PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mac Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jober Jobson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Waters
vs
Jobson

188 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
246 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Intelligent

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mac Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jober Jobson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jobson looks for a takedown but Waters sprawls well.

Waters clinches up against the cage.

Waters drags the fight down to the ground.
Waters looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jobson is one step ahead there.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Waters is on top in guard.
Waters engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Waters advances to half guard.
Jobson is in trouble now - Waters has advanced to mount!
Jobson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jobson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Waters looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Waters scoring with strikes but Jobson is staying in there.
Waters cracks Jobson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Waters controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Waters.
BOOM! Waters connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jobson tries to improve his position but instead Waters has taken his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Waters looking to break Jobson's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Jobson remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Waters will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!

Waters looking for the choke from the back.
Waters could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Waters has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Jobson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Waters. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jobson trying to control but not successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Waters controlling from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jobson wants to control his opponent's hands but Waters gets his hands free.
Waters controlling the position well here. Jobson rolled but Waters kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Waters 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.
Jobson trying to control the hands but Waters breaks the grip.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Waters controlling the positon.
The referee is taking a good look at Jobson as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Waters!
Waters is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.

Waters is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Jobson defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jobson tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mac Waters dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Some wild striking there from Waters.
Waters takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jobson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jobson looks to land a right hand but Waters moved out of range.
Waters moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Jobson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jobson missing with a left hand there. Waters was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jobson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Waters as he jumps to the side.
Waters uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jobson.
Jobson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Waters.

Waters has managed to clinch.
Waters has Jobson pushed against the cage.

Waters escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jobson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jobson misses with a straight right.

Waters shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jobson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Jobson being controlled for a moment.

Waters working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Waters moves into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters controlling the position easily from mount.
Jobson can't escape the position.
Waters dominating with strikes here.
Waters in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Waters avoids the attempt from Jobson to control.
Jobson wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Waters controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters is not going to allow Jobson to sit and survive in this position.
Waters biding his time, controlling Jobson.
Waters scores with punches to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Waters is looking for the choke from the back position but Jobson is controlling his hands well.

Waters is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Jobson has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Jobson trying to control the hands but Waters won't let him.
Waters really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Jobson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jobson defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Waters's arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mac Waters dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jobson fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice shot by Jobson.
Jobson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jobson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Waters.
Jobson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Waters closes the distance and clinches.

Waters has picked Jobson up - he's going for a ride! Waters dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Waters content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Waters seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Waters not doing much here.

Waters looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Waters seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Waters is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Waters lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Mac Waters overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Waters looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Well, if Waters 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.
Waters is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Waters controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Waters looking to control and managing it successfully.
Waters breaks from Jobson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Waters is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Jobson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Jobson shrugs it off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mac Waters showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Waters, 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mac Waters!