PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Liger Justin (ranked 2490 p4p, 4287 weight class) and Jack Jerome (ranked 345 p4p, 550 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Justin
vs
Jerome

185 cm
21
180
8 - 4 - 1

187 cm
26
181
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary

Undead Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Liger Justin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Jerome!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Justin.
Justin scoring with punches and elbows.
Jerome is trying to improve his position.
Jerome wants to control but Justin postures up.
Jerome gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Jerome makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jerome.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jerome can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Justin controls the pace.
Jerome keeping full guard, as Justin tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jerome seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Justin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jerome controlling the position.
Justin slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Jerome wants to control but Justin postures up.
Justin connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jerome some visible discomfort.
Jerome sneaks back into half guard.
Justin with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Justin prevents Jerome from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jerome is looking to control Justin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jerome avoid being mounted?
Justin controlling the action here.
Jerome is trying to maintain the position but Justin is very close to passing his half guard.
Justin perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Justin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Justin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Justin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justin is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Jerome is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Justin pulls his head out easily.
Justin is trying to control. Jerome wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jerome is trying to get back to full guard.
Justin perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Justin darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Justin performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jerome is in trouble now - Justin has advanced to mount!
Justin looking to finish Jerome with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jerome!
Jerome is looking to get to half guard.
Justin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Justin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jerome looks a forlorn figure.
Justin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Justin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jerome?
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Liger Justin dominated that round.
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.

Justin looking to score a takedown here. Jerome is defending well but Justin drives through and ends up in Jerome's guard.
Jerome not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Justin trying to control but Jerome is working from the bottom.
Jerome is trying to control the position but Justin postures up.
We've been hearing that Justin has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Justin lands a couple of elbows.
Justin engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justin works over Jerome with some ground and pound from guard.
Justin cracks Jerome with a solid left hand.
Liger Justin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jerome is trying to control the position but Justin postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justin is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jerome looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Justin wants to control from the top but Jerome keeps moving.
Jerome is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Justin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Justin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
A lull in the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jerome manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Jerome desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Jerome is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Justin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Justin lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jerome has hold of Justin's hands but Justin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Justin in particular looking to stall.
Justin prevents Jerome from improving his position.
Justin performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Justin blocks the strikes from Jerome.
Justin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jerome tries to roll over but Justin keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nice strikes from Justin there.
Justin slows the pace down in half guard.
Justin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Justin controlling the action here.
Jerome is staying active underneath Justin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Justin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jerome can do to turn this around?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Justin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Justin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jerome does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Liger Justin dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Justin scores with a takedown into Jerome's guard.
Jerome keeping moving, preventing Justin from controlling successfully.
Jerome looking for a sweep. Not yet Jerome, not yet.
Justin landing with the ground and pound.
Justin distracts Jerome with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jerome has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Justin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jerome looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justin stopping the sweep attempt from Jerome.
Jerome trying to control the position.
Justin trying to control but Jerome is working from the bottom.
Justin lands a couple of digs.
Jerome looking to hit a scissor sweep but Justin is one step ahead there.
Justin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Justin seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jerome for as long as he can get away with.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Justin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Justin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Justin staying calm.
Jerome tries to bench press Justin off him but Justin keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justin working the body and head with strikes.
Jerome struggling a bit here.
Justin grinds an elbow into Jerome's temple.
You can see the frustration on Jerome's face as Justin controls the position.
Justin's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
I wouldn't like to be where Jerome is right now.
Jerome being controlled for a moment.
Justin landing a few strikes.
Jack Jerome has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liger Justin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jerome can't do much from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Liger Justin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Justin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liger Justin!