PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bandugan Savelij (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mat Jimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mat Jimenez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Savelij
vs
Jimenez

180 cm
24
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bandugan Savelij!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mat Jimenez!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savelij gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Jimenez counters by clinching up.
Savelij dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Savelij tries to pull guard but Jimenez won't allow it.

Jimenez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Savelij throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Savelij tries to keep at a distance but Jimenez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jimenez stalling against the cage.
Savelij is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jimenez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bandugan Savelij. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Savelij pulls guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Jimenez chips away with some ground and pound.
Jimenez is looking to work some ground and pound but Savelij has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Savelij works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jimenez throwing strikes from guard but Savelij blocks nicely.
Jimenez throwing strikes from guard but Savelij blocks nicely.
Jimenez lands a couple of digs.
Jimenez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Savelij works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jimenez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Savelij trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Jimenez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jimenez postures up and lands a big shot to Savelij's brow.
Savelij looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jimenez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jimenez distracts Savelij with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jimenez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Savelij works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez with a nice head shot there.
Jimenez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jimenez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Savelij is breathing heavily.
Jimenez throwing strikes from guard but Savelij blocks nicely.
Jimenez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Savelij's head.

Jimenez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jimenez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jimenez landing some decent shots from guard.
Jimenez works over Savelij with some ground and pound from guard.
Jimenez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jimenez cracks Savelij with a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jimenez cracks Savelij with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Savelij is rocked!
Jimenez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Oh Savelij is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jimenez landing strikes.
Savelij tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Jimenez presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Jimenez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Savelij can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Jimenez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jimenez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Savelij's face.
Jimenez drops a big elbow. That's hurt Savelij! More shots from Jimenez and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mat Jimenez!