PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Jakort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Arona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ralph Jakort had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Jakort
vs
Arona

185 cm
27
220 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
200 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ralph Jakort!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Arona!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jakort shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Arona's guard.
Jakort scoring with some ground and pound.

Arona working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jakort doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jakort manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Jakort stands up from Arona's guard - Jakort perhaps looking for a knockout.

Arona gets caught flat footed, as Jakort shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jakort with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jakort postures up in Arona's guard and throws a big left but Arona blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jakort postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Arona is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jakort keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Arona's head.
Arona is trying to control the position but Jakort postures up.

Arona is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jakort is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jakort has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jakort stands up over Arona, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jakort looking to pass the guard.
Jakort lands a couple of elbows.

Jakort stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Jakort stuffs the takedown attempt from Arona. Arona gets slowly back to his feet.
Arona looks gassed!

Jakort gets a takedown into half guard.
Jakort looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Arona with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jakort scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jakort working Arona over with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jakort is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Arona defends it well.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Arona looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Arona is defending against the submission attempts here by Jakort.

Jakort gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arona circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jakort scores a takedown into full mount!
Arona tries to lock up and control but Jakort gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Arona takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Jakort wants to finish this one by submission but Arona is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Jakort.
Jakort is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Arona can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jakort working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Arona taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jakort avoids the attempt from Arona to control.

Jakort with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Jakort putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Jakort has isolated one of Arona's arms. Arona looking to fight him off but Jakort twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ralph Jakort!
Ralph Jakort retains his light heavyweight title!