PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nick Seri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaromir Jag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Seri
vs
Jag

162 cm
19
140 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

165 cm
36
130 lbs
28 - 44 - 2

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nick Seri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 44 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaromir Jag!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seri circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seri swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nick Seri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seri throws a right hand that Jag ducks under and follows up with a left that Jag also avoids with ease.
Jag tries to clinch up.
Seri lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jag circles away quickly and effectively.
Jag lands the left hand.
Jag doesn't manage to clinch there - Seri circles away.
Seri throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jag stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jag moves in looking to clinch but Seri pushes him off.
A swing and a miss from Seri.
Jag tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seri paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Seri throws a right and a left that both miss.
Seri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jag moves away.
Seri is breathing heavily.
Seri fails to land with a series of punches.
Jag tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Seri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Seri swinging wildly here.
Jag fails with an attempt to clinch.
Seri keeps the fight on the outside.
Jag moves in looking to clinch but Seri pushes him off.
Jag wants to clinch.
Seri avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seri walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jag fails in his attempt to clinch.
Seri blocks a head kick by Jag.
Jag tries to clinch but Seri moves out of range.
Jag throws a nice head kick!
Jag cracks Seri with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Seri misses with a series of wild punches.
Seri looks to score with a jab to the body but Jag is just out of range.
Jag throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Seri.

Jag forces Seri back against the cage and clinches.
Jag throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Seri pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jag tries to clinch but Seri moves out of range.
Jag tries to clinch but Seri is having none of it.
Jag tries to clinch there but Seri circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jag looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seri. Jag does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seri throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jag lands a high kick!
Jag is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Seri throws a hook but Jag avoids it easily.
Jag uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seri.
Seri throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jag explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Seri misses the shot to the body.
Jag doesn't manage to clinch there - Seri circles away.
Seri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jag was well out of range. Poor timing from Seri.
Seri takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jag tries to clinch but Seri is having none of it.

Jag gets a clinch.
Jag prevents Seri from breaking the clinch.
Jag keeps control of Seri as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Seri wants to get back to striking at distance but Jag won't allow it.

Jag breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Seri.
Jag doesn't manage to clinch there - Seri circles away.
Seri misses with a hook
and Jag counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jag doesn't manage to clinch there - Seri circles away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jag.
Jag tries to close the distance and clinch up but Seri swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Seri throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jag counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Seri is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jag tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Seri throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jag fails with an attempt to clinch.
Seri throws a jab but it's blocked by Jag.
Seri circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jag fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jag moves out of range of the strikes.
Jag tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Seri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A left and a right from Seri both land. Nice combination.
Jag tries to clinch but Seri is having none of it.
Jag tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jag is looking to clinch but Seri is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seri throws a big shot that misses.
Jag tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Seri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Seri takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jag fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jag fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jag wants to clinch up but Seri keeps it at a distance.

Seri tries to keep at a distance but Jag has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jag lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Seri backwards.
Seri is trying to break free.
Jag has Seri pressed against the cage, preventing Seri from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Seri working hard to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Seri blocking some punches.

Jag breaks from the clinch.
Seri throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jag.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaromir Jag 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.

The fight stays on the outside here - Jag looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Seri swats away the attempt to clinch by Jag.
Seri throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Seri is looking to wear down Jag with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Seri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jag.
Seri takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jag tries to clinch up.
Seri keeps the fight on the outside.
Seri moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jag steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seri.
Seri throws a lazy right hand but Jag sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seri looks to land a right hand but Jag moved out of range.

Jag darts in and clinches Seri up against the cage.
Jag prevents Seri from breaking the clinch.
Seri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Seri wants to get back to striking at distance but Jag won't allow it.

Jag breaks the clinch.
Seri is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jag wants to clinch up but Seri keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jag tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seri paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Seri moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Seri misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Jag counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jag.
Jag utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jag unloads a knee to the mid-section. Seri lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Seri misses with a punch to the body.
Jag is trying to push Seri away but Seri has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Seri slowing the pace effectively.
Seri is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Seri is trying to break free.
Jag missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seri has had enough of the clinch but Jag keeps him there for the moment.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Jag's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jag fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jaromir Jag seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jag fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jag tries to clinch but Seri moves out of range.
Seri throws a lazy right hand but Jag sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nick Seri is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Seri avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jag fails in his attempt to clinch.
Seri will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jag throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seri. Jag does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seri throws a right hand that Jag ducks under and follows up with a left that Jag also avoids with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jag has taken the fight to the clinch.
Seri blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jag lands an elbow that stopped Seri in his tracks for a moment.
Seri managing to block the knees to the body from Jag.
Seri tries to break the clinch but Jag is controlling the position.
Jag missing with knees to the body.
Seri blocks an elbow strike.
Jag lands a nice knee to the body.
Seri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jag is trying to stall.
Good body shot from Seri.
Seri keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jag's efforts to push away.
Seri tries to break the clinch but Jag is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jag scores a nice knee to the body.
Jag manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Seri can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Seri's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jag is looking to break free of the clinch but Seri has double underhooks.
Seri tries to break free but Jag pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seri wants to get back to striking at distance but Jag won't allow it.
Seri is trying to push Jag away but Jag has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Jag breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jaromir Jag will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jag has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jag is trying to break the clinch but Seri is controlling him.
Seri is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jaromir Jag seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Seri avoiding damage as Jag throws knees to the body.
Seri can't break the clinch.
Jag throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Seri looking to stall.
Seri tries to break free but Jag pushes him back against the cage.
Jag misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Seri.
Jag trying to land knees to the body.
Seri is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Jag breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Seri throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jag sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Seri. Those never looked like landing.
Jag tries to clinch but Seri is having none of it.

Jag closes the distance and clinches.
Seri wants to get back to striking at distance but Jag won't allow it.
Jag misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Seri.
Jag is trying to break the clinch but Seri is controlling him.
Seri is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Seri wants to break free but Jag has control.

Jag escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Seri misses with a body shot.
Seri circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jag gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Seri can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jag misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Seri.
Jag crunches a lovely knee into Seri's ribcage.
Seri wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jag has him pressed against the cage.

Jag breaks from the clinch.
Jag doesn't manage to clinch there - Seri circles away.
Seri throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jag counters with a big head kick but Seri shrugs it off.
Seri fails to land with a series of punches.
Jag tries to clinch up but Seri circles away and keeps his distance.
Seri takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jag tries to clinch but Seri is having none of it.
Jag tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jag wants to clinch.

Jag fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Seri, pushing him back against the cage.
Jag looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seri tries to stall but Jag uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jag stalling in the clinch.
Seri can't break the clinch.
Jag prevents a body shot from Seri.
Jag creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jag trying to control the position but instead, Seri has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jag into the cage.
Seri is trying to maintain a safe position but Jag gets an underhook and turns Seri into the cage.
Jag wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jag leaning against his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jag misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Seri.
Jag tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Seri avoids it.
Jag unloads a knee to the mid-section. Seri lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jag comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Seri tries to circle away but Jag has him pinned against the cage.
Seri wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nick Seri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Seri is trying to maintain a safe position but Jag gets an underhook and turns Seri into the cage.
Seri tries to circle away but Jag has him pinned against the cage.

Jag breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jag tries to clinch there but Seri circles away.
Jag lands with a slapping head kick.
Jag catches Seri with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jag slips a jab and a cross from Seri.
Jag fails in his attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jaromir Jag comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jag has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaromir Jag!