PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Jah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hester's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Prayer - KiD CuDi. King Jah will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hester
vs
Jah

185 cm
26
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

225 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Hester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, King Jah!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hester looks to land a combination. Jah sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jah rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hester moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Hester shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jah is trying to defend but Hester finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hester with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Hester passes to full mount!
Hester controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester looking to control but Jah is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hester looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hester can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jah is looking to escape.

Hester working for a guillotine from mount but Jah is in no mood to give up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester trying to control but Jah is having none of it.
Hester controlling his opponent.
BOOM! Hester connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hester has hold of Jah's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Jah manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hester looking to ground and pound but Jah is blocking nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Hester there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jah takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hester working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Hester wants to finish this one by submission but Jah is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Hester.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hester takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hester throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Hester dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jah misses with a two punch combination.
Hester changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jah tries to avoid it but Hester manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jah to the ground. Jah escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hester ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jah slaps away a takedown attempt from Hester, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hester fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hester. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hester shoots in for a double leg but Jah sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hester takes a swing at Jah's ribcage but misses.

Hester gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hester keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jah's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hester pulls guard.
Hester pulls Jah in to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Mike Hester has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Jah gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hester trying to control the position from guard on top but Jah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester passes Jah's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Jah really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hester. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hester not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Hester is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jah doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hester.

Hester is looking for a kimura here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hester is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Jah!
Hester throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jah because Hester loaded up on that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hester connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hester throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hester controlling from the full mount.

Hester has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Jah is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mike Hester!
An intense looking Mike Hester took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I just want to fight, nothing fancy. If you take it to the ground ill submit you, if you wanna stand up I'm game. In the end a fight is a fight and I wanna make it a good one.'.