PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holden James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James has chosen Aerials as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Junior
vs
James

177 cm
29
194 lbs
17 - 3 - 0

178 cm
32
184 lbs
23 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Junior!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Holden James!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Junior.
Junior throws a right and a left that James avoids nicely.
James throws a chopping leg kick but Junior manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Junior dives in and grabs James's left leg, looking for a takedown. James pushes down on Junior's head and hops out.
Junior tries for a takedown but James sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
James tries to clinch there but Junior circles away.
James checks a leg kick nicely.
Junior throws a wild body kick that James sees coming a mile off.
Nice shot by Junior.
Jorge Junior seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Junior cracks James with a good jab.
Junior avoids the head kick by James.
James checks a leg kick.
James is looking to clinch but Junior is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James moves to clinch but Junior breaks away

and Junior counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for James!
James parries the strikes from Junior easily there. Junior is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable James to escape.
James dodges the ground and pound from Junior.
Junior fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Junior wants to take a breather but James manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Junior.
James is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Junior throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior trying to control but James is working from the bottom.
Junior throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as James works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Junior 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Junior missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Junior loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
James utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Junior wants to control from the top but James keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Junior's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Junior working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
James is trying to keep Junior in close.
Junior is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Junior pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. James is keeping the position for now.
James is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Junior is controlling him.
Junior tries to free his leg and advance position but James is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now James is on top in guard.
James wants to control from the top but Junior keeps moving.
Junior is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Junior has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Junior dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Junior throws a jab when James was well out of range.
Junior throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
James tries to clinch up.
Junior circles away from the clinch attempt.
James fails with an attempt to clinch.
Junior misses with an attempted mid kick.
James is looking to clinch but Junior is avoiding it.
Junior misses with a looping left.
James keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Junior.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James tries to clinch but Junior moves out of range.
James doesn't manage to clinch there - Junior circles away.
Junior lands with a nice body kick.

James gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Junior throws a strike but James rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Junior pulls James in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
James must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Junior has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but James can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Junior looking to hit a scissor sweep but James is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Junior seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Junior is trying to control the position but James postures up.

James decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
An inside leg kick lands from James.
James moves in looking to clinch but Junior pushes him off.
Junior throws a leg kick but James moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James misses with a low kick.
Junior darts in looking for a takedown but James gets double underhooks and turns Junior into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Junior. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Junior tries to break free but James pushes him back against the cage.

Junior's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

James closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
James misses with the head strike.
Junior lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Junior breaks from the clinch.
James throws a hook but Junior avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick by James misses

and Junior counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in James's guard now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James trying to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Junior accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Junior dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Junior throws a body punch but James moves out of range.
Junior throws a body kick that misses.
Junior misses the jab.
Junior throws a head kick that misses.
Junior throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Junior takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Jorge Junior has been cut.
Junior lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but James circles away quickly and effectively.
Junior swats away the attempt to clinch by James.
James tries to clinch

and Junior counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in James's guard now.
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!
Junior loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Junior trying to control the position from guard on top but James is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Junior trying to move into half guard but instead James has managed to sweep!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Junior has a closed guard, preventing James from standing up.
James trying to control but Junior is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

James wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Junior's closed guard. He's half up but Junior has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Junior pivots and extends the arm, James falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Junior! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jorge Junior!
Jorge Junior retains his middleweight title!
Jorge Junior decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.