PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jay Porter (ranked 1062 p4p, 1957 weight class) and Ola Badmus (ranked 125 p4p, 221 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Porter
vs
Badmus

186 cm
32
195
13 - 16 - 0

180 cm
28
185
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jay Porter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ola Badmus!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badmus works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Porter misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Porter.
Porter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Badmus.

Badmus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Porter pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Badmus tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Porter just stands there and leans against the cage.
Badmus jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Porter walks away with a smile on his face. Badmus gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Badmus thumps Porter with a low kick.
Jay Porter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Porter decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Badmus moves into full guard.
Porter slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Porter in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Badmus has his foot on Porter's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Porter works his way back into a safe position though.
Porter throws an elbow that misses. Badmus uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Porter's guard. Nice move by Badmus!

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Porter trying to keep a closed guard but Badmus is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badmus trying to control but Porter is working from the bottom.
Porter seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Porter bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Badmus's guard.

Badmus escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Porter gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Porter looking to sit in guard and control but Badmus gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Badmus trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porter trying to control the position.
Porter controlling the position.
Badmus trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Badmus's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Porter pulls Badmus in close to prevent any damage.
Porter wants to hit a sweep here but Badmus passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Porter there!
Porter keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Porter is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porter is controlling an arm, preventing Badmus from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Badmus tries to control but Porter wriggling away.
Porter really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

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.
Badmus with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Porter is squirming around, avoiding Badmus's attempts to control the action.
Porter tries to lock up and control but Badmus gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Porter can't escape the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Porter tries to hold on but Badmus pushes him away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ola Badmus dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Badmus misses with an uppercut

and Porter counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Porter.
Badmus tries to pull guard but Porter holds him up against the cage and eventually Badmus drops back down to his feet.
Badmus avoids a wild elbow strike from Porter.
Porter pushes off an throws an elbow but Badmus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Porter working Badmus over with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Porter fails to land.
Porter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Badmus avoids it.
Badmus jumps guard but Porter stands there with Badmus around his waist. Badmus gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Badmus fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jay Porter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ola Badmus.
Badmus takes an elbow to the temple.
Porter stalling against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Porter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Badmus tries to pull guard but Porter won't allow it.

Badmus manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Porter is looking to work some ground and pound but Badmus has wrist control.
Porter trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badmus keeping moving, preventing Porter from controlling successfully.
Porter throwing strikes but missing.
Badmus has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Porter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Badmus looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Porter in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Porter missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Porter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Badmus is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Porter trying to control but Badmus is working from the bottom.

Badmus looking for a guillotine here but Porter defends easily.
Porter is looking to work some ground and pound but Badmus has wrist control.
Porter throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Badmus works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Badmus keeping moving, preventing Porter from controlling successfully.
Badmus working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Porter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badmus avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ola Badmus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Badmus trying to control the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Porter tries to bum rush Badmus with a series of wild strikes but Badmus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Porter misses with a straight right.
Badmus lands a jab to Porter's midsection.
Badmus connects with a looping right hand.
Badmus lands a jab to the nose.
Badmus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Porter throws a series of punches but Badmus avoids them all with ease.
Porter misses with a body shot.
Badmus looks to land a left hand but Porter moved out of range nicely.
Porter tries to move into range but Badmus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Badmus scores with a nice head shot.
Jay Porter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Badmus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Porter. Those never looked like landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Porter swinging wildly here.
Ola Badmus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badmus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Porter.
Porter shoots in looking for a takedown but Badmus manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Porter's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Porter tries to clinch but Badmus is having none of it.
Porter drops his hands momentarily and Badmus takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Badmus staying out of range there.
Sloppy strikes from Porter. Those never looked like landing.
Badmus tries to clinch but Porter moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Porter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Badmus lands with an overhand left.
Badmus scores with a jab to the body.
Ola Badmus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Badmus lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Badmus.
Badmus connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Badmus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Badmus has closed the distance and engaged Porter in a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jay Porter will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Badmus is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Porter shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Badmus as he jumps to the side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Porter. Badmus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Badmus tries to clinch there but Porter circles away.
Badmus scores with a shot to the body.

Badmus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Porter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Porter takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The fighters circling - Badmus throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Badmus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Porter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Porter pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Badmus back to the cage. Porter follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Badmus blocks a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Badmus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Porter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Badmus.
Badmus smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
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!

Porter gets a takedown into half guard.
Badmus wants to control but Porter is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badmus regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Porter.
Porter is looking to work some ground and pound but Badmus has wrist control.
Porter in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Porter got a little sloppy there for a moment and Badmus has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Porter has managed to get both his arms back between Badmus's legs - danger averted.
Porter 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.
Porter passes Badmus's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Badmus keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Badmus keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Porter trying to control from half guard but Badmus is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badmus is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Porter's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Porter's back!
Porter tries to roll but Badmus sticks to his back.

Porter preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Badmus.

Badmus is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Porter wants to escape the position.
Badmus trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porter is really stuck here.
Badmus gets his hands free as Porter looks to control.
You can see the frustration on Porter's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Porter staying busy and making it hard for Badmus to control.
Badmus doesn't have the hooks in and Porter manages to turn into his guard.
Badmus looking to control.

Badmus has his foot on Porter's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Porter works his way back into a safe position though.
Porter works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Porter is trying to control. Badmus wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Badmus looking for submissions off his back.
Porter throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porter not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Porter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Porter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Porter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Badmus looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Badmus blocking the ground and pound attempt from Porter.

Badmus looking for a kimura from the bottom but Porter passes into side control!
Porter postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

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 Jay Porter.
I think Porter has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jay Porter!
Jay Porter took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, 30th Century Beer Store for their support in the buildup to the fight.