PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Desbatailles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Jayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jayne comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Doors-People Are Strange kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Desbatailles
vs
Jayne

188 cm
26
190 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

189 cm
31
191 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Red Hand Clothing

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Project Mayhem

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Desbatailles !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Patrick Jayne!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Desbatailles closes the distance and clinches.
Desbatailles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jayne prevents a body shot from Desbatailles .
Desbatailles lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Desbatailles .
Jayne tries to work over Desbatailles 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Jayne is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Desbatailles can't fight it off and eventually Jayne manages to take the fight to the floor. Desbatailles looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jayne advances position into side control!
Desbatailles is trying to improve his position.
Desbatailles pushes Jayne away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Jayne gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Jayne landing strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jayne throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Jayne in side control, throwing shots but Desbatailles defends.
Jayne scores with a couple of short elbows.
You can see the frustration on Desbatailles 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jayne looks up at the clock and then as Desbatailles takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jayne smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Jayne is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Desbatailles will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Jayne fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Jayne has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jayne throws an elbow but Desbatailles slips to the side and avoids it well.
Desbatailles managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jayne.

Jayne is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Desbatailles knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Jayne trying to control the action but Desbatailles is working from the bottom.
Jayne working the head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Desbatailles is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Jayne's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Desbatailles is trying to control but can't.
Jayne seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jayne takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Desbatailles trying to control here.
Desbatailles avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jayne.
Desbatailles blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jayne.
Jayne is looking to take a break and control but Desbatailles is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Desbatailles is trying to control but can't.
Jayne controlling the pace.
Desbatailles wants to improve his position but Jayne is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jayne is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jayne thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Desbatailles 's head.
Jayne thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Desbatailles 's head.
Jayne trying to mount his opponent but Desbatailles defends it.
Jayne keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Desbatailles moves into full guard.
Jayne scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Desbatailles 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.
Jayne works over Desbatailles with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jayne working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Desbatailles 's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jayne lands a couple of digs.
Desbatailles is controlling Jayne's posture.
Jayne wants to control from the top but Desbatailles keeps moving.
Desbatailles manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Desbatailles misses with a head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Desbatailles breaks from Jayne's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Jayne dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jayne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jayne thows a body shot but no joy.
Jayne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Desbatailles moves away.
Desbatailles connects with a high kick.

Desbatailles pushes Jayne up against the cage in a clinch.
Jayne tries a body shot but Desbatailles blocks it.
Jayne scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Desbatailles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Desbatailles dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jayne. That did some damage!
Desbatailles swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Desbatailles throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Jayne counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jayne.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jayne working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jayne postures up in Desbatailles 's guard and throws a big left but Desbatailles blocks it.
Desbatailles 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.
Jayne postures up in Desbatailles 's guard and throws a big left but Desbatailles blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Desbatailles has his hands on Jayne's head, controlling the position.
Jayne content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jayne slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Desbatailles is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Jayne working the head and body with strikes.
Jayne sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Desbatailles defending well though.
Desbatailles is refusing to be controlled, as Jayne sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jayne prevents Desbatailles from improving his position.
Jayne is thwarting Desbatailles 's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jayne scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jayne is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Desbatailles controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Jayne throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Desbatailles avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jayne.
Desbatailles won't allow Jayne to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jayne prevents Desbatailles from improving his position.
Jayne is trying to control. Desbatailles wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jayne throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Desbatailles tries to get to full guard but Jayne has control of the leg.
Jayne seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jayne thows a huge punch but Desbatailles dodges it nicely.
Desbatailles gets full guard.
Jayne postures up.
Jayne pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Desbatailles is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desbatailles keeping moving, preventing Jayne from controlling successfully.
Desbatailles has his hands on Jayne's head, controlling the position.
Desbatailles is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jayne wants to pass the guard but Desbatailles is keeping the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The ref stands the fighters back up. John Desbatailles wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Desbatailles misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jayne checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A solid body kick from Desbatailles .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Jayne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Desbatailles lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jayne has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jayne and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jayne misses the shot to the body.
Desbatailles misses with a leg kick

and Jayne counters with a shoot takedown. Desbatailles fights it but they end up in guard.
Desbatailles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Desbatailles keeping full guard, as Jayne tries to pass.
Jayne throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Desbatailles works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Desbatailles is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Desbatailles keeping moving, preventing Jayne from controlling successfully.
Jayne controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Desbatailles connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice uppercut there from Jayne.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Jayne.
Desbatailles tries to land a body kick

and Jayne counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Jayne thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Desbatailles has control of Jayne's left arm, preventing Jayne from doing any damage.
Jayne is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Desbatailles preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jayne loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jayne trying to control the position from guard on top but Desbatailles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jayne forces his way into half guard.
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!
Jayne missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Desbatailles gets full guard.
Jayne looking to pass the guard.
Desbatailles is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jayne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Desbatailles keeping moving, preventing Jayne from controlling successfully.
Jayne stands up over Desbatailles , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Desbatailles bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jayne's guard.
Desbatailles throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jayne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jayne controlling the position.
Jayne looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Desbatailles puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desbatailles with the ground and pound but Jayne uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Desbatailles throws a big right hand that misses.
Desbatailles postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Desbatailles working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jayne trying to control the position.
Jayne manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Desbatailles manages to get himself to full guard.
Jayne lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jayne advances position into side control!
Desbatailles wants to control but Jayne postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jayne lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Desbatailles down.
Jayne looks up at the clock and then as Desbatailles takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jayne smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Desbatailles stops Jayne from passing to mount.
Jayne trying to control the position but Desbatailles is working away.
Desbatailles is looking for a sweep.
Jayne working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jayne scoring with punches from side control.
Jayne trying to control the position but Desbatailles is working away.
Desbatailles is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Jayne really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jayne throws a series of punches but Desbatailles avoids them all with ease.
Desbatailles finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jayne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Desbatailles moves away.
Jayne thows a body shot but no joy.
Jayne throws a hook but Desbatailles avoids it easily.
Jayne blocks a leg kick.
Desbatailles misses with a head kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jayne crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Desbatailles - the referee stops the clock and Jayne gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Desbatailles . Jayne manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jayne throws a big shot that misses.
Desbatailles lands a nice looking body kick.
Desbatailles lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Desbatailles .

Desbatailles rushes Jayne and presses him up against the cage.
Jayne prevents Desbatailles from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Desbatailles breaks the clinch.
Jayne connects with a jab.

Desbatailles drives through and clinches with Jayne against the cage.
Jayne tries to work over Desbatailles 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jayne struggles to land a body shot inside as Desbatailles controls his hands.
Jayne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Desbatailles backwards.
A short right from Jayne on the inside.

Desbatailles 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jayne throws a lazy right hand but Desbatailles sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
John Desbatailles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jayne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Desbatailles .
Jayne throws a shot from downtown. Desbatailles moves away and avoids it.
Desbatailles looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jayne throws a one two combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jayne ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jayne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jayne shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Desbatailles as he avoids it easily.
Jayne misses the shot to the body.
Jayne checks a leg kick nicely.
Desbatailles lands a high kick!
Jayne walks into a stiff left hand from Desbatailles .
Desbatailles takes a swing at Jayne's ribcage but misses.
Jayne is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Desbatailles rather than just go for the knockout.

Desbatailles clinches.
Jayne misses with a punch to the body.
Desbatailles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jayne's elbow.
Desbatailles misses with a punch to the body.
Desbatailles is trying to break the clinch but Jayne is controlling him.
Desbatailles scores with a shoulder strike.
Desbatailles struggles to land a body shot inside as Jayne controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jayne lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Jayne lands a left hand.
Jayne has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Desbatailles is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jayne throws a head punch that misses.
Jayne lands a body shot.
Jayne lands a body shot.
Jayne stalling in the clinch.
Jayne lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Desbatailles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jayne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jayne displaying some good clinch control by pressing Desbatailles up against the cage.
Desbatailles swings wildly with an uppercut but Jayne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jayne misses with a punch to the body.
Jayne stalling.
Desbatailles lands an elbow just above Jayne 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desbatailles lands with a right to the head.

Jayne has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Desbatailles is trying to keep an underhook but Jayne manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Desbatailles won't allow Jayne to pass to mount.
Desbatailles wants to control but Jayne is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Patrick Jayne has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jayne is looking to advance position but Desbatailles won't allow it.
Jayne winds up and cracks Desbatailles with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jayne trying to control from half guard but Desbatailles is working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Desbatailles tries to get to full guard but Jayne has control of the leg.
Jayne not doing much here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Jayne dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Desbatailles gets a clinch.
Jayne works on Desbatailles 's body with a couple of short punches.
Desbatailles tries to break the clinch but Jayne is controlling the position.
Desbatailles tries to circle away but Jayne has him pinned against the cage.
Desbatailles tries a body shot but Jayne blocks it.
Desbatailles is looking to control Jayne's arms but Jayne gets an underhook and turns him. Now Desbatailles has his back to the cage.

Jayne has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Desbatailles regains guard immediately.
Jayne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Desbatailles 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.
Jayne chips away with some ground and pound.
Jayne trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jayne throws a big elbow that misses.
Jayne working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Desbatailles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jayne sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Desbatailles 's guard.
Desbatailles avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jayne.
Jayne is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Desbatailles is looking to improve his position.
Jayne stalling away here and it's allowed Desbatailles to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Desbatailles keeping full guard, as Jayne tries to pass.
Desbatailles avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Desbatailles is trying to keep Jayne in close.
Jayne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jayne has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jayne trying to control but Desbatailles is working from the bottom.
Desbatailles is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Jayne stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Desbatailles swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jayne throws a strike but Desbatailles rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jayne is pulling down on Desbatailles 's head. It's preventing any offense from Desbatailles , at least for the moment.
John Desbatailles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jayne manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Desbatailles manages to get himself to full guard.
Desbatailles looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jayne is one step ahead there.
Jayne postures up in Desbatailles 's guard and throws a big left but Desbatailles blocks it.
Desbatailles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jayne sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desbatailles is trying to control the position but Jayne postures up.
Jayne is working Desbatailles over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jayne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jayne landing with the ground and pound.
Jayne trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Desbatailles manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Jayne 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.
Patrick Jayne is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jayne has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Jayne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jayne winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 45:50
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 45:50
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Jayne! Patrick Jayne retains his middleweight title!
After the big win, Patrick Jayne made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Red Hand Clothing and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.