PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Di Punker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lauritz Jensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Punker's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Miss May I - Relentless Chaos. Jensen has chosen Limp Bizkit - My Way as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Punker
vs
Jensen

190 cm
27
221 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

178 cm
25
210 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Di Punker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lauritz Jensen!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jensen misses with a hook. Punker ducked under it nicely.
Jensen misses with a body shot.
Punker lands with a cross.
Punker scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Punker throws a nice looking combination but Jensen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Punker slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Punker misses with a series of wild punches.
Jensen dodges the punch combination from Punker.
Punker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jensen throws out the jab.
No joy there for Punker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Punker misses with a wild combination.
Jensen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Punker manages to avoid it.
Punker stalks Jensen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jensen's face. Jensen staggers backwards, shaken.
Punker fails to land with a series of punches.
Jensen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Di Punker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jensen throws a body punch but Punker moves out of range.
Punker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jensen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Punker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jensen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Punker.

Punker tries to sprawl but Jensen drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Jensen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jensen is looking to take a break and control but Punker is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jensen trying to mount his opponent but Punker defends it.
Punker is staying active underneath Jensen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jensen stops Punker from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen tries to pass to full mount but Punker defends it.
Jensen passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jensen controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Punker is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Jensen looking to secure an arm triangle but Punker defends it well.
Jensen forces the positional change into back control.

Jensen has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Punker has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Punker wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Punker fending off the submission attempt from Jensen.
Punker controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jensen trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Punker doesn't escape.
Punker is trying to get back to his feet but Jensen has full control of the position and if anything, Punker has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jensen is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Punker defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Punker breaks Jensen's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

Jensen is working an open guard so Punker takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Punker.
Punker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jensen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Punker goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Punker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Punker is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Punker looks to land a combination but Jensen avoids it well.
Punker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Punker lands a glancing blow to the side of Jensen's head.
Jensen checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Di Punker dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Punker misses with the combination.
Jensen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Punker.
Punker scores with a jab to the jaw.

Jensen gets a takedown into half guard.

Jensen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jensen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Punker does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jensen slows the pace down in half guard.

Jensen is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punker looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jensen wants to take a breather but Punker is having none of it.
Punker is trying to stand up here but Jensen is controlling him well.
Jensen trying to control the pace.

Jensen is looking for a kimura here.
Punker is trying to stand up here but Jensen is controlling him well.
Punker is not content to let Jensen control the position.
Lauritz Jensen has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen wants to pass to mount but Punker is defending the position.

Jensen is working for a submission of some sort.
Jensen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Punker does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Punker is in trouble now - Jensen has advanced to mount!

Jensen is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Punker to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Punker shrugs it off.
Punker's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jensen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Punker is looking to escape.
Punker is trying to stand.

Jensen is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Punker is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Punker flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Jensen anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Punker and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Jensen slips an arm under Punker chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Jensen has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Jensen is squeezing on Punker like an anaconda would it's prey. Punker fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Lauritz Jensen!
A very excited looking Lauritz Jensen rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.