PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Justin Jaeson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Jaeson
vs
Charles

182 cm
26
166 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

175 cm
23
167 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Knockout power

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Justin Jaeson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henry Charles!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles throws an overhand right that lands on Jaeson's shoulder, as Jaeson tries to avoid the shot.
Charles loads up on a big right hand but Jaeson slips the punch.
Charles connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Justin Jaeson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaeson misses with a straight left.
Charles just misses with a punch to the body.
Jaeson looks to score with a jab to the body but Charles is just out of range.
Charles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Charles throws a hook but Jaeson blocks it.
Charles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jaeson.
Jaeson throws a big shot that misses.
Jaeson lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles throws a sloppy body shot
and Jaeson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jaeson misses with a hook.
Charles tests Jaeson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jaeson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A slow jab from Charles misses its intended target.
Jaeson looks to throw the jab but Charles is out of range.
Charles misses with a straight right.
Jaeson throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaeson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Charles at a distance.
Henry Charles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jaeson throws out a loose jab but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Charles dips to his left and cracks Jaeson with an uppercut!
Charles throws a jab when Jaeson was well out of range.
Charles misses with a hook. Jaeson ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Charles misses.
Jaeson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Charles scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jaeson moves away from the strike by Charles.
Jaeson jabs Charles to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Charles 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.
A nice inside leg kick there by Charles. That's going to slow Jaeson down.
Charles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jaeson throws out the jab.
Jaeson sizes up Charles with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jaeson thuds his right hand into Charles's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jaeson swings for the body but Charles moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Charles.
Jaeson throws a looping overhand right but Charles ducks down to avoid it.
Charles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaeson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jaeson looks to score with a jab to the body but Charles is just out of range.
Jaeson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Charles takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The fighters circling - Charles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jaeson throws a hook but Charles blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaeson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Charles 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles throws a looping overhand right but Jaeson ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Henry Charles will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Jaeson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jaeson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jaeson scores with a nice strike.
Charles is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Jaeson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Charles's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Jaeson postures up in Charles's guard and throws a big left but Charles blocks it.
Jaeson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jaeson distracts Charles with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Charles utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jaeson trying to control but Charles is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Charles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jaeson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Charles working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jaeson.
Charles utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jaeson trying to move into half guard but instead Charles has managed to sweep!
Jaeson pulls Charles in close to prevent any damage.
Jaeson is trying to control the position but Charles postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles looking to pass the guard.
Jaeson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jaeson seems keen to control Charles's posture.

We're going to have a standup here because Justin Jaeson wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A big right from Charles misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles tests Jaeson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Charles.
Jaeson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jaeson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Charles in his tracks.
Charles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jaeson's corner calls for a 1-2. Jaeson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jaeson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Jaeson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Charles!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaeson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jaeson lands a heavy elbow.
Charles working to try and regain half guard.
Jaeson trying to control but Charles is having none of it.
Jaeson working Charles over with strikes here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
BOOM! Jaeson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jaeson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Charles can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Jaeson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jaeson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Jaeson misses.
Charles throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jaeson. Charles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charles has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jaeson finds it's way round the side to connect with Charles's head.
Jaeson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Charles sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Charles misses with a body shot.
Charles displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jaeson.
Charles throws a jab when Jaeson was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaeson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Charles.
Henry Charles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from Charles misses.
Jaeson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Charles was well out of range. Poor timing from Jaeson.
Charles looks to land a left hand but Jaeson moved out of range nicely.
Jaeson throws an overhand right that lands on Charles's shoulder, as Charles tries to avoid the shot.
Jaeson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jaeson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jaeson slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles moves out of range as Jaeson strikes.
Charles misses with a head kick.
Jaeson misses with a wild combination.
Charles lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jaeson.
Charles avoids the body shot from Jaeson.
Jaeson misses with a hook.
Jaeson slips a jab from Charles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaeson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice jab there from Jaeson.
Jaeson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Charles counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jaeson connects with a crisp jab.
Jaeson misses with a body shot
and Charles counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jaeson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jaeson ducks under a wild hook from Charles.
Charles loads up on a big right hand but Jaeson slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles slips under a jab from Jaeson.
Charles misses with a hook.
Jaeson throws a hook to the side of Charles's head but Charles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Charles misses with a lunging right hand
letting Jaeson counter with a right hand.
Charles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jaeson.
Charles misses with a looping left.
Charles misses with a wild body shot.
Charles misses with a lunging right hand
letting Jaeson counter with a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Henry Charles.
I think Charles 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Charles!
Henry Charles took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Malicious Intent Fight Gear for their support in the buildup to the fight.