PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Klaus Saenger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Jay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jay Jay was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Saenger
vs
Jay

209 cm
26
300 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

200 cm
20
295 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Klaus Saenger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jay Jay!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jay closes this distance looking for a takedown but Saenger circles away.
Jay swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jay Jay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jay shoots in for a takedown but Saenger shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Saenger fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jay to the ground. Saenger is now in Jay's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Saenger postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jay can't keep his opponent in guard - Saenger advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Saenger seems to be looking for submissions.

Saenger is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jay defends it well.
Saenger has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jay is staying active underneath Saenger, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Saenger is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jay sees it coming and defends easily.
Jay flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saenger is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Jay really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Saenger. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Saenger working over Jay with some ground and pound. Jay looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Saenger thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jay's head.
Jay tries to roll over but Saenger keeps him under control.
Jay wants to control but Saenger is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Saenger winds up and cracks Jay with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Saenger takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Saenger is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Saenger wants to pass to mount but Jay is defending the position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Saenger in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay wants to get back to full guard.
Jay trying to control but Saenger postures up.
Saenger slips a nice elbow through Jay's hands, connecting with Jay's forehead.

Saenger is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Saenger tries to stand and escape but Jay is controlling the position.
Saenger seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jay does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jay flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
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!

Saenger is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jay defends it well.
Jay has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Saenger is working away from the top position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jay blocking the ground and pound attempt from Saenger.

Saenger looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Saenger is keen to just control but Jay is a slippery customer.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jay wants to control but Saenger is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Saenger wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Jay uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Jay keeping moving, preventing Saenger from controlling successfully.
Jay has a closed guard, preventing Saenger from standing up.
Saenger trying to control but Jay is working from the bottom.
Jay is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Jay looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klaus Saenger dominated that 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.

Jay closes the distance but Saenger moves to the side

and Saenger counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jay tries to get to full guard but Saenger has control of the leg.
Saenger is thwarting Jay's attempts to control the position.
Jay holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jay is looking to improve his position.
Jay avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saenger.
Saenger takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Saenger seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jay does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Saenger scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jay taking some punishment here, with Saenger in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Saenger trying to control from half guard but Jay is working away.
Saenger wants to pass the guard but Jay is defending well.

Saenger is working for a submission of some sort.
Saenger winds up and cracks Jay with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saenger prevents Jay from improving his position.
Jay is breathing heavily.
Saenger wants to pass the guard but Jay is defending well.
Saenger lands strikes from half guard.
Saenger trying to pass the guard but Jay defending well.
Jay trying to hold on to Saenger's head to control him but Saenger postures up.
Jay gets full guard.

Saenger drops back looking for a leg! Jay is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jay manages to kick Saenger off! Saenger jumps back into Jay's guard.
Saenger wants to control from the top but Jay keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saenger tries to free his leg and advance position but Jay is retaining full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Saenger's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jay has momentary wrist control but Saenger slips an elbow through the middle.
Saenger trying to control the position from guard on top but Jay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jay looking to hit a scissor sweep but Saenger is one step ahead there.
Saenger with a nice head shot there.
Jay keeping moving, preventing Saenger from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saenger connects with a couple of short punches.
Jay utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Saenger looking to pass the guard.
Jay has momentary wrist control but Saenger slips an elbow through the middle.
Saenger wants to get up but he can't break Jay's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Jay is looking to stand up but Saenger isn't so interested in that idea.
Saenger working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jay's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saenger keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jay's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saenger tries to free his leg and advance position but Jay is retaining full guard.
Saenger working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jay's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klaus Saenger dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nice takedown defense from Jay. No joy for Saenger on that attempt.
Jay wants to clinch up but Saenger keeps it at a distance.
Saenger shoots in for a takedown but Jay shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jay shoots in and drives through. Saenger sprawls well.
Jay tries to clinch there but Saenger circles away.
Jay with a lazy takedown attempt

and Saenger counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Saenger throws a big right hand that misses.
Saenger would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Saenger is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Jay looking for a guillotine here but Saenger defends easily.
Jay takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saenger slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Saenger tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Saenger has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Saenger connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jay some visible discomfort.
Saenger works to advance to full mount. Jay defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Saenger controlling from the full mount.
Jay is in a horrible position here. Saenger smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saenger landing shots from mount.

Saenger has hold of Jay's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Jay manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Saenger fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Saenger is landing with some decent strikes but Jay is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Saenger working the ground and pound effectively.
Jay in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saenger tries to control but Jay wriggling away.

Saenger working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saenger landing strikes from the mount and Jay is in trouble!
Saenger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jay can do to turn this around?
Jay tries to hold on but Saenger postures up.
Jay should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Saenger sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Saenger working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Saenger landing strikes from the mount.
Saenger content just to control the position here.
Saenger cracks Jay with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saenger lands a big elbow.
Saenger with the ground and pound from mount.
Klaus Saenger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Saenger controlling the position easily from mount.

Saenger working for a submission but Jay is keeping him at bay.
Saenger landing shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saenger is stalling here but it's allowed Jay to get half guard.
Jay Jay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saenger is stalling here. Jay is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Saenger seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Jay has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Klaus Saenger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Saenger, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Klaus Saenger!