice uppercut.
Jeffries walks into a jab.
Lobo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Lobo misses.
Lobo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lobo tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Jeffries to counter with a crisp jab.
Jeffries throws a right hand that misses
and Lobo counters with a straight right hand.
Lobo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lobo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jeffries .
Lobo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jeffries moves forwards but Lobo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lobo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jeffries counters with a straight right hand.
Jeffries misses with a looping right.
Earl Jeffries has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lobo misses with an attempted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jeffries . Lobo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lobo defending well as Jeffries loads up on a big left hand.
Lobo tried to score with a low kick but Jeffries checks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lobo misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Jeffries . That snapped Lobo's head back.
Jeffries is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lobo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jeffries has time to react.
Lobo misses with a hook

and Jeffries counters with a crisp right hand that drops Lobo! Jeffries lets Lobo back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Lobo is rocked!

It looks like Antonio Lobo has been cut.
Lobo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oh Lobo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lobo scores with a sloppy right hand. Jeffries should have avoided that one.
Lobo seems to have got his legs back now.
Lobo misses with a wild body shot.
Lobo connects with a leg kick. Jeffries looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lobo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jeffries throws a right hand that Lobo ducks under and follows up with a left that Lobo also avoids with ease.
Lobo tried to counter with a leg kick but Jeffries avoided it.
Lobo looks to throw the jab but Jeffries is out of range.
Jeffries misses with a left hand
and Lobo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lobo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lobo.
Jeffries connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Jeffries as he connects with a hook.
Lobo misses with a double jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jeffries throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lobo lands a nice hook to Jeffries 's body. Jeffries takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jeffries just misses with a punch to the body.
Jeffries throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lobo counters with a thumping low kick.
Jeffries misses with a double jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lobo. That's going to slow Jeffries down.
Lobo throws a low kick, looking for Jeffries 's leg but Jeffries calmly moves out of range.
Lobo thows a left - swing and a miss!
A countering left hand to the body from Jeffries misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Antonio Lobo.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lobo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Lobo!
Antonio Lobo spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.