PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henkka Reem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Jayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jayne's choice of entrance music: The Doors-People Are Strange . Henkka Reem has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Reem
vs
Jayne

190 cm
24
193 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

189 cm
33
194 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc
Project Mayhem

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henkka Reem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Patrick Jayne!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reem throws a lazy right hand but Jayne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reem slips a straight right by Jayne.
Reem throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jayne.
Jayne blocks a jab.
Patrick Jayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reem throws a body punch but Jayne moves out of range.
Reem moves forwards but Jayne connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jayne looks to land a right hand but Reem moved out of range.
Reem misses with a shot to the body

and Jayne counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jayne.
Jayne prevents a body shot from Reem.
Reem scores with a shoulder strike.
Reem is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reem has a couple of punches blocked by Jayne.
Jayne prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jayne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

It looks like Henkka Reem has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jayne gets through Reem's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jayne gets through Reem's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Reem jumps into guard, dragging Jayne to the mat.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Jayne showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Reem looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jayne passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Reem with the active half guard here but Jayne passes nicely into side control.
Jayne landing strikes.
Jayne cracks Reem with a big elbow.
Reem gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jayne works his foot free and advances to mount.
Jayne raining down shots from the mount!
Reem is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jayne controlling from mount.
Jayne working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jayne looking to control and managing it successfully.
Reem is in a horrible position here. Jayne smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reem is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jayne landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Jayne.

Reem is rocked!
Reem keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jayne controlling the position easily from mount.
Reem wants to hold on but Jayne pushes him away.
Reem is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jayne looking to finish Reem with some ground and pound. This is bad for Reem!
Oh Reem is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jayne tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jayne prevents Reem from getting the reversal.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reem is working hard here to advance position.
Jayne connects with a bit shot that sees Reem covering up! More strikes from Jayne and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Jayne is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Jayne!
Patrick Jayne managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, TFP Graphics - Pit Inc, into his post fight interview.