PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between KARRIEM JABRIL (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conan obrien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conan obrien has the eye of the tiger tonight.

JABRIL
vs
obrien

190 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 5 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, KARRIEM JABRIL!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Conan obrien!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
obrien shoots for a double leg takedown but JABRIL sprawls well. He's pushed obrien's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
obrien looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

JABRIL shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
JABRIL blocks the strikes from obrien.
JABRIL seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
JABRIL is controlling the pace.
JABRIL's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
JABRIL looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
obrien on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
obrien is looking for a sweep. JABRIL is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
obrien has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
JABRIL passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for obrien!
JABRIL moves to take his opponent's back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
obrien is covering up but some of the strikes from JABRIL are getting through and doing damage.
JABRIL just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
JABRIL connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for obrien to escape the position.

JABRIL looking for the choke from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
JABRIL just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

JABRIL has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
JABRIL wants to control but obrien is keeping busy.
JABRIL knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for obrien on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
obrien is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
obrien is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
JABRIL has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of obrien's body.
obrien tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
obrien throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
JABRIL looking to control but obrien is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
obrien regains half guard.
JABRIL blocks the strikes from obrien.
obrien won't allow JABRIL to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
obrien is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of JABRIL's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take JABRIL's back!
JABRIL just trying to survive but obrien is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
I really don't envy JABRIL right now.
JABRIL turns into obrien and is now in his guard.
JABRIL scoring with some ground and pound.
JABRIL advances to half guard.
JABRIL sitting and controlling from the half guard.

JABRIL gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

JABRIL scores with a takedown into obrien's guard.
obrien manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
obrien connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
JABRIL tries to hold on but obrien postures up.
JABRIL slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
JABRIL tries to get to full guard but obrien has control of the leg.
JABRIL keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
JABRIL is looking for a sweep. obrien is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

KARRIEM JABRIL dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

JABRIL changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. obrien looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
JABRIL controlling the position.
obrien is trying to get back to half guard.
JABRIL tries to advance to mount but obrien denies him.

JABRIL tries for a kimura but obrien is defending well.
obrien is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on JABRIL's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Well, if JABRIL is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
obrien is pressing down on JABRIL's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
obrien wants to sweep but no luck.
JABRIL would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
obrien throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
JABRIL won't allow obrien to sweep him here.
JABRIL pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. obrien is keeping the position for now.
JABRIL postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
JABRIL wants to control from the top but obrien keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
obrien with a lazy takedown attempt

and JABRIL counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in obrien's guard now.
JABRIL showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

JABRIL stands up from obrien's guard - JABRIL perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
JABRIL lands a nice shot to the body.

JABRIL gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
JABRIL is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

JABRIL breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

obrien gets caught flat footed, as JABRIL shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
obrien wants to sweep but no luck.
JABRIL content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
JABRIL stays in close to obrien's body and controls the position.
KARRIEM JABRIL overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
JABRIL trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
obrien wants to sweep here but JABRIL controlling him for the moment.

JABRIL decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on obrien, up you get!

JABRIL fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with obrien, pushing him back against the cage.
obrien prevents a takedown attempt there.
obrien prevents the takedown attempt.
JABRIL looking to stall.
JABRIL wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for KARRIEM JABRIL. That's going to take a lot out of him.
obrien wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but JABRIL has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from JABRIL.

JABRIL escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

JABRIL clinches up against the cage.
JABRIL tries to pull guard but obrien holds him up against the cage and eventually JABRIL drops back down to his feet.

JABRIL breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

JABRIL fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with obrien, pushing him back against the cage.
JABRIL lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
JABRIL is stalling here.

JABRIL breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

JABRIL rushes obrien and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

JABRIL successfully pulls guard.

JABRIL wriggles free and stands up.
obrien is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

JABRIL drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
JABRIL slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
JABRIL slips nicely into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
JABRIL prevents obrien from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

KARRIEM JABRIL dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

JABRIL bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

JABRIL stands up.

JABRIL scores a takedown into full mount!
JABRIL controlling the pace for now.
JABRIL trying to control but obrien is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
obrien throwing hammer fists to the chest of JABRIL. What's that going to do exactly?

That's one minute gone in the round.
obrien is in all sorts of trouble here.
JABRIL pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
obrien is working to get back to half guard.
obrien swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
obrien is squirming around, avoiding JABRIL's attempts to control the action.
obrien swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
obrien is trying to escape the mount.
obrien gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

JABRIL is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, obrien has managed to free his arm - good work.
obrien regains full guard. Nicely done.

JABRIL gets to his feet. obrien looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

JABRIL drives through with a takedown into guard.
JABRIL lands a couple of decent looking shots.
JABRIL would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
JABRIL tries to free his leg and advance position but obrien is retaining full guard.
JABRIL is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
JABRIL pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. obrien is keeping the position for now.
obrien looking for a sweep. Not yet obrien, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
obrien keeping full guard, as JABRIL tries to pass.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now obrien is on top in guard.
obrien postures up in JABRIL's guard and throws a big left but JABRIL blocks it.
obrien is working JABRIL over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
obrien being controlled here momentarily.
JABRIL wants to sweep but no luck.
JABRIL manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. obrien manages to get himself to full guard.
obrien looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
obrien throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
JABRIL is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
obrien bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in JABRIL's guard.
obrien stopping the sweep attempt from JABRIL.

JABRIL wriggles free and stands up.

obrien gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
JABRIL slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
JABRIL trying to control but obrien is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
KARRIEM JABRIL showed his dominance in that final round.
Well JABRIL has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... KARRIEM JABRIL!