PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sven Jergensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Legend Zatoichi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zatoichi has chosen Sixty Seconds To ..... as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The Legend Zatoichi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jergensen
vs
Legend Zatoichi

170 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
19
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

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Brawler
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sven Jergensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Legend Zatoichi!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zatoichi jabbing away but nothing is landing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've been hearing reports that Jergensen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Jergensen has Zatoichi pressed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jergensen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jergensen avoiding damage as Zatoichi throws knees to the body.
Jergensen has Zatoichi pushed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Zatoichi.
Zatoichi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zatoichi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jergensen is struggling to control the position.
Zatoichi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jergensen has Zatoichi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Zatoichi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jergensen is trying to drag Zatoichi to the mat but Zatoichi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Zatoichi misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zatoichi manages to break the clinch.
Jergensen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sven Jergensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jergensen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zatoichi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zatoichi tries to clinch up

and Jergensen counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Zatoichi stops Jergensen from passing to mount.
Jergensen taking a breather here.
Jergensen trying to control the action but Zatoichi is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jergensen is really struggling to control Zatoichi but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Jergensen advances nicely into full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zatoichi tries to reverse the position but Jergensen maintains control.
Jergensen trying to control but Zatoichi is having none of it.
Zatoichi wants to hold on but Jergensen pushes him away.
Jergensen trying to control but Zatoichi is having none of it.
Zatoichi sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jergensen is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Jergensen trying to control from half guard but Zatoichi is working away.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jergensen in particular looking to stall.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The Legend Zatoichi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Zatoichi throws out a loose jab but Jergensen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jergensen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zatoichi.
Jergensen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sven Jergensen will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Zatoichi misses with a hook.
Danga de danga de dang - Zatoichi scores with a four punch combination!
Zatoichi leaves Jergensen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jergensen shoots in but Zatoichi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jergensen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jergensen tries for a takedown but Zatoichi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sven Jergensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jergensen dives in and grabs Zatoichi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Zatoichi pushes down on Jergensen's head and hops out.
Zatoichi connects with a looping right hand.
Jergensen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jergensen misses with a takedown attempt
and Zatoichi counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jergensen closes the distance and pushes Zatoichi back into the cage.
Zatoichi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jergensen or not.
Zatoichi with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zatoichi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zatoichi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zatoichi stops a takedown attempt from Jergensen.
Jergensen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zatoichi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jergensen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zatoichi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Zatoichi.
Jergensen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zatoichi is keeping busy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zatoichi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jergensen.
Zatoichi tries a body shot but Jergensen blocks it.
Zatoichi working Jergensen over with knees to the body.
Zatoichi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jergensen backwards.
Jergensen looking for a takedown.
Zatoichi looking to throw knees to the head but Jergensen is blocking nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Zatoichi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zatoichi tries to land knees in the clinch but Jergensen avoids the damage to the body.
Zatoichi digs a right hand underneath Jergensen's ribcage. Jergensen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zatoichi tries a knee to the head but Jergensen blocks it.
Jergensen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jergensen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Zatoichi tries a body shot but Jergensen blocks it.
Zatoichi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jergensen's elbow.
Jergensen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Zatoichi throws a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zatoichi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jergensen blocks an uppercut.
Jergensen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jergensen is trying to maintain a safe position but Zatoichi gets an underhook and turns Jergensen into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jergensen seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Zatoichi is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jergensen trying to stall but Zatoichi improves his position.
Maybe Jergensen would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Zatoichi misses with a knee strike.
Zatoichi trying to land knees to the body.
Jergensen blocking some punches.
Jergensen is trying to stall.
Zatoichi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jergensen.
Jergensen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Zatoichi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Zatoichi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jergensen backwards.
Jergensen looking to slow down the pace here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zatoichi.
Zatoichi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jergensens head.
Zatoichi misses with a knee strike.
Zatoichi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zatoichi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jergensen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zatoichi can't find room to land a body shot as Jergensen controls the action.
Jergensen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Zatoichi is pressed up against the cage. Jergensen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Zatoichi down to the mat. Zatoichi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Zatoichi misses with a straight left.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jergensen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Zatoichi pulls his leg out and moves away.
Zatoichi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zatoichi misses with a few strikes there.
The Legend Zatoichi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zatoichi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jergensen was well out of range. Poor timing from Zatoichi.
Zatoichi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jergensen was well out of range. Poor timing from Zatoichi.
Zatoichi stuffs the takedown attempt from Jergensen. Jergensen gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Legend Zatoichi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jergensen instigates a clinch.
Jergensen trying to control the position but instead, Zatoichi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jergensen into the cage.
Zatoichi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zatoichi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jergensen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Zatoichi misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jergensen looking to stall.
Jergensen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Zatoichi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Zatoichi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jergensen's elbow.
Zatoichi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jergensen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jergensen controlling the action here for a moment.
Zatoichi lands a right hand.
Jergensen avoiding damage as Zatoichi throws knees to the body.
Jergensen takes a shot to the head.
Zatoichi scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Zatoichi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zatoichi can't find room to land a body shot as Jergensen controls the action.
Zatoichi tries to land a knee to the head but Jergensen blocks with his arms.
Jergensen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zatoichi is keeping busy.
Zatoichi lands a good knee to the midsection. Jergensen won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zatoichi misses with a knee to the head.
Zatoichi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zatoichi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zatoichi lands a left hand.
Zatoichi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jergensen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Zatoichi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Zatoichi misses with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zatoichi landing knees to the head.
Zatoichi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zatoichi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zatoichi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jergensen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Zatoichi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sven Jergensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zatoichi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zatoichi misses with a body punch.
Zatoichi lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jergensen lands a takedown into guard.
Zatoichi is pulling down on Jergensen's head to control his posture.
Jergensen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zatoichi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jergensen is one step ahead there.
Jergensen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zatoichi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jergensen's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Zatoichi is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jergensen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Zatoichi tries to keep at a distance but Jergensen has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zatoichi trying to land knees to the body.
Jergensen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Zatoichi fights it off and pushes away nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Legend Zatoichi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Zatoichi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 27:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Legend Zatoichi!
The Legend Zatoichi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.