PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Jorgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Teller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Jorgan
vs
Teller

175 cm
22
138 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

170 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hugh Jorgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eli Teller!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teller blocks a head kick by Jorgan.
Jorgan with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Teller to counter with a crisp jab.
Jorgan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Teller avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jorgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Teller circles away from the clinch attempt
and Teller counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jorgan throws a combination that misses
and Teller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jorgan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Teller moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Teller misses with a left hand
and Jorgan counters with a one-two to the body.
Jorgan is looking to clinch but Teller is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorgan's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jorgan duly obliges.
Teller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jorgan moves away.
Jorgan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Teller counters with a stiff right hand.
Jorgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Teller circles away quickly and effectively.
A bone on bone clash there as Teller blocks the leg kick.
Jorgan with a poor takedown
and Teller makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Eli Teller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jorgan throws a body punch but Teller moves out of range.
Teller moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Teller avoids the head kick by Jorgan.
Jorgan tries to clinch there but Teller circles away.
Jorgan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorgan misses with a hook
and Teller connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jorgan shoots and misses
and Teller counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugh Jorgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Teller keeps the fight on the outside.
Jorgan misses with a wild combination.
Jorgan throws a body kick that misses.
Jorgan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jorgan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Teller cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jorgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Teller was well out of range. Poor timing from Jorgan.
Jorgan tries to score with a low kick but Teller moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorgan misses with a body kick.
Jorgan slips a jab from Teller.
Jorgan tries to bum rush Teller with a series of wild strikes but Teller uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Teller misses with a straight right.
Jorgan moves to clinch but Teller breaks away
and Teller counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jorgan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jorgan lands a head kick!
Jorgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Teller misses with a straight right.
Teller takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jorgan has his takedown stuffed
and Teller counters with a right hand to the body.
A big right from Teller misses.
Jorgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Teller circles away quickly and effectively.
Jorgan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Teller's calf.
Jorgan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Teller counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jorgan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jorgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Teller lands a nice hook to Jorgan's body. Jorgan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Teller throws a body punch but Jorgan moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Eli Teller will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Teller misses with a hook. Jorgan ducked under it nicely.
Jorgan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jorgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Teller avoids the head kick by Jorgan.
Jorgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jorgan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Teller manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Teller rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jorgan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jorgan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Teller counters with a series of strikes. Jorgan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jorgan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jorgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teller avoids the head kick by Jorgan.
Hugh Jorgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Teller looks to land a combination but Jorgan avoids it well.
Jorgan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jorgan throws a sloppy head kick and Teller moves out of range easily.
Teller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jorgan moves away.
Jorgan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A head kick misses from Jorgan.
Teller misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
No joy there for Jorgan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Teller with a jab.
Jorgan throws a nice looking combination but Teller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teller misses the body punch
and Jorgan counters with a left to the body.
Jorgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jorgan tries to bum rush Teller with a series of wild strikes but Teller uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Teller misses with a body shot
and Jorgan counters with a nice leg kick.
Jorgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Teller was well out of range. Poor timing from Jorgan.
Teller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jorgan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Teller.
Teller throws an overhand right that lands on Jorgan's shoulder, as Jorgan tries to avoid the shot.
Jorgan swings widly with a right hand
and Teller counters with a right hand to the body.
Jorgan looks to throw the jab but Teller is out of range.
Jorgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jorgan tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorgan shoots and misses
and Teller counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Teller thows a body shot but no joy.
Jorgan throws a combination that misses
and Teller counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hugh Jorgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Teller misses.
Teller staying out of range there.
Jorgan tries to clinch up.
Teller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jorgan.
Jorgan misses with a takedown attempt
and Teller counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugh Jorgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Teller throws a right hand that Jorgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Jorgan also avoids with ease.
Teller swings for the body but Jorgan moves out of range.
Teller swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jorgan throws a right hand that Teller ducks under and follows up with a left that Teller also avoids with ease.
Jorgan throws a head kick but Teller moves out of range.
Jorgan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Teller counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Teller.
Teller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Jorgan.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jorgan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Teller makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Teller scores with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Eli Teller will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Teller on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jorgan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Teller misses with a body punch

so Jorgan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jorgan postures up in Teller's guard and throws a big left but Teller blocks it.
Jorgan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Teller swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Teller wants to sweep here but Jorgan controlling him for the moment.
Teller not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jorgan 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.
Teller keeping moving, preventing Jorgan from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorgan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jorgan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Hugh Jorgan just wasn't active enough.
Jorgan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Teller cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jorgan throws a series of punches but Teller avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Jorgan.
Jorgan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Teller moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jorgan misses with a head kick.
Jorgan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Teller to counter with a crisp jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Teller looks to land a right hand but Jorgan moved out of range.
Jorgan throws a series of punches but Teller moves out of range.
Teller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jorgan moves away.
Jorgan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Teller. Jorgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Teller slips a jab from Jorgan.
Jorgan just misses with a punch to the body.
Jorgan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Teller is out of range and Jorgan settles back down.
Teller throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jorgan counters with a head kick.
Jorgan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorgan wants to clinch up but Teller keeps it at a distance.
Jorgan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Teller counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugh Jorgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Teller misses.
Jorgan throws a nice looking combination but Teller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jorgan misses with a kick to the body.
Jorgan shoots and misses
and Teller counters with a nice body shot.
A big right from Jorgan misses.
Teller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jorgan moves away.
Jorgan swinging wildly here.
Jorgan tries for a takedown but Teller circles away easily
and Teller counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jorgan throws a leg kick that misses.
Jorgan tries for a takedown but Teller circles away easily
and Teller counters with a nice uppercut.
Teller looks to score with a jab to the body but Jorgan is just out of range.
Teller throws a jab but it's blocked by Jorgan.
Jorgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jorgan shoots and misses
and Teller counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Teller misses the target.
Jorgan shoots and misses
and Teller makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Teller throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hugh Jorgan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Teller 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 for Hugh Jorgan!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Hugh Jorgan!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Hugh Jorgan!

Hugh Jorgan wins by unanimous decision!