PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Inclan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chester Jelencik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafael Inclan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Inclan
vs
Jelencik

225 cm
20
165 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

183 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rafael Inclan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chester Jelencik!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jelencik clinches up against the cage.
Inclan tries to break the clinch but Jelencik is controlling the position.

Jelencik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Inclan with a lazy takedown attempt

and Jelencik counters by clinching up.

Jelencik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Inclan misses with a takedown
and Jelencik counters with a series of strikes. Inclan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jelencik fails in his attempt to clinch.

Jelencik has taken the fight to the clinch.

Jelencik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Inclan shoots and misses

and Jelencik decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Inclan's guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Inclan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Inclan is breathing heavily.
Inclan keeping full guard, as Jelencik tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inclan trying to control the position from guard on top but Jelencik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jelencik is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Inclan is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Inclan tries to free his leg and advance position but Jelencik is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Inclan throws a big right hand that misses.

Jelencik pushes Inclan off and gets back to his feet.
Jelencik tries to clinch up
and Inclan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jelencik shoots in looking for a takedown. Inclan tries to sprawl out of it but Jelencik keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Inclan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inclan doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Jelencik counters by clinching up.
Jelencik tries to land a knee to the head but Inclan blocks with his arms.
Inclan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jelencik is keeping busy.
Jelencik wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jelencik managing to block the knees to the body from Inclan.
Jelencik prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jelencik fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jelencik misses with a knee strike.
Inclan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jelencik wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jelencik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Jelencik breaks from the clinch.
Inclan misses with a takedown attempt

and Jelencik holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jelencik tries to pull guard but Inclan won't allow it.
Jelencik tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Inclan smiles and moves away.
Jelencik blocks a head kick by Inclan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jelencik fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jelencik tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Inclan tries to clinch but Jelencik moves away

and Jelencik decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Inclan's guard.

Jelencik is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Inclan is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Inclan has escaped and now he's on top!
Jelencik keeping moving, preventing Inclan from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chester Jelencik 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.

Inclan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Inclan doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Jelencik counters by moving into the clinch.
Inclan tries to pull guard but Jelencik holds him up against the cage and eventually Inclan drops back down to his feet.
Jelencik is looking to break free of the clinch but Inclan has double underhooks.
Jelencik working hard to break the clinch.

Jelencik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jelencik fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jelencik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Inclan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Inclan misses with a takedown attempt

and Jelencik counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Inclan!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Inclan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jelencik is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Inclan is surviving well by controlling Jelencik's body position as best he can.

Jelencik looking for a guillotine from mount but Inclan is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jelencik goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Inclan turns into him and now he's in Jelencik's guard.
Inclan looking to sit in guard and control but Jelencik gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

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.

Jelencik has gone for a leg lock! Inclan slips out almost immediately though and dives into Jelencik's guard.
Jelencik is looking to stand up but Inclan isn't so interested in that idea.
Inclan tries to stand but Jelencik is controlling from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inclan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jelencik keeping moving, preventing Inclan from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Inclan stops Jelencik from standing up.
Inclan throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jelencik tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Inclan counters with a single leg into guard. Jelencik didn't expect that.
Jelencik is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jelencik keeping moving, preventing Inclan from controlling successfully.
Inclan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Inclan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jelencik, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rafael Inclan will probably get the nod.
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!

Inclan with a poor takedown

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

Jelencik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Inclan with a lazy takedown attempt

and Jelencik counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Jelencik manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Jelencik breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jelencik wants to clinch.
Inclan fails with the takedown
and Jelencik counters with a left and a right that stings Inclan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Inclan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Inclan looks to clinch

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

Jelencik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Jelencik rushes Inclan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jelencik fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jelencik throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Inclan blocks it with crossed arms.

Jelencik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jelencik doesn't manage to clinch there - Inclan circles away.
Inclan with a poor takedown

and Jelencik counters with a takedown into side control.

Jelencik is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Inclan has escaped the position, nice work there.

Jelencik thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jelencik really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Inclan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Jelencik working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Inclan misses with an elbow from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jelencik thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Inclan sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Inclan makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Inclan.
Chester Jelencik has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Inclan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Inclan tries to clinch up

and Jelencik counters by moving into the clinch.

Jelencik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jelencik tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Inclan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chester Jelencik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jelencik 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chester Jelencik!