PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Jaeger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimbo Slice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Jaeger
vs
Slice

180 cm
24
195 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

187 cm
23
186 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Jaeger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimbo Slice!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jaeger moves into the clinch.
Slice taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jaeger tries to land a knee to the head but Slice blocks with his arms.

Jaeger pulls Slice into guard.
Jaeger is trying to control the position but Slice postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slice postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Slice postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jaeger utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Slice wants to control from the top but Jaeger keeps moving.
Jaeger has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Slice is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Jaeger is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Jaeger has escaped and now he's on top!
Slice 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slice trying to control the position.
Jaeger wants to control from the top but Slice keeps moving.
Jaeger thows a big elbow that misses.
Slice preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jaeger tries to free his leg and advance position but Slice is retaining full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Slice lands a body shot.
Slice connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Slice misses with a series of wild punches.

Jaeger drives through and clinches with Slice against the cage.
Jaeger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jaeger throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slice lands a shot to the body.
Jaeger tries a knee to the head but Slice blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Slice fails to land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jaeger.
Slice lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jaeger.
Slice misses with some punches.
Slice tries a body shot but Jaeger blocks it.
Jaeger pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Jaeger manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Slice throws a big right hand that misses.
Slice sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Slice in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jaeger is trying to keep Slice in close.
Jaeger keeping moving, preventing Slice from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jimbo Slice hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Jaeger lands a nice hook to Slice's body. Slice takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Slice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Slice on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice defenses there by Jaeger.
Slice swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Jaeger blocks the leg kick.

Jaeger scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Slice keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Slice is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Slice is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Jaeger is going to stand back up.

Jaeger seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Jaeger is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Slice is just riding it out for now. Jaeger eventually gives up the hold.
Jaeger thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jaeger is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jaeger wants to control but Slice is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Jaeger dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Slice misses with a left hand

and Jaeger counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jaeger accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jaeger is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Slice had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jaeger defends it easily.
Jaeger showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jaeger forces his way into half guard.
Slice is looking to control Jaeger's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Slice avoid being mounted?
Slice is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slice avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jaeger.
Slice wants to control but Jaeger is keeping busy.
It looks like Jaeger is going to stand back up.
Slice avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jaeger.
Slice wants to control but Jaeger is keeping busy.
Slice tries to get to full guard but Jaeger has control of the leg.
Jaeger thows a huge punch but Slice dodges it nicely.
Slice blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jaeger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Slice is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jaeger pulls his head out easily.
Jaeger throwing shots but Slice is blocking nicely.
Jaeger throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Slice is pressing down on Jaeger's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Slice wants to stand but Jaeger is controlling the position.
Slice is breathing heavily.
Jaeger missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jaeger postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jaeger accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Slice utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jaeger looking to sit in guard and control but Slice gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Slice loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Slice!
Jaeger lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jaeger unloading with bombs!
Jaeger looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jaeger raining down shots from the mount!
Slice working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jaeger landing punches.
Slice is trying desperately to improve position.
Jaeger putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jaeger raining down shots from the mount!
Jaeger trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jaeger breaks from Slice's wrist control and lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Slice is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jaeger dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Jaeger dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jaeger fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Slice.
Travis Jaeger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jaeger misses with a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Jaeger.
Jaeger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Jaeger has closed the distance and engaged Slice in a clinch.
Jaeger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jaeger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good body shot from Slice.
Jaeger stalling against the cage.
Jaeger tries for a takedown but Slice manages to get underhooks.
Come on Slice - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jaeger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slice just leaning against Jaeger, taking a breather.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jaeger.

Slice has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Jaeger regains guard immediately.
Slice postures up in Jaeger's guard and throws a big left but Jaeger blocks it.
Slice stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jaeger swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Slice takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Slice decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jaeger slips a straight right by Slice.
Jimbo Slice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jaeger takes the fight into the clinch.
Jaeger misses with an elbow strike.
Jaeger tries to land a knee to the head but Slice blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Slice fails to land.
Jaeger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Slice has him pressed against the cage.
Slice stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jaeger can't get the takedown.

Slice pulls guard.
Slice wants to sweep but no luck.
Slice looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slice 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.
Jaeger stays in close to Slice's body and controls the position.

Slice is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jaeger trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Travis Jaeger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Slice wants to sweep here but Jaeger controlling him for the moment.
Jaeger stands up over Slice, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Slice is trying to keep Jaeger in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger lands a couple of digs.
Jimbo Slice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jaeger wants to control from the top but Slice keeps moving.
Jaeger cracks Slice with a solid left hand.
Slice not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Slice had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jaeger defends it easily.
Slice keeping moving, preventing Jaeger from controlling successfully.
Jaeger passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger with the ground and pound but Slice uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Slice working a defensive guard here.

Jaeger avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jaeger works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jaeger is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Slice on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Travis Jaeger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jaeger is trying to control the action in half guard but Slice is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Travis Jaeger.
Well Jaeger has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:26
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Jaeger!