PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between bjj man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Kernes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kernes has chosen Reign Supreme - Persevere And Overcome as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

man
vs
Kernes

183 cm
23
228 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

193 cm
23
275 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Heavy Weight Nutrition (*Recovery 152 $50!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, bjj man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Kernes!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kernes throws a wild body kick that man sees coming a mile off.
Jay Kernes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
man avoids a punch combination nicely.
man tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Kernes misses.

Kernes closes the distance and clinches.
man jumps guard but Kernes stands there with man around his waist. man gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short right from Kernes.
man fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kernes landing knees to the head.

It looks like bjj man has been cut.
Kernes landing knees to the body.
man is breathing heavily.
Kernes scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kernes lands a good knee to the midsection. man won't want to take too many of those.

Kernes breaks the clinch.

Kernes lands a big head kick that sends man tumbling to the mat! Kernes takes a step backwards and waves man back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Kernes cracks the inside of man's front leg.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kernes.
Kernes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kernes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Kernes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
man wants to sweep but no luck.
Kernes would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

man has an active guard here but Kernes has managed to pass into half guard.
Kernes tries to stand but can't do so whilst man controls his leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kernes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kernes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kernes throws a head kick but man moves out of range.

Kernes has managed to clinch.

Kernes manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kernes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kernes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
man darts in trying to clinch

and Kernes holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Kernes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kernes moves in looking to clinch but man pushes him off.
man clinches but Kernes breaks the clinch

and Kernes holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
man tries to pull guard but Kernes won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for bjj man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
man tries to pull guard but Kernes holds him up against the cage and eventually man drops back down to his feet.
man takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kernes lands an elbow just above man 's eye.
Kernes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
man fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kernes connects with a nasty looking knee right to man's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kernes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kernes misses with a jab, cross combination.
man takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kernes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
man is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kernes.
Kernes fails in his attempt to clinch.
man tries to clinch up

and Kernes counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kernes.
Kernes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and man avoids it.
man leaning against his opponent.
man has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kernes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kernes with a knee to the head.
Kernes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kernes is trying to stall.
man takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Kernes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on bjj man's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

man closes the distance but Kernes moves to the side

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Kernes moves into the clinch.
A short left from Kernes.
Kernes scores a nice knee to the body.
Kernes digs a right hand underneath man's ribcage. man let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kernes stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jay Kernes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A knee to the head by Kernes.
Kernes lands a nice shot to the body.
man can't get the takedown.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kernes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Kernes breaks from the clinch.

Kernes moves into the clinch.
Kernes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Kernes.
Kernes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kernes digs a right hand into man's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on man's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee calls for Kernes to work.
Kernes landing knees to the head.
Kernes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt man or not.
Kernes lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
man jumps guard but Kernes stands there with man around his waist. man gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kernes unloads a knee to the mid-section. man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
man takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kernes throws an elbow but misses.
Kernes landing knees to the body.
man jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kernes walks away with a smile on his face. man gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for bjj man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kernes throws a sloppy head kick and man moves out of range easily.
Kernes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
man tries to clinch but Kernes moves away

and Kernes moves into the clinch.
man fails to pull guard.
man tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kernes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kernes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt man or not.
man fails to pull guard.
A right hook to the body lands for Kernes.
Kernes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kernes lands a knee to the head.
Kernes is leaning against man and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
man tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kernes smiles and moves away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kernes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kernes keeps the fight on the outside.
Kernes scores with a one two! man had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kernes scores with a kick to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Kernes.
man is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
man slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

man is looking for a triangle here but Kernes uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
man tries to improve position but can't.
Kernes tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
man is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kernes off and has taken his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Kernes preventing the rear naked choke attempt from man.

man has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Kernes is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get man off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

man is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Kernes knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Kernes for a finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Kernes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on bjj man's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Kernes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kernes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Kernes has closed the distance and engaged man in a clinch.

Kernes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Kernes clinches up against the cage.
man jumps guard but Kernes stands there with man around his waist. man gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Kernes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
man fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kernes tries to clinch up.
Kernes closes this distance looking for a takedown but man circles away.
man looks to clinch

and Kernes counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kernes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kernes lands a right hand that snaps the head of man backwards.
man can't break the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Kernes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
man takes an elbow to the temple.

Kernes has clasped his hands together around man's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
man throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
man manages to work his way to half guard, despite Kernes's best efforts.
man tries to roll over but Kernes keeps him under control.
Kernes is thwarting man's attempts to control the position.
Kernes tries to stand and escape but man is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
man trying to control but Kernes postures up.

Kernes stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows man to get to his feet.
Kernes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
man tries to clinch up

and Kernes counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kernes.

man jumps into guard, dragging Kernes to the mat.

Kernes gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
man stuffs the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kernes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Kernes.
Kernes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kernes thumps man with a low kick.

Kernes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
man jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kernes walks away with a smile on his face. man gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Kernes drives through with a takedown into guard.
man wants to sweep but no luck.
man trying to keep a closed guard but Kernes is proving a slippery customer.

Kernes got a little sloppy there for a moment and man has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kernes has managed to get both his arms back between man's legs - danger averted.
Jay Kernes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
man controlling Kernes's posture.

man is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

man looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Kernes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kernes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 26:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Kernes!