PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Dean (ranked 25275 p4p, 750 weight class) and Jo Jo (ranked 7692 p4p, 692 weight class). Jo Jo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Dean
vs
Jo

180 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

193 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Very confident

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, James Dean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jo Jo!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dean has a takedown stuffed.
Jo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jo tries to counter with a clinch but Dean shakes him off and moves away.
Dean tries to clinch there but Jo circles away.
Dean gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jo slaps away a takedown attempt from Dean, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jo throws a big counter head kick but Dean avoids it with no problem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Dean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Jo. No joy for Dean on that attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dean doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jo counters with a low kick, right behind Dean 's knee.
Jo pushes Dean away with a front kick.
Dean is breathing heavily.
Dean tries to clinch but Jo moves away
and Jo counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like James Dean has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jo has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Dean is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Jo thumps Dean with a low kick.
Dean dives in and grabs Jo's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jo pushes down on Dean's head and hops out.
Jo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dean throws a series of punches but Jo avoids them all with ease.
Jo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Jo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dean is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jo is defending well for now.
Jo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dean or not.
Jo lands a nice elbow.
Jo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

James Dean's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jo lands an elbow inside that Dean shrugs off.
Jo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jo digs a right hand underneath Dean's ribcage. Dean let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dean avoids it.
Jo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dean's defenses.

James Dean's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at James Dean's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jo Jo!