PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marc Vos (ranked 4950 p4p, 448 weight class) and Jaxorus Imendos (ranked 6452 p4p, 501 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vos
vs
Imendos

195 cm
18
189 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marc Vos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaxorus Imendos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Imendos throws a head kick that misses

and Vos counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Vos.
Vos is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Vos prevents Imendos from getting back to his feet.
Imendos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Vos is fighting to break Imendos's control of his arms but Imendos is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Imendos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Imendos has his hands on Vos's head, controlling the position.
Imendos wants to control but Vos passes easily into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Imendos is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vos wants to control but Imendos is keeping him busy.
Vos performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Imendos dives in and scores a takedown into Vos's guard.
Vos has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Vos trying to control the position.
Imendos wants to stand but Vos is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vos is controlling Imendos's posture.
Vos trying to keep a closed guard but Imendos is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vos pulls Imendos in close to prevent any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Imendos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Vos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Imendos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Imendos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Vos is proving hard to escape from.
Vos trying to keep a closed guard but Imendos is proving a slippery customer.
Imendos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vos is keeping the position for now.
Imendos being controlled here momentarily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vos working a defensive guard here.
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 Marc Vos will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Imendos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vos.
Vos keeps the fight on the outside.
Vos half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

Imendos shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Vos is looking to get back to is feet but Imendos passes into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Who's going to make the next move?
Vos taking a bit of punishment here - Imendos scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vos is not content to let Imendos control the position.
Vos defending against the ground and pound.
Vos is trying to control Imendos's posture but Imendos avoids it.
Vos wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vos is trying to control Imendos's posture but Imendos avoids it.
Vos is trying to improve his position.
Vos can't do much from the bottom here.
Imendos is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Vos's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Imendos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Vos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Imendos working away.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Imendos feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Imendos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Imendos sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Vos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vos has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Imendos doesn't defend quickly enough and Vos has managed to lock this one up! Can Imendos escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Vos on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Marc Vos!
Marc Vos seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.