PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Winston Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas comes to the cage accompanied by The Show Goes On. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Thomas
vs
Jordan

180 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Winston Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anthony Jordan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thomas gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jordan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thomas trying to keep a closed guard but Jordan is proving a slippery customer.
Thomas keeping moving, preventing Jordan from controlling successfully.

Jordan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Thomas looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jordan is one step ahead there.
Jordan content to stall in guard here.
Thomas has his hands on Jordan's head, controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jordan stands up from Thomas's guard - Jordan perhaps looking for a knockout.
Jordan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jordan shoots for a takedown but Thomas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Anthony Jordan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jordan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thomas misses with a takedown
and Jordan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jordan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas throws a head kick that misses

and Jordan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jordan working hard to break the clinch.
Jordan looking for a takedown.

Jordan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jordan.
Winston Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Jordan.

Thomas looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Thomas is controlling the pace.
Jordan wants to get back to his feet.
Thomas wants to stand up but Jordan is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Jordan is refusing to be controlled, as Thomas sits in half guard.
Jordan is looking to escape.
Thomas wants to control but Jordan is keeping him busy.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jordan blocks the body kick.
Jordan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jordan paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Jordan scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan is trying to control. Thomas wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Thomas pushes Jordan off and gets back to his feet.
Thomas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Jordan moves into the clinch successfully.

Jordan manages to break the clinch.

Jordan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Thomas is trying to defend but Jordan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Thomas pushes Jordan off looking to stand but Jordan dives back in and keeps control.
Thomas won't allow Jordan to pass to mount.

Thomas makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jordan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jordan wants to pass to mount but Thomas is defending the position.

Jordan postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Thomas to stand up.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas is looking to clinch.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Jordan avoids them all with ease.
Thomas slips under a jab.

Jordan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Thomas looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jordan is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Jordan's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thomas throws Jordan to one side and escapes!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thomas misses with the body kick
and Jordan counters with a two punch combo.
Thomas takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jordan stuffs the takedown.
Thomas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jordan fails to land with a series of punches.
Jordan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thomas circles away quickly and effectively.

Thomas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thomas tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jordan smiles and moves away.
Nice body kick from Jordan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jordan gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Jordan gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Thomas trying to control here.
Thomas works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jordan looking to sit in guard and control but Thomas gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jordan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Thomas drops back looking for a leg! Jordan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jordan manages to kick Thomas off! Thomas jumps back into Jordan's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas trying to control but Jordan is working from the bottom.

Thomas avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jordan looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Thomas throwing strikes but missing.
Jordan working a defensive guard but Thomas manages to pass into side control anyway.
Thomas moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Thomas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but Jordan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winston Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jordan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Jordan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Jordan shoots in but Thomas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Thomas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jordan.
Jordan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Thomas counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Jordan shoots in and drives through. Thomas sprawls well.
Jordan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Thomas.
Thomas moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Thomas is looking to slow Jordan down with leg kicks.
Jordan moves out of range as Thomas throws a body kick.
Jordan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Jordan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Thomas to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Anthony Jordan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Thomas controls from within his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan pulls Thomas in close to prevent any damage.

Jordan uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Thomas clinches up with Jordan and pushes him back against the cage.
Jordan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

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.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thomas obliges.
Jordan is looking to break free of the clinch but Thomas has double underhooks.

Thomas pulls guard successfully.
Thomas keeping moving, preventing Jordan from controlling successfully.
Jordan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Thomas is controlling Jordan's posture.
Thomas bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jordan's guard.
Thomas being controlled here momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas won't allow Jordan to sweep him here.
Jordan trying to control the position.

Thomas gets to his feet - Jordan follows without any prompting.
Jordan clinches but Thomas breaks the clinch
and Thomas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Thomas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Thomas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jordan.
Thomas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jordan.
Winston Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Jordan.

Jordan drives through with a takedown into guard.
Thomas is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Thomas is trying to keep Jordan in close.
Jordan stopping the sweep attempt from Thomas.
Jordan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

And that's the end of the fight!
Winston Thomas showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jordan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Jordan!