PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremiah Masoli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson James (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.

Masoli
vs
James

180 cm
19
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Jeremiah Masoli!
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, Anderson James!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Masoli.

James gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
James tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Masoli decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on James, up you get!
Masoli punishes James's body with a nice straight punch.
James moves away from the strike by Masoli.
James fails in his attempt to clinch.
James shoots in but Masoli avoids the takedown attempt easily.
James ducks under a wild hook from Masoli.
James lands with a nice body kick.
Masoli shoots in for a takedown but James shows good takedown defense.
Masoli is breathing heavily.

James darts in and clinches Masoli up against the cage.
Masoli has had enough of the clinch but James keeps him there for the moment.
James jumps guard but Masoli stands there with James around his waist. James gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Masoli takes an elbow to the forehead.

James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Masoli throws a right and a left that James avoids nicely.
James shoots in for a takedown but Masoli shows good takedown defense.
Jeremiah Masoli has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson James.
Masoli takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masoli darts in trying to clinch
and James counters with a body kick.
James has a takedown stuffed.
James looks for a takedown but Masoli sprawls well.
Masoli loads up on a big right hand but James slips the punch.
Masoli will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Masoli lands a big shot that drops James! Can he finish him?

James is rocked!

It looks like Anderson James has been cut.

Masoli stands and steps away. James gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
James is still on wobbly legs! Can Masoli finish him?
Masoli throws a left and a right that both miss

and James counters by moving into the clinch.

Masoli is trying to trip James. He has hold of a leg but James is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Masoli persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Masoli working some strikes from top position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Masoli working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Masoli stands up and waves to James to follow him.
A combination from Masoli does no damage.
James walks straight into a right hand from Masoli - that's dropped him! Masoli jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save James from any more punishment! James complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jeremiah Masoli!