PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Theodorou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louis Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gordon comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Battle Born - 5FDP kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Theodorou
vs
Gordon

185 cm
27
214 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

190 cm
27
215 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Atlantis

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jake Theodorou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Louis Gordon!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon tries to clinch up.
Gordon lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Jake Theodorou has been cut.
Gordon looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Gordon moves into range and clinches up with Theodorou.
Gordon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gordon.
Gordon lands an elbow inside that Theodorou shrugs off.
Gordon is pressed up against the cage. Theodorou has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gordon down to the mat. Gordon avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gordon doesn't manage to clinch there - Theodorou circles away.
Theodorou shoots in for a takedown but Gordon shows good takedown defense.
Louis Gordon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gordon throws a sloppy head kick and Theodorou moves out of range easily.

Gordon gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Theodorou to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Theodorou throws a big right hand that misses.
Theodorou 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.
Theodorou throwing strikes but missing.
Theodorou definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Theodorou postures up.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Theodorou wants to control from the top but Gordon keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Theodorou is looking to work some ground and pound but Gordon has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Theodorou throws a big right hand that misses.
Theodorou with a flurry of punches that miss.
Theodorou trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gordon wants to sweep but no luck.
Gordon controlling the position.
Theodorou not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Theodorou wants to pass the guard but Gordon is keeping the position.
Theodorou is working hard here to advance position.
Gordon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Theodorou.
Gordon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gordon keeping moving, preventing Theodorou from controlling successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Theodorou stops Gordon from standing up.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Gordon throws a sloppy head kick and Theodorou moves out of range easily.
Gordon swings widly with a right hand

and Theodorou decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gordon's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theodorou trying to control but Gordon is working from the bottom.
Gordon has momentary wrist control but Theodorou slips an elbow through the middle.
Theodorou makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Theodorou throws a big right hand that misses.
Gordon wants to sweep here but Theodorou controlling him for the moment.
Theodorou throwing strikes from guard but Gordon blocks nicely.
Theodorou postures up in Gordon's guard and throws a big left but Gordon blocks it.
Theodorou scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Theodorou throws a big right hand that misses.
Theodorou trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Theodorou is working Gordon over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gordon 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.
Theodorou trying to control but Gordon is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theodorou controls from within his opponent's guard.
Theodorou throwing strikes from guard but Gordon blocks nicely.
Theodorou keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gordon's head.
Theodorou is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Theodorou trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Theodorou trying to control but Gordon is working from the bottom.
Theodorou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gordon keeping moving, preventing Theodorou from controlling successfully.
Gordon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Theodorou. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gordon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Theodorou is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Theodorou is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gordon has momentary wrist control but Theodorou slips an elbow through the middle.
Theodorou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Theodorou wants to control from the top but Gordon keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Theodorou accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Theodorou slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Theodorou cracks Gordon with a big elbow.
Theodorou controlling from side mount.
You can see the frustration on Gordon's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gordon tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Theodorou wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Theodorou dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Theodorou's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Theodorou shoots in for a double leg but Gordon sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gordon feints a counter leg kick.

Theodorou drives through with a takedown into Gordon's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Theodorou won't allow Gordon to sweep him here.
Gordon keeping moving, preventing Theodorou from controlling successfully.
Theodorou preventing the sweep.
Theodorou trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gordon can do anything to dispel that myth.
Theodorou wants to control from the top but Gordon keeps moving.
Theodorou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gordon can do to turn this around?
Gordon keeping full guard, as Theodorou tries to pass.
Theodorou stopping the sweep attempt from Gordon.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Theodorou trying to control but Gordon is working from the bottom.
Gordon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Theodorou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Theodorou with a nice head shot there.
Theodorou lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Theodorou throwing strikes but missing.
Theodorou trying to control but Gordon is working from the bottom.
Gordon keeping full guard, as Theodorou tries to pass.
Theodorou content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Theodorou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gordon working a defensive guard here.
Gordon keeping moving, preventing Theodorou from controlling successfully.
Jake Theodorou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Theodorou engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Gordon managing to control the position.
Theodorou slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theodorou landing a few strikes.
Theodorou scoring with punches and elbows.
Theodorou scoring with punches and elbows.
Theodorou throws a strike aimed at the side of Gordon's head but Gordon avoids it well.
Gordon is trying to work for a sweep but Theodorou has mounted him!
Theodorou scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Gordon is rocked!
Theodorou postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Gordon out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Theodorou goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jake Theodorou!
Jake Theodorou seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.