PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Jamison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Mamba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mamba comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 2pac-Uppercut kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Jamison
vs
Mamba

175 cm
32
145 lbs
27 - 19 - 1

178 cm
41
155 lbs
40 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, John Jamison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Magnus Mamba!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Reed Andrews and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jamison takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jamison swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mamba counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jamison throws a wild body kick that Mamba sees coming a mile off.
Jamison backing away here, and Mamba unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jamison misses the body punch
and Mamba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mamba chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mamba takes a swing at Jamison's ribcage but misses.
We've been hearing reports that Jamison has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mamba just misses with a punch to the body.
Jamison looks to land a body kick but Mamba moved away.
Mamba steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jamison. That one must have hurt.
Mamba tried to score with a low kick but Jamison checks it.
Nice body punch from Jamison.

Mamba gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jamison wants to control from the top but Mamba keeps moving.
Jamison throws a strike but Mamba rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamison looking for a sweep. Not yet Jamison, not yet.
Jamison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Jamison working for a triangle but Mamba defends it easily.

Jamison is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mamba defends well.

Jamison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mamba trying to control the position from guard on top but Jamison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jamison throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Mamba escapes and throws Jamison's legs to the side, diving into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jamison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mamba wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jamison is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Mamba's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
It looks like Mamba is going to stand back up.
Jamison gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jamison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Mamba trying to control the position from guard on top but Jamison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mamba pushing down on Jamison's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jamison is looking for a sweep. Mamba is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jamison gets back to full guard.

Jamison looking for a triangle here. Mamba is fighting it but it looks tight! Jamison pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Mamba is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). John Jamison!
A relieved looking John Jamison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.