PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bob Jam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winjkin William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jam's entrance music is Transylvania. A fine choice. Bob Jam has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jam
vs
William

170 cm
30
142 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

150 cm
22
130 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob Jam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Winjkin William!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Jam. William does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jam lands a nice looking body shot.

William closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jam missing with knees to the body.
William stalls.
William pushes off an throws an elbow but Jam leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jam using the Thai plumb to throw knees but William has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
William throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jam can't break the clinch.
Jam's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
William stalling in the clinch.
Jam looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Jam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jam does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jam throws the left hand but William avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William slips a straight right by Jam.
William moves away from the strike by Jam.
Jam scores with a jab to the head.
A thudding body kick lands there by William!

William has taken the fight to the clinch.
William tries a body shot but Jam blocks it.
William avoiding damage as Jam throws knees to the body.
Jam using the Thai plumb to throw knees but William has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jam is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
William throws an elbow but it misses.
Jam tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and William avoids it.
The referee is keeping an eye on William - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jam pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
William is stalling here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jam is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but William is keeping busy.
William scores with a shot to the side of Jam's head.
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!
William blocks the elbow strike.
William blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
William throws an elbow that misses.
Jam lands a knee to the body.
Jam tried to land a shot to the body but connects with William's elbow.
Jam gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Jam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bob Jam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jam throws an overhand right that lands on William's shoulder, as William tries to avoid the shot.
Jam misses with a hook.
A punch lands to the side of William 's head but he takes it in his stride.
William tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jam swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jam throws a predictable looking body shot

and William counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by William.
William leaning his opponent against the cage.
William is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jam is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jam avoids it.
Jam looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jam tries to circle away but William has him pinned against the cage.
William blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jam looking to stall.
William lands with a right to the head.
Jam stalling in the clinch but William improves position.
William missing with knees to the body.
Jam lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from William - that landed with a thud.
William managing to block the knees to the body from Jam.
Jam tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and William avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jam throws an elbow but misses.
William blocks the elbow strike.
William dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jam misses with a punch on the inside.
Jam on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jam misses with an elbow over the top.
Jam stalling in the clinch but William improves position.
Jam pushes off an throws an elbow but William leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Jam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jam throws a wild body kick that William sees coming a mile off.
Jam checks a leg kick nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

William moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jam.
William controlling the action here for a moment.
William misses with a punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
William keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jam's efforts to push away.
William misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

William is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jam swings away with a leg kick that misses.
William jabbing away but nothing is landing.
William takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jam scores with a punch to the head.
Jam misses with a body shot.
Jam lands a head shot.
Jam scores with a shot to the body.
William 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.
William slips a jab from Jam.
Jam stalks William and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into William's face. William staggers backwards, shaken.
William throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jam misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from William.
William slips a jab from Jam.
William steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jam.
William tries to score with a low kick but Jam moves his leg out of the way.
William uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jam.
William fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jam checks it well.
Jam fakes high and swings low for a body shot but William manages to avoid it.

William takes the fight into the clinch.
William doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jam avoiding damage as William throws knees to the body.
William displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jam up against the cage.
Jam blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William controlling the action here for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Jam's face as he tries to break the clinch.
William using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jam has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
William avoids a wild elbow strike from Jam.
Jam misses with an elbow strike.
Jam throws an elbow but it misses.
William will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jam up against the cage.
William tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jam's elbow.
Jam wants to break free but William has control.
William is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jam blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William tries a knee to the head but Jam blocks it.
William on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William leaning against his opponent.
William softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Winjkin William seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jam blocks an uppercut.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from William in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Jam stalling in the clinch.
William has a couple of punches blocked by Jam.
William has a couple of punches blocked by Jam.
William makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jam wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
William looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jam on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jam managing to block the knees to the body from William.
Jam missing with knees to the body.
Jam pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
William tries to land knees in the clinch but Jam avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jam lands an elbow inside.
William looking to slow down the pace here.
William missing with knees to the body.
William managing to block the knees to the body from Jam.
William keeps control of Jam as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stalling in the clinch from William.
Jam takes an elbow to the forehead.
William throws a punch but it's blocked by Jam.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jam takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
William misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jam.
Jam landing knees to the head.
Jam working aggressively here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
William struggles to land a body shot inside as Jam controls his hands.
Jam on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jam lands an elbow inside.
Jam creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through William's defenses.
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 Bob Jam will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

William avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
William shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
William tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jam swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jam will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jam throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
William tries to clinch up.
Jam fakes high and swings low for a body shot but William manages to avoid it.
William tries to clinch up.
William looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
William throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jam sees it coming and avoids it easily.
William throws a head kick but Jam moves out of range.
Bob Jam is winning the standup battle so far.
Jam checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
William throws a sloppy head kick
and Jam counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jam throws a sloppy body shot
and William counters with a head kick. That will keep Jam thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Jam connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jam looks to land a left hand but William moved out of range nicely.
William has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jam finds it's way round the side to connect with William's head.
Jam lands a nice shot that snaps William's head back.
Some wild striking there from Jam.
Jam stalks William and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into William's face. William staggers backwards, shaken.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jam checks a low kick from William.
Jam scores with a jab. William acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Winjkin William has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jam gets tackled into the cage by William. William maintains the clinch.
Jam throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jam tries to land knees in the clinch but William avoids the damage to the body.
Jam creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jam throws an elbow but it misses.
William misses with a knee strike.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
William prevents a body shot from Jam.
Jam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
William controlling the action here for a moment.
Jam is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for William.
Jam misses with an elbow strike.
A body shot lands from William.

Jam pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jam throws a body punch but William moves out of range.
William closes the distance but Jam moves to the side
and Jam counters with a nice uppercut.
Jam 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.
William waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jam.
William misses with a wild body shot.
Jam blocks the body kick.
A head kick misses from William.
Jam lands a jab.
William avoids the body shot from Jam.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jam scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

William is rocked!
Jam cracks William with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends William tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Jam pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! William is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Jam!