PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grimmjow Jaggerrjack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Estevan Ledesma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaggerrjack's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Till i Colapse. Ledesma comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mark Ronson ft Q-Tip - Bang Bang kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Grimmjow Jaggerrjack looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Jaggerrjack
vs
Ledesma

185 cm
22
200 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

179 cm
19
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Grimmjow Jaggerrjack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Estevan Ledesma!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jorge Garcia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ledesma is looking to clinch but Jaggerrjack is avoiding it.

Jaggerrjack shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Ledesma is trying to defend but Jaggerrjack finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaggerrjack thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jaggerrjack missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ledesma is looking to escape.
Ledesma blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jaggerrjack.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaggerrjack thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ledesma blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jaggerrjack.
Jaggerrjack not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ledesma keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ledesma throws a jab but it's blocked by Jaggerrjack.
Ledesma throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jaggerrjack stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ledesma scores with a nice strike.
Estevan Ledesma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ledesma closes the distance and clinches.
Ledesma is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jaggerrjack is defending well for now.
Jaggerrjack tries to score a body lock takedown but Ledesma shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ledesma.
Jaggerrjack is breathing heavily.
Ledesma lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Ledesma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ledesma connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jaggerrjack closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jaggerrjack tries to keep at a distance but Ledesma has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jaggerrjack managing to block the knees to the body from Ledesma.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ledesma misses with an elbow strike.
Ledesma throws an elbow that misses.
Ledesma's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jaggerrjack avoiding damage as Ledesma throws knees to the body.
Ledesma lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Ledesma.
Ledesma softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ledesma taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ledesma is trying to force a seperation but Jaggerrjack has the dominant position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ledesma.
Ledesma misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Ledesma.
Ledesma lands a right hand.

It looks like Grimmjow Jaggerrjack has been cut.
Ledesma stalls.
Ledesma continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Ledesma lands an elbow inside.
Jaggerrjack takes an elbow to the temple.
Ledesma is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ledesma gets through Jaggerrjack's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ledesma digs a right hand into Jaggerrjack's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jaggerrjack's gas tank.
Ledesma is looking to break free of the clinch but Jaggerrjack has double underhooks.
Jaggerrjack managing to block the knees to the body from Ledesma.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ledesma takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ledesma lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ledesma lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ledesma tries to land knees in the clinch but Jaggerrjack avoids the damage to the body.
Ledesma missing with knees to the body.
Come on Ledesma - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ledesma.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ledesma.
Ledesma stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jaggerrjack avoids the elbow strike from Ledesma, against the cage.
Ledesma is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jaggerrjack is defending well for now.
Ledesma stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Estevan Ledesma.
Ledesma scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Estevan Ledesma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grimmjow Jaggerrjack's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ledesma scores with a sloppy right hand. Jaggerrjack should have avoided that one.
Ledesma scores with the left hand. Jaggerrjack knows he should have avoided that one.
Jaggerrjack tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ledesma swivels and escapes.
Jaggerrjack swats away the attempt to clinch by Ledesma.
Jab, jab by Ledesma - just one landing.

Ledesma shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ledesma frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ledesma controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jaggerrjack tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ledesma throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ledesma controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Estevan Ledesma just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jab by Ledesma.

Jaggerrjack gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ledesma to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Ledesma is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaggerrjack keeping full guard, as Ledesma tries to pass.
Ledesma's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ledesma tries to free his leg and advance position but Jaggerrjack is retaining full guard.
Ledesma forces his way into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ledesma in particular looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Estevan Ledesma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Grimmjow Jaggerrjack's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Ledesma tries to clinch up.

Ledesma closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ledesma controls the position from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaggerrjack can't do much from the bottom here.
Jaggerrjack trying to remain calm as Ledesma controls from the top position.

Despite being in the dominant position, Estevan Ledesma just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Ledesma scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ledesma controls the position.
Jaggerrjack isn't going anywhere.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Ledesma's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Estevan Ledesma just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ledesma throws a shot to the body.
Estevan Ledesma is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
Ledesma comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Good shot there by Ledesma.
Grimmjow Jaggerrjack is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good shot there by Ledesma.
Jaggerrjack takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ledesma connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ledesma connects with the punch.
Grimmjow Jaggerrjack has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ledesma has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ledesma tests Jaggerrjack's chin there with a solid looking shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Estevan Ledesma comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ledesma 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Estevan Ledesma!