PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keith Jardine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francis Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Jardine
vs
Fernandez

194 cm
23
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keith Jardine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Francis Fernandez!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernandez has a takedown stuffed.

Jardine shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jardine was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jardine looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jardine dominating with strikes here.
Jardine avoids the attempt from Fernandez to control.
Jardine tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jardine cracks Fernandez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fernandez tries to hold on but Jardine pushes him away.
Jardine controlling his opponent.
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.
Jardine lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Fernandez hang on?
Fernandez is desperately trying to improve his position but Jardine has a good base and remains in mount.
Jardine looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fernandez wants to control but Jardine is having none of it.
Jardine controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jardine sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fernandez wants to hold on but Jardine pushes him away.
Fernandez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jardine scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fernandez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jardine controlling from mount.
Jardine avoids the attempt from Fernandez to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jardine tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jardine can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fernandez is looking to escape.
Jardine tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Keith Jardine.
Jardine fails to land with a series of punches.
Jardine doesn't manage to clinch there - Fernandez circles away.

Fernandez rushes Jardine and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Fernandez jumps into guard, dragging Jardine to the mat.
Jardine controlling from the top position.
Jardine seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Fernandez for as long as he can get away with.
Fernandez looking for a sweep. Not yet Fernandez, not yet.
Fernandez keeping moving, preventing Jardine from controlling successfully.
Jardine sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Fernandez's guard.
Jardine is pressing down on Fernandez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fernandez is holding on for now.
Well, if Jardine is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Jardine 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.

Fernandez shoots for a takedown but Jardine saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jardine misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jardine swats away the attempt to clinch by Fernandez.

Jardine bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Fernandez is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Jardine asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Jardine postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jardine advances to full mount.
Jardine working the ground and pound effectively.
Jardine controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jardine lands a big elbow.
Jardine unloading with bombs!
Jardine controlling the position easily from mount.
Fernandez tries to reverse the position but Jardine maintains control.
Fernandez is breathing heavily.
Jardine tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jardine has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Keith Jardine has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Jardine shoots for a double leg takedown but Fernandez sprawls well. He's pushed Jardine's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Jardine closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Fernandez did well to prevent Jardine getting side control.
Fernandez controlling the position well.
Fernandez is staying active underneath Jardine, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Fernandez is trying to get back to full guard.
Jardine seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keith Jardine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Keith Jardine.
Fernandez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jardine sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Fernandez somewhat.
Jardine tries to clinch up.

Jardine fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fernandez, pushing him back against the cage.
Jardine goes for a takedown attempt but Fernandez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fernandez is looking to clinch but Jardine is avoiding it.

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.
Fernandez throws a head kick but Jardine moves out of range.
Jardine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fernandez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Jardine shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Fernandez napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Jardine controlling the position.
Jardine is looking to take a break and control but Fernandez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jardine tries to advance to mount but can't.
Jardine trying to control the position but Fernandez is working away.
Jardine is working Fernandez over with some ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Jardine dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jardine gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fernandez gets underhooks to prevent Jardine's takedown attempt.
Jardine drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Fernandez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jardine drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Fernandez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keith Jardine. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Fernandez pulls guard effortlessly.
Jardine trying to control the position from guard on top but Fernandez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jardine pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fernandez is keeping the position for now.
Jardine showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez controls Jardine momentarily but Jardine frees himself.
Fernandez will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Jardine looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Jardine drops back looking for a leg! Fernandez is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Fernandez manages to kick Jardine off! Jardine jumps back into Fernandez's guard.
Jardine seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Keith Jardine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fernandez wants to get back to his feet but Jardine is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Fernandez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jardine not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Fernandez throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jardine showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Keith Jardine just wasn't active enough.
Jardine blocks a head kick by Fernandez.
Fernandez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jardine tries to clinch but Fernandez moves out of range.
Jardine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fernandez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fernandez is defended easily by Jardine.
Fernandez throws a head kick but Jardine moves out of range.
Fernandez doesn't manage to clinch there - Jardine circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fernandez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jardine fails with a takedown attempt.
Fernandez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Jardine fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Fernandez sprawls well initially but Jardine persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jardine wants to pass to mount but Fernandez is defending the position.
Still in half guard, Jardine seems content to control.
Jardine is looking to advance position but Fernandez won't allow it.
Still in half guard, Jardine seems content to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Keith Jardine wasn't doing enough on the ground.
No joy there for Jardine, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jardine shoots for a takedown but Fernandez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jardine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Francis Fernandez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fernandez stuffs the takedown attempt from Jardine. Jardine gets slowly back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keith Jardine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jardine, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keith Jardine!