PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between lee jorjo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce The Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Boxer has chosen beat it as his entrance music. lee jorjo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

jorjo
vs
The Boxer

185 cm
20
167 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Deadly Clothing

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, lee jorjo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce The Boxer!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
jorjo shoots in and drives through. The Boxer sprawls well.
jorjo fails to land the takedown.

The Boxer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Boxer is pressed up against the cage. jorjo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag The Boxer down to the mat. The Boxer avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for lee jorjo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

jorjo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The Boxer is trying to get back to full guard.
jorjo thows a huge punch but The Boxer dodges it nicely.
jorjo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The Boxer tries to roll over but jorjo keeps him under control.
jorjo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

The Boxer is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but jorjo pulls his head out easily.
jorjo throwing shots but The Boxer is blocking nicely.
The Boxer keeping control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

The Boxer fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. jorjo sprawls well initially but The Boxer persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The Boxer prevents jorjo from improving his position.

The Boxer decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

jorjo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming The Boxer to the mat! The Boxer manages to get full guard.
jorjo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The Boxer working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Boxer is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst jorjo is controlling him.
jorjo with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Boxer trying to control the position here.
jorjo is breathing heavily.
jorjo distracts The Boxer with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

jorjo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Boxer looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The Boxer has his foot on jorjo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. jorjo works his way back into a safe position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
jorjo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Boxer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
jorjo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The Boxer has jorjo pulled in close to control his posture.
jorjo wants to pass the guard but The Boxer is keeping the position.

That's four 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.
The Boxer pulls jorjo in to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Despite being in the dominant position, Bruce The Boxer just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

The Boxer drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The Boxer is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
jorjo keeping moving, preventing The Boxer from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce The Boxer dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The Boxer shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as jorjo sprawls well. jorjo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. The Boxer gets slowly back to his feet.
jorjo avoids the head kick by The Boxer.
jorjo shoots and misses

and The Boxer decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in jorjo's guard.

The Boxer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The Boxer not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
jorjo thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The Boxer is stalling in the full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

jorjo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

The Boxer drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and The Boxer jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The Boxer scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
jorjo throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The Boxer sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The Boxer trying to control but jorjo is working from the bottom.

jorjo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
jorjo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as The Boxer controls the pace.
jorjo throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

The Boxer drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and The Boxer jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
jorjo keeping moving, preventing The Boxer from controlling successfully.
The Boxer looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Despite being in the dominant position, Bruce The Boxer just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
jorjo shoots in for a takedown but The Boxer shows good takedown defense.
lee jorjo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
jorjo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and The Boxer counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in jorjo's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for lee jorjo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
jorjo trying to strike off his back.
jorjo trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

jorjo is looking for a triangle here but The Boxer uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Boxer just content to control the position.
jorjo gets back to half guard.
jorjo tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
jorjo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bruce The Boxer has got the better of the ground game so far.
The Boxer seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce The Boxer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

jorjo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
jorjo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as jorjo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The Boxer controls jorjo momentarily but jorjo frees himself.
The Boxer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The Boxer is pulling down on jorjo's head to control his posture.
Let's hope that The Boxer has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
jorjo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Boxer has jorjo pulled in close to control his posture.

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

Despite being in the dominant position, Bruce The Boxer just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by jorjo.
jorjo has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for The Boxer!
jorjo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The Boxer tries to hold on but jorjo pushes him away.
jorjo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
jorjo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
jorjo throws some wild stikes that The Boxer manages to avoid easily.
The Boxer tries to reverse the position but jorjo maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Boxer avoids a series of strikes thrown by jorjo.
jorjo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The Boxer is looking to get to half guard.
The Boxer wants to hold on but jorjo pushes him away.

jorjo working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The Boxer tries to hold on but jorjo postures up.
The Boxer controls the position.

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.
The Boxer wants to hold on but jorjo pushes him away.
The Boxer might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control jorjo kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
jorjo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
jorjo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
jorjo throws some wild stikes that The Boxer manages to avoid easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Boxer is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
The Boxer wants to control but jorjo is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
lee jorjo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The Boxer has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce The Boxer!