PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Conqueraw Jahbless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lemy Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jahbless
vs
Waters

177 cm
20
142 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

169 cm
23
146 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Conqueraw Jahbless!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lemy Waters!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waters cracks Jahbless with a right hand to the side of the head.
Waters scores with a kick to the body.
Jahbless throws a combination that misses
and Waters counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jahbless thinking.
Jahbless looks to land a combination but Waters avoids it well.
Waters lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jahbless's sensitive parts.
Jahbless throws a series of punches but Waters moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Waters.
Waters lunges at Jahbless with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jahbless's hand.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Waters has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

Waters shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jahbless napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jahbless tries to buck Waters off but Waters is having none of it.
Waters working the head with strikes.
Waters is chipping away with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jahbless is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Jahbless's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waters scoring with punches and elbows.

Waters thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
You can see the frustration on Jahbless's face as Waters controls the position.
Jahbless can't do much from the bottom here.
Waters lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jahbless is looking to regain half guard here but Waters keeps moving and retains side control.
Waters working the ground and pound.
Jahbless seems a little lost for a moment, as Waters dominates the positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jahbless takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Waters working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Jahbless tries to improve position but can't.
Waters scoring with punches and elbows.
Jahbless holding on.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jahbless is trying to get back to half guard.
Waters works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters controls the position.
Jahbless wants to control but Waters postures up.
Jahbless on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Waters is chipping away with strikes.
Waters wants to control but Jahbless is keeping him busy.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Waters lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jahbless is trying to control Waters's posture but Waters avoids it.
Waters is working Jahbless over with some ground and pound from side control.

Jahbless is rocked!
Waters landing a few strikes.
Oh Jahbless is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Waters in side control lands a decent elbow.
Waters has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jahbless is looking to reverse the position.
Waters in side control lands a decent elbow.
Waters in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Jahbless looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Waters turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lemy Waters!
A relieved looking Lemy Waters thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.