PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cole Jamison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Bellator (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bellator has chosen A Lesson Never Learned as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jamison
vs
Bellator

195 cm
29
280 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

181 cm
28
285 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cole Jamison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Bellator!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Chad Campbell and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bellator lands a nice looking body shot.
Bellator looks to land a right hand but Jamison moved out of range.
Jamison throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bellator.
Jamison misses with a body kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bellator.
Bellator throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bellator shoots in looking for a takedown. Jamison tries to sprawl out of it but Bellator keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jamison manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jamison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bellator.
Bellator bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jamison scores with a punch to the head.

It looks like Frank Bellator has been cut.
Jamison slips under a jab from Bellator.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bellator takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jamison cracks the inside of Bellator's front leg.
Bellator gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamison ducks under a wild hook from Bellator.
Jamison misses with a leg kick.
Jamison fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jamison tried to score with a low kick but Bellator checks it.
Cole Jamison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jamison goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bellator checks the leg kick.
Jamison lands a nice looking body shot.
Jamison lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bellator throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jamison sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jamison is looking to score with low kicks.

Bellator scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Jamison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jamison looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bellator postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bellator throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bellator pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jamison is keeping the position for now.
Bellator with a nice head shot there.

Jamison has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Bellator off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Bellator cracks Jamison with a good jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jamison takes a swing at Bellator's ribcage but misses.
Jamison thows a body shot but no joy.
Jamison misses the shot to the body.
Jamison pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bellator is out of range and Jamison settles back down.
Good leg kick by Jamison there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jamison is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Bellator drives through with a takedown into Jamison's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Bellator preventing the sweep.
Bellator stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jamison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bellator throws a strike but Jamison rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bellator utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bellator trying to keep a closed guard but Jamison is proving a slippery customer.

Bellator is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jamison missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bellator manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bellator cracks Jamison with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cole Jamison will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Frank Bellator's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jamison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bellator swats him away and circles back towards the center.

It looks like Cole Jamison has been cut.
Jamison bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bellator's head.

Bellator looking to score a takedown here. Jamison is defending well but Bellator drives through and ends up in Jamison's guard.
Jamison is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bellator postures up in Jamison's guard and throws a big left but Jamison blocks it.
Jamison is looking to stand back up but Bellator counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Jamison.
Bellator with the ground and pound but Jamison uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Bellator postures up in Jamison's guard and throws a big left but Jamison blocks it.
Bellator trying to control but Jamison is working from the bottom.
Bellator slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bellator goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Jamison has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Bellator but great work by Jamison.
Bellator manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Jamison is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bellator's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bellator's back!
Bellator tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Bellator is trying desperately to improve position.
Bellator is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jamison wants to control the pace but Bellator is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellator sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Bellator slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bellator is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bellator has a closed guard, preventing Jamison from standing up.
Jamison has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bellator trying to control the position here.
Bellator throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Bellator is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jamison is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison trying to control the position from guard on top but Bellator is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jamison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bellator thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Bellator looking to control.
Bellator 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.
Bellator working a defensive guard but Jamison passes into half guard.
Bellator wants to improve his position but Jamison is controlling well.
Bellator regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jamison throwing strikes from guard but Bellator blocks nicely.
Jamison is looking to work some ground and pound but Bellator has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jamison postures up.
Bellator looking for a sweep. Not yet Bellator, not yet.
Frank Bellator has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jamison trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bellator trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Bellator looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jamison puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Bellator is not content to let Jamison control the position.
Jamison keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bellator is looking to improve his position.
Jamison stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Bellator showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jamison lands with a nice body punch.
Jamison misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Bellator counters with a takedown into side control.
Jamison tries to bench press Bellator off him but Bellator keeps the position.
Jamison taking a bit of punishment here - Bellator scoring with strikes.

Cole Jamison's cut is getting worse.
Bellator throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Jamison works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jamison trying to control here.

Bellator is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jamison is just riding it out for now. Bellator eventually gives up the hold.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jamison is defending against the submission attempts here by Bellator.
Bellator throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Bellator is looking for a kimura here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jamison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jamison avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bellator.
Bellator is keen to just control but Jamison is a slippery customer.
Jamison trying to control but Bellator postures up.
Bellator not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bellator is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Jamison still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Jamison has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Bellator is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jamison off and has taken his back!
Jamison just trying to survive but Bellator is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Bellator doesn't have the hooks in and Jamison manages to turn into his guard.
Jamison wants to control from the top but Bellator keeps moving.
Jamison throws an elbow that misses. Bellator uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jamison's guard. Nice move by Bellator!
Bellator missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bellator landing some decent shots from guard.
Bellator scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bellator postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Jeez, Cole Jamison's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Cole Jamison's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Frank Bellator!
During a confident post fight interview, Frank Bellator thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.