PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rebaldo Louza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grimjaw Jaegerjack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaegerjack is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by -. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Louza
vs
Jaegerjack

183 cm
23
190 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

183 cm
25
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rebaldo Louza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Grimjaw Jaegerjack!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louza tries a head kick but it misses.
Louza shoots and misses
and Jaegerjack counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Jaegerjack darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jaegerjack performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Let's hope that Jaegerjack has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Grimjaw Jaegerjack was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Louza looks to land a combination. Jaegerjack sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louza doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Jaegerjack to counter with a crisp jab.
Louza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Louza tries to clinch up.
Jaegerjack throws an off balance right hand
and Louza counters with a straight right hand.

Louza gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Louza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jaegerjack keeps working.
Louza wants to pass to mount but Jaegerjack is defending the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaegerjack is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Louza's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Louza's back!
Jaegerjack keeps control of the position easily here as Louza tries to buck him off.
You can see the frustration on Louza's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Jaegerjack is not going to allow Louza to sit and survive in this position.
Jaegerjack biding his time, controlling Louza.
Jaegerjack is hanging on to Louza's back as he tries to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louza is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Louza tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Louza tries to hold on but Jaegerjack postures up.
Louza is desperately trying to improve his position but Jaegerjack has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jaegerjack avoids the attempt from Louza to control.
Jaegerjack content just to control the position here.

That's four 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.
Louza manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Grimjaw Jaegerjack has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jaegerjack moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Louza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rebaldo Louza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jaegerjack looks to land a left hand but Louza moved out of range nicely.
Louza tries for a takedown but Jaegerjack circles away easily
and Jaegerjack counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grimjaw Jaegerjack dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Louza misses with a takedown
and Jaegerjack connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Louza shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jaegerjack has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Louza is working away from the top position though.
Jaegerjack taking some punishment here, with Louza in his half guard.
Jaegerjack wants to get back to full guard.
Jaegerjack is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jaegerjack is trying to control but can't.
Jaegerjack is breathing heavily.

Louza is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Jaegerjack is not content to let Louza control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louza looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Louza trying to control from half guard but Jaegerjack is working away.
Jaegerjack makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jaegerjack.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Louza stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jaegerjack swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Louza is looking to work some ground and pound but Jaegerjack has wrist control.
Jaegerjack throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Louza landing some decent shots from guard.
Louza looking to sit in guard and control but Jaegerjack gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louza looking for a sweep. Not yet Louza, not yet.
Jaegerjack trying to control the position from guard on top but Louza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Louza thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Jaegerjack trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Louza escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jaegerjack gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Louza keeping moving, preventing Jaegerjack from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louza controls Jaegerjack momentarily but Jaegerjack frees himself.

Louza is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jaegerjack is aware though and is defending well.
Jaegerjack preventing the sweep.
Jaegerjack trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Louza manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Jaegerjack lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Louza!
Louza is trying desperately to improve position.
Louza tries to hold on but Jaegerjack postures up.

That's four 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.
Jaegerjack tries to control but Louza wriggling away.
Louza tries to lock up and control but Jaegerjack gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jaegerjack trying to control but Louza is having none of it.
Louza throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Grimjaw Jaegerjack has got the better of the ground game so far.
Louza is desperately trying to improve his position but Jaegerjack has a good base and remains in mount.
Jaegerjack tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Louza really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
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 Rebaldo Louza will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Louza shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jaegerjack sprawls well. Jaegerjack wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Louza gets slowly back to his feet.

Louza closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jaegerjack moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Louza looking to pass the guard.
Jaegerjack trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Jaegerjack lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Louza!
Jaegerjack tries to control but Louza wriggling away.
Louza tries to lock up and control but Jaegerjack gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaegerjack controlling from mount.
Louza is desperately trying to improve his position but Jaegerjack has a good base and remains in mount.
Jaegerjack sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jaegerjack looking to control but Louza is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Louza is wriggling around trying to escape.

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.
Jaegerjack content just to control the position here.
Jaegerjack trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Grimjaw Jaegerjack has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Louza shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Louza seems to be working for a kimura but Jaegerjack defends the submission attempt.
Louza working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Louza missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaegerjack is refusing to be controlled, as Louza sits in half guard.
Jaegerjack wants to get back to his feet.
Jaegerjack takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Louza frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Louza lands a big shot there that rocks Jaegerjack but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Louza jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Jaegerjack manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Louza has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Jaegerjack keeps the fight on the outside.
Jaegerjack's corner calls for a 1-2. Jaegerjack obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Louza with a poor takedown
and Jaegerjack counters with a three punch combo that has Louza backing up. Louza nods at Jaegerjack to acknowledge the strikes.
Louza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jaegerjack.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louza dives in and grabs Jaegerjack's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jaegerjack pushes down on Louza's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rebaldo Louza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Louza misses with a takedown
and Jaegerjack counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Louza moves out of range as Jaegerjack strikes.
Rebaldo Louza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaegerjack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jaegerjack throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Louza misses with a takedown attempt - Jaegerjack sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jaegerjack might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Louza moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jaegerjack misses with a hook. Louza ducked under it nicely.
Rebaldo Louza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jaegerjack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Louza has his takedown stuffed

and Jaegerjack counters with a nice double leg into side control. Louza won't be happy with that.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaegerjack just content to control the position.
Louza tries to bench press Jaegerjack off him but Jaegerjack keeps the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grimjaw Jaegerjack comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jaegerjack 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grimjaw Jaegerjack!