PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mat Jimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ali Cali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Jimenez
vs
Cali

180 cm
26
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

195 cm
21
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mat Jimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ali Cali!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cali looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jimenez!
Jimenez squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Poor strikes thrown by Cali there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Cali trying to control but Jimenez is having none of it.
Jimenez is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cali looking to finish with strikes here!
Cali wants to control but instead Jimenez manages to regain half guard.

Jimenez manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Mat Jimenez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cali shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Jimenez moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jimenez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cali's efforts to push away.

Jimenez pulls guard successfully.
Jimenez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jimenez tries to get out of the position.
Jimenez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cali trying to control the position from guard on top but Jimenez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cali looking to sit in guard and control but Jimenez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez passes Cali's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Cali is trying to control but Jimenez manages to pass to mount!
Jimenez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jimenez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cali can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jimenez raining down hammerfists from mount.

Cali is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cali tries to reverse the position but Jimenez maintains control.
Cali is still in real trouble! Can Jimenez finish him?
Jimenez loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Cali scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Jimenez land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Jimenez stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mat Jimenez!