PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pray Gaynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Jorge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorge has chosen Back in black as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Pray Gaynard could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to James Jorge's chin.

Gaynard
vs
Jorge

165 cm
24
165 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

170 cm
28
163 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Rivers Edge Nutrition (Disciples of Pain)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pray Gaynard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Jorge!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gaynard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gaynard lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jorge hang on?
Gaynard prevents Jorge from getting the reversal.
Jorge in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jorge is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gaynard throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gaynard landing punches.
Gaynard avoids the attempt from Jorge to control.
Jorge working to try and regain half guard.
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!
Gaynard is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaynard with a couple of short strikes.
Gaynard scoring with strikes but Jorge is staying in there.
Jorge tries to reverse the position but Gaynard maintains control.
Jorge bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Gaynard keeping moving, preventing Jorge from controlling successfully.
Jorge is looking to work some ground and pound but Gaynard has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorge pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gaynard is keeping the position for now.
Jorge postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gaynard has his hands on Jorge's head, controlling the position.
Jorge throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jorge trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Gaynard manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gaynard is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jorge is pulling down on Gaynard's head. It's preventing any offense from Gaynard, at least for the moment.
Gaynard postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gaynard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jorge moves away.
Gaynard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorge jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jorge swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Jorge gets caught napping as Gaynard dives in and scores a takedown. Jorge manages to retain guard.

Jorge working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Gaynard has passed into half guard!
Jorge tries to roll over but Gaynard keeps him under control.
Jorge gets full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jorge controls Gaynard momentarily but Gaynard frees himself.
Gaynard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pray Gaynard dominated that round.
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.

Jorge misses with a hook. Gaynard ducked under it nicely.
Gaynard just misses with a punch to the body.
Gaynard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gaynard lands a nice shot to the body.

Jorge looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jorge postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Gaynard pushes Jorge off and scrambles back to his feet.
Jorge fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gaynard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jorge.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaynard looks to land a left hand but Jorge moved out of range nicely.
Jorge looks to land a combination but Gaynard avoids it well.
Gaynard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jorge.
Gaynard clobbers Jorge with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gaynard thows a body shot but no joy.
Gaynard scores with a jab to the body.
Jorge slips a straight right by Gaynard.
Jorge shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gaynard sprawls well. Gaynard wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jorge gets slowly back to his feet.
Pray Gaynard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Jorge.
Jorge throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Gaynard counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Gaynard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jorge trying to control from the bottom.

Gaynard postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Jorge to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jorge misses the jab.
Gaynard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Gaynard is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jorge's half guard.
Gaynard perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Gaynard is nestled in close to Jorge, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jorge is staying active underneath Gaynard, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jorge gets full guard.
Jorge controls Gaynard momentarily but Gaynard frees himself.
Gaynard lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

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

Jorge is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gaynard defends well.
Gaynard is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jorge looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Gaynard puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorge keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jorge wants to get back to full guard.
Gaynard trying to control from half guard but Jorge is working away.
Jorge wants to get back to full guard but Gaynard has mounted him!
Jorge wants to hold on but Gaynard pushes him away.
Jorge is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jorge is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jorge has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Gaynard's lack of action.
Jorge wants to control but Gaynard is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pray Gaynard dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Jorge misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gaynard just misses with a punch to the body.
Horrible takedown by Jorge or perhaps it was just good defense by Gaynard which made him look bad.
Nice body punch from Gaynard.
Jorge moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gaynard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jorge stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
James Jorge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jorge misses with a series of wild punches.
James Jorge is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jorge misses with a few strikes there.
Jorge swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gaynard cracks Jorge with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jorge takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Gaynard. No joy for Jorge on that attempt.
Gaynard stuffs the takedown attempt from Jorge. Jorge gets slowly back to his feet.
Pray Gaynard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Jorge.
Jorge takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jorge throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gaynard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jorge shoots in for a takedown but Gaynard shows good takedown defense.
Gaynard jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Gaynard scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Gaynard lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jorge seems a little lost for a moment, as Gaynard dominates the positioning.
Gaynard working the ground and pound.
Pray Gaynard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gaynard is looking to take a break and control but Jorge is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
An elbow from Gaynard crashes against the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorge takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gaynard passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Jorge!
Gaynard trying to control but Jorge is having none of it.
Jorge tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaynard lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
BOOM! Gaynard connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gaynard landing strikes from the mount and Jorge is in trouble!
Gaynard cracks Jorge with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jorge tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gaynard working away from the top, dropping strikes.
James Jorge has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jorge is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gaynard landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorge is working to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gaynard working Jorge over with strikes here.
The referee warns Jorge that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Jorge is rocked!
Gaynard looking to control but Jorge is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jorge is trying desperately to improve position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gaynard sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pray Gaynard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gaynard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pray Gaynard!