PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jozef Jankowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Degrizz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jozef Jankowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jankowski
vs
Degrizz

188 cm
31
205 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

187 cm
27
210 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jozef Jankowski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jim Degrizz!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jankowski blocks a jab.
Degrizz swings widly with a right hand

and Jankowski counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jankowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Degrizz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Degrizz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jankowski has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jankowski stands and throws Degrizz's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jankowski scoring with punches from side control.
Degrizz manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jankowski's best efforts.

Jankowski looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Degrizz tries to roll over but Jankowski keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Degrizz trying to control from the bottom.
Degrizz wants to get back to full guard.
Degrizz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Degrizz gets back to full guard.
Degrizz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jankowski wants to control from the top but Degrizz keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Degrizz working for a triangle but Jankowski defends it easily.
Jankowski wants to control from the top but Degrizz keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jankowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Degrizz keeping moving, preventing Jankowski from controlling successfully.
Our spies down at at Rancid Fight Club inform us that Degrizz has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Jankowski is working Degrizz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jankowski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Degrizz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Degrizz is trying to control the position but Jankowski postures up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Degrizz working for a triangle but Jankowski defends it easily.
Jankowski throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Degrizz looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jankowski puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Jankowski trying to control the action but Degrizz is working from the bottom.
Degrizz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Degrizz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jankowski.

Jankowski is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Degrizz is looking to control Jankowski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Degrizz avoid being mounted?
Degrizz tries to get to full guard but Jankowski has control of the leg.

Jankowski is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Jankowski is trying to work for a kimura but Degrizz is defending well.
Degrizz trying to control from the bottom.
Jankowski slips a nice elbow through Degrizz's hands, connecting with Degrizz's forehead.
Degrizz trying to control here.
Jankowski lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Degrizz is looking for a sweep. Jankowski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jankowski seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Degrizz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jozef Jankowski 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.

Jankowski blocks a head kick by Degrizz.
As Degrizz looks to move away, Jankowski throws a big counter combo bu Degrizz just gets out of the way.
Degrizz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jankowski shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Degrizz counters with a one-two to the body.
Jankowski shoots in looking for a takedown but Degrizz manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jankowski's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And Degrizz responds with a good body kick, but Jankowski manages to step out the way in time.
Jankowski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Degrizz can do to turn this around?
Jankowski on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Degrizz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jankowski was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Degrizz drops Jankowski with a beautiful combination! Jankowski stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Degrizz is looking for the KO!

Jankowski is rocked!

It looks like Jozef Jankowski has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jankowski wants to stay close but Degrizz steps back to make room for something. Jankowski seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Degrizz and Jankowski drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jim Degrizz!
Jim Degrizz is the new light heavyweight champion!
A victorious Jim Degrizz thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.