PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Welch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Welch
vs
Jennings

184 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Welch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Jennings!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Welch swats away the attempt to clinch by Jennings.
Jennings moves in looking to clinch but Welch pushes him off.
Jennings dodges the punch combination from Welch.
A head kick from Welch lands but Jennings takes it in his stride.
Jennings is looking to clinch but Welch is avoiding it.
Jennings is looking to clinch but Welch is avoiding it.
Welch swats away the attempt to clinch by Jennings.
Welch throws a sloppy head kick and Jennings moves out of range easily.
Jennings fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Welch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jennings fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jennings avoids the head kick by Welch.
Welch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Welch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennings tries to clinch up.
Welch throws a head kick but Jennings moves out of range.
Jennings avoids the head kick by Welch.
Welch misses with a few strikes there.
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch is having none of it.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Welch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch moves out of range.
Jennings wants to clinch.
Jennings tries to clinch up.
Welch throws a right and a left that Jennings avoids nicely.
Welch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Welch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jennings tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jennings avoids the head kick by Welch.
Welch swats away the attempt to clinch by Jennings.
Jennings wants to clinch.
Jennings blocks a head kick by Welch.
A head kick misses from Welch.
Jennings fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jennings wants to clinch.
Jennings tries to clinch up.
Welch fails to land with a series of punches.
Jennings is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jennings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up but Welch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jennings wants to clinch up but Welch keeps it at a distance.
Jennings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Welch keeps the fight on the outside.
Jennings doesn't manage to clinch there - Welch circles away.
Welch throws a head kick but Jennings moves out of range.
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch is having none of it.
Welch tries a head kick but it misses.
Jennings tries to clinch up but Welch circles away and keeps his distance.
Welch tries a head kick but it misses.
Jennings tries to clinch up but Welch circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jennings wants to clinch up but Welch keeps it at a distance.
Welch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jennings tries to clinch up but Welch circles away and keeps his distance.
Jennings tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jennings moves in looking to clinch but Welch pushes him off.
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch moves out of range.
Jennings wants to clinch up but Welch keeps it at a distance.
Jennings doesn't manage to clinch there - Welch circles away.
Jennings wants to clinch up but Welch keeps it at a distance.
Welch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch moves out of range.
Jennings takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Welch goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Welch works over Jennings's head and body with a nice combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Welch dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jennings tries to clinch up but Welch circles away and keeps his distance.
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch moves out of range.
Welch swats away the attempt to clinch by Jennings.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Welch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jennings tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jennings is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Welch.
Jennings is looking to clinch.
Welch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jennings tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jennings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jennings is looking to clinch but Welch is avoiding it.
Welch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennings wants to clinch.
Jennings wants to clinch.
Jennings tries to clinch there but Welch circles away.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up but Welch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Welch throws a head kick that Jennings semi-blocks.
Jennings doesn't manage to clinch there - Welch circles away.
Welch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Welch keeps the fight on the outside.
Welch swats away the attempt to clinch by Jennings.

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.
Welch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jennings wants to clinch up but Welch keeps it at a distance.
Welch misses with a few strikes there.
Jennings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Welch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jennings tries to clinch there but Welch circles away.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch but Welch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jennings fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jennings fails in his attempt to clinch.
Welch has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch is having none of it.
Jennings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Welch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Welch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jennings tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A left and a right from Welch both land. Nice combination.
Welch looks to land a combination. Jennings sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Welch throws a head kick but Jennings moves out of range.
James Jennings seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Welch misses with a head kick.
Jeremy Welch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch is having none of it.
Welch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Welch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jennings moves in looking to clinch but Welch pushes him off.
Jennings moves in looking to clinch but Welch pushes him off.

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.
Jennings takes a kick to the side of the head.
Welch throws a series of punches but Jennings avoids them all with ease.
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch is having none of it.
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch is having none of it.
Jennings fails in his attempt to clinch.
Welch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Welch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jennings tries to clinch up but Welch circles away and keeps his distance.
Welch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jennings fails in his attempt to clinch.
Welch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Welch throws a sloppy head kick and Jennings moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Welch 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!

Welch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Welch throws a series of punches but Jennings moves out of range.
Jennings fails with an attempt to clinch.
Welch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jennings moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up but Welch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Welch throws a head kick but Jennings moves out of range.
Welch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch is having none of it.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up but Welch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jennings fails with an attempt to clinch.
Welch throws a head kick but Jennings moves out of range.
Jennings fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Welch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Welch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jennings blocks a head kick by Welch.
Jennings tries to clinch up.
Jennings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch but Welch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Welch looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Welch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up but Welch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jennings doesn't manage to clinch there - Welch circles away.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch but Welch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Welch swats away the attempt to clinch by Jennings.

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.
Jennings fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jennings tries to clinch up but Welch circles away and keeps his distance.
Welch goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jennings fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up but Welch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jennings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Welch throws a sloppy head kick and Jennings moves out of range easily.
Jennings doesn't manage to clinch there - Welch circles away.
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch is having none of it.
Jennings tries to clinch there but Welch circles away.
Jennings tries to clinch up but Welch circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jennings doesn't manage to clinch there - Welch circles away.
Jennings fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jennings tries to clinch up but Welch circles away and keeps his distance.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch but Welch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Welch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jennings tries to clinch up.
Welch looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jennings blocks a head kick by Welch.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch but Welch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jennings fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jennings is looking to clinch.
Jennings tries to clinch there but Welch circles away.

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.
Welch swats away the attempt to clinch by Jennings.
Jennings fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jennings tries to clinch there but Welch circles away.
Jennings fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jennings tries to clinch up but Welch circles away and keeps his distance.
Jennings tries to clinch up but Welch circles away and keeps his distance.
Welch misses with a head kick.
Jennings tries to clinch but Welch moves out of range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Welch throws a sloppy head kick and Jennings moves out of range easily.
Jennings is looking to clinch.
James Jennings has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jennings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jeremy Welch.
Well Welch 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 Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremy Welch!