PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rey Jericho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sparka Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jericho's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, AR-Swift: Awesome God . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jericho
vs
Man

173 cm
23
159 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

170 cm
32
155 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!
Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rey Jericho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sparka Man!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jericho has a takedown stuffed.
Jericho has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Man finds it's way round the side to connect with Jericho's head.
Man throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Man misses the jab.
Jericho shoots and misses
and Man counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Man misses the jab.
Jericho will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rey Jericho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An inside leg kick from Man misses.
Man misses with an uppercut.
Man throws a lazy right hand but Jericho sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Man throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Jericho shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Man manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho throws a big elbow that misses.
Jericho throws a big elbow that misses.
Jericho throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Man works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Man working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jericho.
Jericho lands a couple of digs.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jericho accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jericho loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jericho advances to half guard.
Jericho 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.
Jericho not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Man on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jericho not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jericho sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Man defending well though.

Jericho is looking for a kimura here.
Man is looking to control Jericho's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Man avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jericho wants to control but Man is keeping him busy.
Jericho missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jericho thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Man's head.
Man avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jericho.
Jericho not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Man keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jericho throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jericho throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man is trying to stand up here but Jericho is controlling him well.
Jericho not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jericho is nestled in close to Man, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jericho lands with a punch from half guard.
Jericho looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Man taking some punishment here, with Jericho in his half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jericho is trying to control the action in half guard but Man is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jericho missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Man keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jericho trying to mount his opponent but Man defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rey Jericho 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.

Man connects with a leg kick. Jericho looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice sprawl there from Man as Jericho shoots in.
Man thows a left - swing and a miss!
Man dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Man swings for the body but Jericho moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jericho is defended easily by Man.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jericho moves away.
Man looks to throw the jab but Jericho is out of range.
Man misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Man throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Man jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Jericho pushes Man up against the cage in a clinch.
Jericho changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Man fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rey Jericho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jericho shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Man as he jumps to the side.
Sparka Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jericho avoids a kick to the body.
Jericho takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jericho shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man missing with a left hand there. Jericho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Man misses with an uppercut.
Jericho walks into a straight right hand from Man.
Man throws the left hand but Jericho avoids the punch easily.
Man scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jericho clinches with his opponent.
A body shot lands from Man.

Man is fighting off a takedown attempt but Jericho is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Man to the mat. Man regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Jericho stops Man from standing up.
Man working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jericho.

Jericho is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jericho landing some decent shots from guard.
Jericho trying to control but Man is working from the bottom.
Man seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Jericho throwing strikes but missing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Man can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jericho is looking to work some ground and pound but Man has wrist control.
Jericho lands a couple of digs.
Jericho cracks Man with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jericho's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jericho wants to pass the guard but Man is keeping the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jericho throwing strikes from guard but Man blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rey Jericho will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Man goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Man looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jericho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jericho takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Jericho decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Jericho wants to control but Man is keeping him busy.

Jericho is working for a submission of some sort.
Jericho trying to control from half guard but Man is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Jericho.
Man can't keep his opponent in guard - Jericho advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jericho takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jericho missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Man avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jericho.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jericho throwing shots but Man is blocking nicely.
Jericho thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Man is not content to let Jericho control the position.
Jericho passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jericho scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Man?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho looking to control but Man is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Man avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jericho.
BOOM! Jericho connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jericho misses with a head shot.
Man is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jericho working Man over with strikes here.
Jericho scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Man?
Jericho throws some wild stikes that Man manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jericho misses with a head shot.
Jericho is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rey Jericho is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Man is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jericho working the ground and pound effectively.
Man is still in real trouble! Can Jericho finish him?

Jericho has hold of Man's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Man manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Jericho can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Man is looking to escape.
Man seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jericho cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

And that's the end of the fight!
Rey Jericho showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jericho, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rey Jericho!
Rey Jericho gave a mention to Syndicate Nutrition (DUS) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).