PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rod Borovsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mathias Jansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borovsky's entrance music is Im to Sexy. A fine choice. Rod Borovsky has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Borovsky
vs
Jansen

178 cm
22
162 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
159 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Nutrition King

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rod Borovsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mathias Jansen!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borovsky throws a body punch but Jansen moves out of range.

Borovsky shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Borovsky was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jansen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Borovsky jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Jansen manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Jansen is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jansen sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Borovsky prevents Jansen from improving his position.

Borovsky is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Jansen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

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

Borovsky drives through with a takedown into guard.
Borovsky has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jansen keeping full guard, as Borovsky tries to pass.
Borovsky slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Borovsky thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jansen is looking to reverse the position.

Borovsky tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Borovsky has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jansen regains half guard.
Jansen is pressing down on Borovsky's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Jansen keeping full guard, as Borovsky tries to pass.

Jansen is looking for a triangle but Borovsky pushes his legs off easily.
Jansen looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jansen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Borovsky is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Borovsky slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Borovsky is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jansen is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Borovsky tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jansen manages to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borovsky is pressing down on Jansen's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jansen is holding on for now.
Jansen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Borovsky pushes down on Jansen's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Jansen actively working from the bottom here.
Jansen wants to get back to full guard.

Borovsky is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Borovsky is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jansen slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Borovsky avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jansen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Borovsky can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jansen keeping full guard, as Borovsky tries to pass.
Jansen wants to sweep but no luck.
Borovsky wants to pass the guard but Jansen is keeping the position.

Borovsky avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Borovsky pushes down on Jansen's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rod Borovsky dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jansen moves out of range of the body kick.

Borovsky shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Borovsky showed some decent athleticism there.
Borovsky tries to pass to full mount but Jansen defends it.
Jansen is trying to get back to full guard.
Jansen gets back to full guard.
Jansen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jansen is breathing heavily.
Jansen keeping full guard, as Borovsky tries to pass.
Borovsky advances to half guard.
Borovsky tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jansen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jansen wants to get back to full guard.

Borovsky is working for a submission of some sort.

Borovsky is looking for a kimura here.
Jansen gets back to full guard.
Borovsky passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jansen tries to bench press Borovsky off him but Borovsky keeps the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jansen manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Borovsky is trying to work for a kimura but Jansen is defending well.
Jansen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Borovsky's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Borovsky's back!

Borovsky preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Jansen.
Borovsky tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Borovsky is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Borovsky has left one of his arms exposed and Jansen doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Borovsky screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mathias Jansen!