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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ponder Churchill (ranked 2770 p4p, 3318 weight class) and Jordan Jacobs (ranked 332 p4p, 391 weight class). Jacobs has chosen Pressure-Rushy as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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178 cm 24 168 7 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt Basic striking Granite chin |
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ponder Churchill! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jordan Jacobs! The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and William Gold.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jacobs tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Churchill manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jacobs forces Churchill back against the cage and clinches. Jacobs tries to break the clinch but Churchill is controlling the position.
Jacobs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jacobs misses with a hook
and Churchill counters with a nice uppercut. Churchill circles away from the clinch attempt.
Churchill appears to be looking for a big counter. Jacobs tries to clinch but Churchill is having none of it. As Jacobs looks to move away, Churchill throws a big counter combo but Jacobs just gets out of the way. Churchill throws a wild combination but nothing lands. A combination from Churchill does no damage. Jacobs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jacobs throws a right hand that misses
and Churchill counters by clinching up.
Churchill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jacobs moves out of range of the strikes. Churchill throws a right and a left that Jacobs avoids nicely. Jacobs throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Churchill was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Jacobs throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Churchill tries to move into range but Jacobs moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Jacobs misses with a lunging right hand
and Churchill counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Jacobs lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Churchill misses with a jab, cross combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jacobs! But no joy. Jacobs turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Jordan Jacobs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A left lands for Jacobs. Jacobs has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jacobs there as he acknowledges the shot. Jacobs looks to land a left hand but Churchill moved out of range nicely. Churchill seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter. Jacobs wants to clinch. A jab from Churchill finds it's way through Jacobs's defenses. Jacobs defending well as Churchill loads up on a big left hand. A cross from Jacobs lands. Churchill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Jacobs fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Churchill blocks a jab. Churchill is looking to counter with a shot to the body. This has been an exciting period of action! A jab from Jacobs misses. Churchill went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Churchill takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Jacobs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Churchill. Churchill works over Jacobs's head and body with a nice combination. Churchill walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Nice defenses there by Churchill. Jacobs wants to clinch. Churchill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Churchill uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jacobs. Jacobs misses with a hook
enabling Churchill to counter with a crisp jab. Jacobs wants to clinch up but Churchill keeps it at a distance. Jacobs throws an overhand right that lands on Churchill's shoulder, as Churchill tries to avoid the shot. Churchill was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Jacobs throws a front kick aimed at Churchill's knee but Churchill avoids it well. Jacobs throws a solid leg kick but Churchill takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jacobs. Jacobs with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Churchill on the wrong end of a nice jab. Churchill throws a body punch but Jacobs moves out of range. Jacobs jabs Churchill right on the nose. Churchill blinks but takes it well. Churchill looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Churchill walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Good leg kick by Jacobs. Churchill keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Churchill uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jacobs. Churchill throws a big counter combination but Jacobs scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage. Jacobs lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Churchill takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Churchill throws a series of punches but Jacobs avoids them all with ease. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Churchill lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jacobs circles away quickly and effectively. Jacobs scores with a hook.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Jacobs scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Jacobs fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Churchill on the side of the head. Jacobs scores with a nice right hand.
A big left from Jacobs misses. Jacobs swings widly with a right hand
and Churchill counters with a left to the body. Churchill lands with a nice combination. Jacobs backs away looking to recover. Churchill throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Jacobs has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him. Jacobs moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Jacobs is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Churchill had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush. Churchill keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jacobs. Jacobs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Churchill paws at him with a jab and circles away. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Jacobs connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Churchill's hands. Churchill takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Churchill misses with a wild combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jordan Jacobs will probably get the nod. That's time! Churchill's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jacobs throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Churchill on the side of the head. Churchill connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Jacobs lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. Churchill swats away the attempt to clinch by Jacobs. Jacobs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Churchill sees it coming and avoids it easily. Jacobs misses with a wild body shot. Churchill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jacobs.
A little feinted left hand from Churchill on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Jacobs moves away from the strike by Churchill. Jacobs misses with a wild body shot. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jacobs misses with a wild body shot. Jacobs throws a lazy uppercut
and Churchill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Jacobs throws an off balance right hand
and Churchill counters with a straight right hand. Jacobs swings for the body but Churchill moves out of range.
Jacobs misses with an uppercut.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Jacobs avoids a punch combination nicely.
Churchill lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jacobs circles away quickly and effectively.
Jacobs moves into range and clinches up with Churchill. Churchill lands with a light punch inside. Churchill doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Churchill breaks the clinch.
Churchill moves out of range as Jacobs strikes. Churchill throws a big counter combination but Jacobs scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage. Jacobs lands with a right hand. Churchill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jacobs throws a right hand that misses
and Churchill counters with a lovely shot to the body. Jacobs moves out of range as Churchill strikes. Churchill lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nice straight punches there by Jacobs. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jacobs. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Churchill misses with a two punch combination.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Nice cross by Jacobs. A big right from Jacobs misses. Churchill scores with a jab to the jaw. Jacobs throws a jab but it's blocked by Churchill. Churchill appears to be looking for a big counter. Jacobs jabbing away but nothing is landing. Jacobs scores with a kick to the body.
Ponder Churchill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. A left lands for Churchill. Jacobs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Churchill manages to avoid it. Churchill throwing a counter right hand but Jacobs manages to avoid it. Jacobs looks to land a right hand but Churchill moved out of range. Churchill seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter. Jacobs jabbing away but nothing is landing. Churchill was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Good standup being displayed there by Jacobs as he connects with a hook. Jacobs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Churchill.
Jacobs looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Churchill scores with a jab. Jacobs acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Churchill is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Churchill throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Jacobs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Churchill paws at him with a jab and circles away. Jacobs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Churchill.
Jacobs takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Churchill misses with a few strikes there.
Churchill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little jabbing left from Jacobs on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Jacobs lands an overhand right. Churchill avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Churchill takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Jacobs turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Churchill keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jacobs throws a looping overhand right but Churchill ducks down to avoid it. Churchill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Churchill keeps the fight on the outside. Jacobs with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Churchill to score with a decent uppercut. Churchill looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. 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! Churchill lands a two punch combo.
Jacobs connects with a single shot there. Jacobs lunges at Churchill with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Churchill's hand. Churchill slips under a jab from Jacobs. Jacobs goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Good shot there by Jacobs.
 Churchill is rocked! Churchill is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Jacobs doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Churchill crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Churchill's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jordan Jacobs! A victorious Jordan Jacobs thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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