PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jozef Jankowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ludovic Presle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ludovic Presle struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jankowski
vs
Presle

188 cm
28
205 lbs
9 - 8 - 1

185 cm
35
225 lbs
27 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Bad Man Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jozef Jankowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ludovic Presle!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Presle finds it's way through Jankowski's defenses.
Presle swings widly with a right hand
and Jankowski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Presle has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Presle throws a hook but Jankowski avoids it easily.
Presle keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jankowski shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Presle pinned against the cage. Presle gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Presle throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Jankowski counters with a single leg into guard. Presle didn't expect that.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Jankowski stopping the sweep attempt from Presle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jankowski's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Presle wants to stand but Jankowski is controlling the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jankowski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jankowski not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Presle preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jankowski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jankowski throwing strikes but missing.
Jankowski 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.

Presle is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jankowski working some strikes from top position.
Jankowski stays in close to Presle's body and controls the position.
Jankowski trying to control but Presle is working from the bottom.
Jankowski cracks Presle with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski postures up and lands a big shot to Presle's brow.
Jankowski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Presle has momentary wrist control but Jankowski slips an elbow through the middle.
Presle preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jankowski looking to sit in guard and control but Presle gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Presle has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jankowski is proving hard to escape from.
Presle wants to stand and escape but instead Jankowski has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jankowski working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Presle's head.

Jankowski drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Presle dives on top into guard.
Jankowski is adopting a defensive guard.
Jankowski looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Presle won't allow Jankowski to sweep him here.

We're going to have a standup here because Jozef Jankowski wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Jankowski closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Presle quickly recovers to half guard.
Presle is not content to let Jankowski control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Presle is trying to get back to full guard.
Jankowski working Presle over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jozef Jankowski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jankowski drops his hands momentarily and Presle takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

It looks like Jozef Jankowski has been cut.
Jankowski checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Presle throws a head kick that misses.
Presle falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jankowski counters with a stiff right hand.
Presle misses with an uppercut. Jankowski saw that one coming.
Presle swings widly with a right hand

and Jankowski counters with a nice double leg into side control. Presle won't be happy with that.
Check out the look on Jankowski's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jankowski scores with punches from side control.

Jankowski tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jankowski has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jankowski cracks Presle with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Presle tries to escape but Jankowski is in control.
Presle defending against the ground and pound.

Jankowski has hold of Presle's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Presle tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Jankowski cranks the arm and Presle screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Presle, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jozef Jankowski!
During a confident post fight interview, Jozef Jankowski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.