PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Craze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hal Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hal Jordan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Craze
vs
Jordan

180 cm
20
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Elite Golden 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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Maximus Craze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Hal Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Craze.
Jordan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Craze walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jordan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Maximus Craze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Craze feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jordan's calf.
Craze dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jordan. That did some damage!
Jordan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Craze.

Jordan drives through and clinches with Craze against the cage.
Jordan avoiding damage as Craze throws knees to the body.
Jordan is working Craze over against the cage.
Craze trying to land knees to the body.
Craze missing with knees to the body.

Jordan has hold of one of Craze's legs. Craze is fighting the takedown attempt but Jordan gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Jordan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jordan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jordan throws a big right hand that misses.
Jordan looking to pass the guard.

Jordan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Craze is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jordan is controlling him.

Jordan gets to his feet - Craze follows without any prompting.
Craze is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan wants to clinch.
Maximus Craze is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jordan checks a leg kick.
Jordan looks for a takedown but Craze sprawls well.

Jordan shoots in and bounces Craze off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Craze is looking to stand up but Jordan isn't so interested in that idea.

Jordan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Jordan stands up and waves to Craze to follow him.
Jordan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Craze defends it nicely.
Maximus Craze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hal Jordan.

Jordan gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craze is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jordan is defending well for now.

Jordan turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Craze is not content to let Jordan control the position.
Craze is trying to get back to his feet.

Jordan stands up.

Craze gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jordan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jordan stands and steps away. Craze gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
An inside leg kick from Craze misses.
Jordan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Craze swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jordan closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jordan lands in his opponent's guard.

Craze is working an open guard so Jordan takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Craze throws a push kick but Jordan slaps the foot to one side.
Craze throws a half hearted mid kick.

Craze gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jordan prevents Craze from getting back to his feet.

Jordan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jordan shoots in looking for a takedown. Craze tries to sprawl out of it but Jordan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Craze manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Craze misses with a few strikes there.

Jordan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Craze throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Jordan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jordan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Craze wants to get back to his feet.
Jordan landing punches.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jordan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Craze trying desperately to get to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jordan has control of Craze's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Craze regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Jordan gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hal Jordan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Craze buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jordan shoots in looking for a takedown. Craze tries to sprawl out of it but Jordan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Craze manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Craze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jordan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Craze avoids it really well and circles away.

Jordan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Craze looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Jordan stands up and beckons Craze to his feet.
Craze misses with a wild combination.
Maximus Craze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Craze scores with a push kick.

Craze gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jordan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Craze wants to stand up but Jordan is controlling him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jordan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jordan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Craze is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jordan is controlling him.

Jordan drops back looking for a leg! Craze is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Craze manages to kick Jordan off! Jordan jumps back into Craze's guard.
Hal Jordan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jordan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Craze's head.
Jordan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Craze is proving hard to escape from.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Craze. That's going to slow Jordan down.

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.
Jordan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Maximus Craze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hal Jordan.
Craze cracks the inside of Jordan's front leg.
Jordan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Craze tries to avoid it but Jordan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Craze to the ground. Craze escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Craze feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jordan's calf.
Craze misses with a double jab.
Jordan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Craze lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jordan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Craze throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jordan.
Jordan shoots in for a takedown but Craze shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Craze fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jordan.
Craze scores with a spinning back kick!
Craze stuffs the takedown attempt from Jordan. Jordan gets slowly back to his feet.
Craze throws a right and a left that Jordan avoids nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Craze. Jordan shrugs it off though.
Craze lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan fails with the takedown.
Jordan shoots in and drives through. Craze sprawls well.
Craze scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Craze keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A chopping leg kick lands by Craze.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jordan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Craze - the referee stops the clock and Jordan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Craze. Jordan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Craze.
Craze will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Craze throws a nice looking combination but Jordan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Jordan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jordan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Craze is keeping the position for now.
Jordan won't allow Craze to get back to his feet.

Jordan decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jordan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Craze - the referee stops the clock and Jordan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Craze. Jordan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Jordan closes the distance and clinches.
Craze takes an elbow to the temple.
Jordan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Craze.

Jordan pulls guard effortlessly.
Craze tries to stand but Jordan is controlling from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jordan looking for a sweep. Not yet Jordan, not yet.
Craze wants to stand but Jordan is controlling his posture from full guard.

Jordan has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Craze doesn't defend quickly enough and Jordan has managed to lock this one up! Can Craze escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Jordan on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Hal Jordan!