PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cole Hadman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Rayburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rayburn has chosen Let The Bodies Hit The Floor as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hadman
vs
Rayburn

161 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

162 cm
20
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cole Hadman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jordan Rayburn!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hadman fails to land the takedown.
Hadman shoots in looking for a takedown. Rayburn tries to sprawl out of it but Hadman keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rayburn manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hadman doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Rayburn counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rayburn.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cole Hadman. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rayburn has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Hadman regains guard immediately.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rayburn won't allow Hadman to sweep him here.
Hadman wants to hit a switch here but Rayburn passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Hadman there!
Rayburn trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hadman regains half guard.
Hadman wants to get back to full guard.
Rayburn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rayburn lands strikes from half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hadman is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rayburn's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rayburn's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hadman struggling to land strikes to the head as Rayburn covers up.
Hadman lands a shot to the body.
Rayburn trying to control the action but Hadman just sinks the hooks in.
Rayburn is trying to stand back up.
Hadman lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Rayburn is trying to break free.
Hadman gets his hands free as Rayburn looks to control.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Hadman.
Hadman lands shots from the back.
Hadman is breathing heavily.
Hadman scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rayburn just trying to survive but Hadman is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Hadman lands with a hammerfist to the side of Rayburn's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rayburn is trying to get back to his feet but Hadman has full control of the position and if anything, Rayburn has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Rayburn is in bad spot here.
Hadman scores with punches and elbows.
Rayburn wants to escape the position.
Rayburn holding both Hadman 's hands and preventing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hadman is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Hadman gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Hadman gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Hadman apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Hadman tries for a takedown but Rayburn circles away easily
and Rayburn counters with an outside leg kick.
Hadman shoots and misses
and Rayburn counters with a head kick. That will keep Hadman thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Rayburn closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hadman did well to prevent Rayburn getting side control.
Rayburn is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rayburn is looking to take a break and control but Hadman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hadman manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rayburn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hadman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hadman manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Rayburn regains half guard.
Rayburn trying to control from the bottom.
Hadman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hadman lands strikes from half guard.
Rayburn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hadman.
Rayburn wants to control but Hadman is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rayburn is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Hadman is staying active.
Rayburn punching from the bottom.
Hadman tries to pass to full mount but Rayburn defends it.
Rayburn makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rayburn.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hadman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hadman wants to pass the guard but Rayburn is keeping the position.
Hadman stopping the sweep attempt from Rayburn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cole Hadman will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hadman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hadman shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rayburn manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Rayburn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hadman sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hadman manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hadman 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.
Rayburn trying to control but Hadman is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rayburn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rayburn looking to pass the guard.
Hadman 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hadman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rayburn trying to control the position from guard on top but Hadman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rayburn won't allow Hadman to sweep him here.
Rayburn is stalling in the full guard.
Hadman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jordan Rayburn was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rayburn stuffs the takedown attempt from Hadman. Hadman gets slowly back to his feet.

Rayburn closes the distance and clinches.

Rayburn lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Rayburn is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rayburn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hadman wants to improve his position but Rayburn is controlling well.
Rayburn tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hadman knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rayburn not doing much here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hadman taking some punishment here, with Rayburn in his half guard.
Rayburn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hadman keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rayburn moves nicely into side control.
Hadman gets back to half guard.
Hadman wants to get back to full guard but Rayburn has passed into side control.
Hadman tries to bench press Rayburn off him but Rayburn keeps the position.
Rayburn is putting a hurting on Hadman here, landing some big shots from side control.
Rayburn trying to control the position but Hadman is working away.
Hadman is trying to get back to half guard.
Rayburn content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rayburn works to advance to full mount. Hadman defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Hadman is trying to escape the mount.
Rayburn tries to control but Hadman wriggling away.
Jordan Rayburn has got the better of the ground game so far.

Rayburn is standing up, even though he is in mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Rayburn closes the distance and clinches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Hadman wants the takedown. Rayburn is fighting it off but Hadman persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Rayburn's guard against the cage.

Rayburn has his feet on Hadman's thighs here. He's pushed Hadman off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Hadman screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jordan Rayburn!
Our winner, Jordan Rayburn, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.