PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Protacio Jawo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manya Kizz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kizz is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Go Hard Or Go Home. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Protacio Jawo
vs
Kizz

175 cm
30
180 lbs
24 - 12 - 0

184 cm
29
182 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Protacio Jawo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Manya Kizz!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jawo lands a nice hook to Kizz's body. Kizz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jawo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kizz moves away.
Jawo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jawo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kizz doesn't seem bothered though.

Kizz rushes Jawo and presses him up against the cage.
Kizz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jawo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jawo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kizz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Jawo.

Kizz gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Kizz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jawo's head.
Jawo is controlling Kizz's trapped leg to prevent Kizz from advancing to side control.
Jawo wants to control but Kizz is keeping busy.
Kizz tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jawo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jawo moves into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kizz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kizz throwing strikes from guard but Jawo blocks nicely.
Jawo controlling the position.
Kizz passes Jawo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Kizz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jawo tries to roll over but Kizz keeps him under control.
Kizz tries to pass to full mount but Jawo defends it.
Jawo wants to improve his position but Kizz is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jawo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jawo tries to roll over but Kizz keeps him under control.
Jawo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Kizz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jawo is trying to control the position but Kizz postures up.
Kizz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jawo controls Kizz momentarily but Kizz frees himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kizz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kizz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kizz throwing strikes from guard but Jawo blocks nicely.
Kizz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Jawo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kizz is aware though and is defending well.
Jawo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jawo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kizz throwing strikes but missing.
Kizz postures up in Jawo's guard and throws a big left but Jawo blocks it.
Jawo is trying to control the position but Kizz postures up.
Kizz lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kizz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kizz landing some decent shots from guard.
Jawo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kizz throwing strikes from guard but Jawo blocks nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kizz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jawo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jawo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jawo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kizz throws an elbow that misses. Jawo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kizz's guard. Nice move by Jawo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Manya Kizz will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kizz scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kizz wants to take a breather but Jawo is having none of it.
Jawo wants to get back to full guard.
Kizz wants to advance to full mount but Jawo doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Kizz throws a big right hand that misses.
Jawo trying to control the position.
Jawo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kizz.
Jawo controls Kizz momentarily but Kizz frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kizz working some strikes from top position.
Kizz chips away with some ground and pound.
Kizz landing some decent shots from guard.
Jawo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kizz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kizz landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kizz postures up.
Kizz throws a big elbow that misses.
Kizz throwing strikes but missing.
Manya Kizz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kizz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jawo is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kizz wants to control from the top but Jawo keeps moving.
Jawo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jawo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kizz throws an elbow that misses. Jawo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kizz's guard. Nice move by Jawo!
Jawo looking to pass the guard.
Kizz is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jawo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Jawo clinches.
Jawo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kizz backwards.
Jawo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kizz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jawo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kizz backwards.
Jawo has a couple of punches blocked by Kizz.
Jawo blocks a body shot from Kizz.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kizz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kizz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jawo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kizz taking a breather.
Kizz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jawo's elbow.
Kizz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jawo avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jawo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kizz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jawo is defending well for now.
Kizz landing knees to the head.
Jawo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kizz is defending well for now.
Kizz tries a body shot but Jawo blocks it.
Jawo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kizz tries a body shot but Jawo blocks it.
Kizz trying to land knees to the body.
Kizz tries to throw a body punch but Jawo avoids it by throwing Kizz back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jawo looking to slow down the pace here.
Kizz blocks the elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jawo lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manya Kizz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jawo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kizz moves out of range of the strikes.
Jawo scores with a nice right hand.
Jawo throws a body punch but Kizz moves out of range.
Jawo misses with a looping left.
Kizz tries to land a front kick but Jawo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jawo misses with a wild body shot.
Jawo connects with a looping right hand.
Kizz swinging wildly here.
Kizz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jawo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kizz has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jawo blocks a leg kick.
Jawo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kizz moves away.
Jose Protacio Jawo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kizz has managed to clinch.
Kizz blocks a body shot from Jawo.
Jawo prevents a body shot from Kizz.
Jawo stalling.
Kizz digs a right hand into Jawo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jawo's gas tank.
Jawo dodges an elbow strike from Kizz.
Jose Protacio Jawo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jawo can't find room to land a body shot as Kizz controls the action.
Jawo throws an elbow but it misses.
Kizz pushes Jawo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jawo has a couple of punches blocked by Kizz.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jawo misses with a punch on the inside.

Kizz has picked Jawo up - he's going for a ride! Kizz dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Kizz misses with a head shot. Jawo uses the momentum to regain guard.
Jose Protacio Jawo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kizz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kizz trying to control but Jawo is working from the bottom.
Jawo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Jawo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kizz with a nice head shot there.
Kizz throws a big right hand that misses.
Jawo is trying to keep Kizz in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jawo keeping moving, preventing Kizz from controlling successfully.

Jose Protacio Jawo has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Kizz misses with a head kick.
Jawo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jawo connects with the punch.
Jawo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kizz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kizz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Kizz closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kizz is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Jawo!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kizz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kizz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kizz working Jawo over with strikes here.
Manya Kizz is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kizz scoring with strikes but Jawo is staying in there.
Jawo taking shots to the head.

Jawo is rocked!
Kizz lands a big elbow - Jawo is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Jawo is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Manya Kizz!
Manya Kizz took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Brute for their support in the buildup to the fight.