PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michal Jaronek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zander Holyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaronek's entrance music is Sobota- Sabotaz. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jaronek
vs
Holyfield

183 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 London, Michal Jaronek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Zander Holyfield!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holyfield fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jaronek on the side of the head.
Holyfield scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jaronek shoots in for a takedown but Holyfield shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jaronek shoots in for a takedown but Holyfield shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Holyfield moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jaronek could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Holyfield stuffs the takedown attempt from Jaronek. Jaronek gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michal Jaronek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holyfield catches Jaronek with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jaronek has a takedown stuffed.
Jaronek fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Holyfield avoids it really well and circles away.
Jaronek fails with a takedown attempt.
Jaronek needs to keep his hands up - Holyfield had a free shot at his head there.
Holyfield scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Zander Holyfield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holyfield closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Holyfield bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jaronek's head backwards.
Holyfield cracks Jaronek with an open hand slap.
Holyfield works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Holyfield stalks Jaronek and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jaronek's face. Jaronek staggers backwards, shaken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaronek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holyfield manages to avoid it.
Holyfield jabs Jaronek to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jaronek is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Holyfield.
Holyfield scores with a nice head shot.
Holyfield scores with a nice right hand.
Holyfield scores with a jab. Jaronek acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jaronek takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Holyfield lands with a hook. Jaronek tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Holyfield lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A jab from Holyfield does it's job there.
Jaronek takes one on the button.
Jaronek fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Holyfield avoids it really well and circles away.
Jaronek takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jaronek fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Holyfield defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jaronek.
Holyfield bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jaronek's head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Holyfield darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Zander Holyfield is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Holyfield works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Holyfield does it's job there.
Holyfield connects with the punch.
Jaronek shoots in looking for a takedown. Holyfield tries to sprawl out of it but Jaronek keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Holyfield manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Holyfield lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Holyfield is working the combinations to good effect here.
Jaronek is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Holyfield.
Holyfield lands a nice shot to the body.
Holyfield lands with a good body shot.
Holyfield stalks Jaronek and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jaronek's face. Jaronek staggers backwards, shaken.
Holyfield lands a jab to the nose.
Holyfield lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Holyfield connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jaronek's hands.
Jaronek gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jaronek throws a left and a right that both miss
and Holyfield counters with a nice body shot.
Jaronek takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaronek shoots in but no luck this time.
Holyfield connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Holyfield getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Holyfield dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Holyfield is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jaronek had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jaronek shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Holyfield defends it nicely.
Jaronek closes this distance looking for a takedown but Holyfield circles away.
Jaronek is breathing heavily.
Jaronek closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Holyfield thuds a left hand into Jaronek's body.
Jaronek takes one on the button.
Holyfield throws a shot to the body.
Holyfield with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jaronek shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Holyfield as he jumps to the side.
Left hook, right uppercut from Holyfield.
Jaronek drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jaronek ducks right into an uppercut from Holyfield.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield lands with a nice body punch.
Horrible takedown by Jaronek or perhaps it was just good defense by Holyfield which made him look bad.
Holyfield dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Holyfield lands a glancing blow to the side of Jaronek's head.
Holyfield stuns Jaronek with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Holyfield scores with a jab to the head.
Horrible takedown by Jaronek or perhaps it was just good defense by Holyfield which made him look bad.
Holyfield connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jaronek looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Holyfield tests Jaronek's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jaronek fails with a takedown attempt.
Holyfield throws a leg kick but Jaronek sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zander Holyfield dominated that round.
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.

Holyfield bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jaronek's head backwards.
Jaronek looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Holyfield connects with a right hand. Jaronek shakes it off.
Jaronek shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Holyfield sprawls well. Holyfield wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jaronek gets slowly back to his feet.
Jaronek closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jaronek shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Holyfield but Holyfield pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Holyfield dips to his left and cracks Jaronek with an uppercut!
Holyfield jabs Jaronek right on the nose. Jaronek blinks but takes it well.
Jaronek walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Holyfield lands with a straight right. Jaronek didn't see that one coming.
Holyfield shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jaronek eats them both and turns towards Holyfield to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Holyfield finds it's target.
Jaronek shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Holyfield pinned against the cage. Holyfield gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michal Jaronek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice shot lands for Holyfield.
Holyfield lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jaronek backs up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Holyfield.
Jaronek walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Holyfield scores with a jab to the head.
Jaronek shoots and misses
and Holyfield counters with a stiff right hand.
Michal Jaronek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jaronek on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Holyfield lands a slapping body shot.
Holyfield comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Holyfield as Jaronek shoots in.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jaronek fails with a takedown attempt.
Holyfield uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jaronek has time to react.
Holyfield lunges at Jaronek with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jaronek's hand.
Jaronek has a takedown stuffed.
Holyfield scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Holyfield thuds his right hand into Jaronek's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Holyfield scores with a one two! Jaronek had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jaronek fails with a takedown attempt.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Jaronek. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaronek gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Holyfield connects with the punch.
Holyfield lands with a nice combination. Jaronek backs away looking to recover.
Jaronek looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Holyfield is fending him off so far but Jaronek persists. Nope, Holyfield circles away and we're back to standing.
Jaronek gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Holyfield.
Holyfield defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jaronek.
Donk. Holyfield catches Jaronek right on the button with a cross.
Holyfield lands a jab-cross combination.
Holyfield connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jaronek. Jaronek circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jaronek has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jaronek throws the left hand but Holyfield avoids the punch easily.
Nice cross by Holyfield.
Holyfield lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Holyfield.
Jaronek's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Holyfield connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jaronek scrambles back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A jab from Holyfield does it's job there.
Holyfield cracks Jaronek with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A left and a right from Holyfield both land. Nice combination.
Jaronek on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Holyfield throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Holyfield clobbers Jaronek with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Holyfield punishes Jaronek's body with a nice straight punch.
Jaronek fails to land the takedown.
Holyfield connects with a jab.
Jaronek closes this distance looking for a takedown but Holyfield circles away.
Jaronek closes the distance and clinches up with Holyfield, looking for a takedown. Jaronek pushes Holyfield against the cage but Holyfield circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jaronek takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A jab from Holyfield finds it's way through Jaronek's defenses.
Holyfield lands a two punch combo.
Jaronek gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Holyfield lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jaronek backs up against the cage.
Holyfield digs a good body shot into Jaronek's ribs.
Holyfield ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Holyfield works over Jaronek's head and body with a nice combination.
Jaronek tries to score a power double leg takedown but Holyfield sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jaronek somewhat.
Zander Holyfield seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Holyfield lands a two punch combo.
Holyfield connects with the punch.
Holyfield lands with a straight right. Jaronek didn't see that one coming.
Holyfield stalks Jaronek and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jaronek's face. Jaronek staggers backwards, shaken.
A left and a right from Holyfield both land. Nice combination.
Jaronek misses with a takedown attempt
and Holyfield counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice takedown defense from Holyfield. No joy for Jaronek on that attempt.
Nice uppercut there from Holyfield.
Holyfield lunges at Jaronek with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jaronek's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zander Holyfield showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Holyfield lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice sprawl there from Holyfield as Jaronek shoots in.
Holyfield throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jaronek takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Holyfield stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Good standup being displayed there by Holyfield as he connects with a hook.
No luck for Jaronek with that takedown attempt.
Jaronek shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michal Jaronek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holyfield punishes Jaronek's body with a nice straight punch.
Jaronek takes one to the side of the head.
Holyfield lands a jab-cross combination.
Holyfield scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Holyfield throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jaronek stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Holyfield lands a two punch combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jaronek tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Holyfield paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Jaronek or perhaps it was just good defense by Holyfield which made him look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holyfield swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Holyfield scores with a nice strike.
Holyfield lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Holyfield looks to land a combination. Jaronek sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Holyfield moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jaronek is trying hard to land a takedown here. Holyfield sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Holyfield displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jaronek walks into a straight right hand from Holyfield.
Holyfield scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jaronek misses with a takedown attempt - Holyfield sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jaronek ducks right into an uppercut from Holyfield.
Jaronek tries to clinch but Holyfield moves away
and Holyfield counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Holyfield dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Holyfield lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaronek has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Holyfield finds it's way round the side to connect with Jaronek's head.
A lazy left from Holyfield finds it's target.
Holyfield cracks Jaronek with a good jab.
Jaronek looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Jaronek closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Holyfield quickly recovers to half guard.

Jaronek is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holyfield wants to get back to full guard.

Jaronek wants to work for an arm triangle but Holyfield is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Holyfield wants to get back to full guard.

Jaronek is looking for a kimura but Holyfield is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jaronek to get the leverage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield trying to control but Jaronek postures up.

Jaronek is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Jaronek is trying to work for a kimura but Holyfield is defending well.
Holyfield wants to improve his position but Jaronek is controlling well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Holyfield can do anything to dispel that myth.

Holyfield is defending against the submission attempts here by Jaronek.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jaronek is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Holyfield is just riding it out for now. Jaronek eventually gives up the hold.

Jaronek seems to be looking for submissions.

Jaronek is looking for a kimura but Holyfield is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jaronek to get the leverage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michal Jaronek showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Holyfield has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zander Holyfield!