PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jiu Jitsu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze has chosen Big Pun - Glamor Life as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Jitsu
vs
Blaze

183 cm
25
214 lbs
14 - 7 - 1

192 cm
26
224 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

MayheM sportswear

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 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jiu Jitsu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze throws a poor cross that misses

and Jitsu counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Blaze utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Our spies down at at Hugs & Kisses inform us that Blaze has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Blaze working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jitsu.
Jitsu is looking to advance position but Blaze has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Blaze lands a couple of good shots and Jitsu has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Blaze punishes Jitsu with strikes from the back mount.
Jitsu can't escape the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Blaze is persistently looking for the submission but Jitsu is defending it well.
Blaze struggling to land strikes to the head as Jitsu covers up.
Blaze scores with punches and elbows.
Jitsu can't escape the position.
Jitsu turns into Blaze and is now in his guard.
Jitsu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Blaze looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jitsu passes Blaze's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Blaze actively working from the bottom here.
Jitsu 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.

Blaze is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jitsu pulls his head out easily.

Jitsu is working for a kimura but Blaze is defending it quite comfortably.
Jitsu is looking to advance position but Blaze won't allow it.

Jitsu is looking for a kimura here.
Jitsu is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jitsu is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Jitsu is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Blaze as he works his way to full guard.
Blaze manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jitsu manages to get himself to full guard.

Blaze postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Jitsu looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Blaze thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Jitsu is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Blaze is aware though and is defending well.
Blaze is in close to Jitsu's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Blaze in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jitsu escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Blaze gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Jitsu has his foot on Blaze's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Blaze works his way back into a safe position though.
Blaze with a nice head shot there.
Blaze lands a couple of digs.
Blaze stands up over Jitsu, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Blaze passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Blaze is working Jitsu over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jitsu manages to get back to half guard.
Blaze throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jitsu is trying to get back to full guard.
Blaze missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jitsu misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Blaze working the head and body with strikes.

Jitsu looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jitsu looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Blaze wants to take a breather but Jitsu is having none of it.

Blaze is looking for a kimura but Jitsu is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Blaze to get the leverage.
Blaze seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jitsu lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Blaze sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jitsu defending well though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Jitsu is defending against the submission attempts here by Blaze.
Blaze missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Blaze is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jitsu has managed to free his arm - good work.
Blaze working over Jitsu with some ground and pound. Jitsu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Blaze wants to work for an arm triangle but Jitsu is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Blaze dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Blaze throws a shot from downtown. Jitsu moves away and avoids it.
Johnny Blaze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Blaze tries to sprawl but Jitsu drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Blaze wants to improve his position but Jitsu is controlling well.

Jitsu is looking for a kimura but Blaze is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jitsu to get the leverage.

Blaze looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Jitsu is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Blaze doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jitsu.

Jitsu is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Blaze sees it coming and defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jitsu is looking for a kimura but Blaze is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jitsu to get the leverage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze wants to get back to full guard.
Blaze trying to hold on to Jitsu's head to control him but Jitsu postures up.
Jitsu prevents Blaze from improving his position.
Jitsu wants to pass to mount but Blaze is defending the position.

Jitsu is trying to work for a kimura but Blaze is defending well.

Blaze is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jitsu pulls his head out easily.

Blaze looking for submissions off his back.
Blaze is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jitsu's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jitsu's back!
Johnny Blaze has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jitsu is really stuck here.
Blaze lands punches and elbows.
Jitsu tries to roll but Blaze sticks to his back.
Jitsu tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Jitsu is wriggling around trying to escape.
Blaze has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Blaze tries to control but Jitsu wriggling away.
Jitsu gets back to half guard.
Blaze prevents Jitsu from improving his position.

Jitsu is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Blaze pulls his head out easily.
Blaze landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Jitsu actively working from the bottom here.
Jitsu on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaze is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jitsu is pressing down on Blaze's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jitsu working for a triangle but Blaze defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blaze with a flurry of punches that miss.
Blaze works over Jitsu with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jitsu is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Blaze is aware though and is defending well.
Blaze postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Jitsu is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Blaze working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Blaze lands a couple of digs.
Jitsu wants to sweep but no luck.
Blaze is in close to Jitsu's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Blaze's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Blaze works over Jitsu with some ground and pound from guard.
Blaze pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jitsu is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Blaze wants to control from the top but Jitsu keeps moving.
Blaze working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jitsu's head.

Jitsu is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Blaze is in close to Jitsu's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jitsu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Blaze chips away with some ground and pound.

Jitsu had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Blaze defends it easily.

Jitsu working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Blaze doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Blaze manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jitsu's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Blaze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Blaze with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jitsu leaves Blaze with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jitsu tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Blaze manages to circle out of the way.
Jitsu leaves Blaze with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Blaze shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jitsu defends it nicely.
Jitsu half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Jiu Jitsu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Blaze.

Jitsu tries to sprawl but Blaze drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jitsu is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Blaze.
Blaze missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Blaze seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Blaze throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jitsu tries to roll over but Blaze keeps him under control.
Blaze working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Blaze thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Blaze drops an elbow to the side of Jitsu's head.
Blaze lands with a punch from half guard.

Jitsu looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jitsu wants to get back to full guard.
Blaze thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jitsu's head.

Jitsu looking for submissions off his back.

Blaze is working for a kimura but Jitsu is defending it quite comfortably.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blaze is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jitsu is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jitsu gets back to full guard.
Blaze trying to control but Jitsu is working from the bottom.
Jitsu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands a couple of decent looking shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Blaze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Blaze throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Jitsu had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Blaze defends it easily.

Jitsu looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Blaze passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jitsu regains half guard.

Jitsu actively working from the bottom here.
Blaze scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Blaze throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands strikes from half guard.
Jitsu tries to roll over but Blaze keeps him under control.

Blaze is working for a submission of some sort.
Blaze prevents Jitsu from improving his position.
Blaze is trying to control. Jitsu wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Blaze drops an elbow to the side of Jitsu's head.
Blaze working over Jitsu with some ground and pound. Jitsu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Blaze looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blaze lands with a punch from half guard.
Jitsu blocking the ground and pound attempt from Blaze.
Jitsu is pressing down on Blaze's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Blaze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Blaze really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Blaze is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jitsu sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jitsu but Jitsu pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Jitsu drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Blaze looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Blaze is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jitsu advances position into side control!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jitsu is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Blaze knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Jitsu is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Blaze has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Blaze's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Blaze tries to bench press Jitsu off him but Jitsu keeps the position.

Jitsu is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Blaze knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Blaze tries to bench press Jitsu off him but Jitsu keeps the position.

Jitsu tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jitsu has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Blaze takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jitsu working the head with strikes.
Blaze is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Jitsu goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Blaze rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Jitsu's guard! Nice work there by Blaze!

Jitsu looking for a guillotine here but Blaze defends easily.

Jitsu looking for a guillotine here but Blaze defends easily.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

Jitsu throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jitsu has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Blaze can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Blaze lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jitsu utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Blaze is looking to advance position but Jitsu has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Jitsu looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Jitsu lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Blaze hang on?
Jitsu throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Blaze gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze tries to roll over but Jitsu keeps him under control.
Jitsu working over Blaze with some ground and pound. Blaze looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Blaze is looking for a sweep. Jitsu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blaze blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jitsu.

Blaze actively working from the bottom here.
Blaze is trying to get back to full guard.
Blaze is trying to control but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Jitsu is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Blaze has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jitsu looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jiu Jitsu had his way with Johnny Blaze in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Blaze jabs Jitsu right on the nose. Jitsu blinks but takes it well.
Jitsu seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Blaze missing with a left hand there. Jitsu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jitsu tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Blaze manages to circle out of the way.

Jitsu changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Blaze looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Blaze is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Blaze sneaks back into half guard.

Jitsu is looking for a kimura here.
Ground and pound from Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jitsu is pressing down on Blaze's thigh, looking to free his foot. Blaze is holding on for now.

Jitsu is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jitsu not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Blaze is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Jitsu is working for a kimura but Blaze is defending it quite comfortably.

Blaze is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jitsu pulls his head out easily.
Jitsu sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Blaze defending well though.
Blaze moves into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Blaze is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jitsu defends well.
Blaze looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jitsu scoring with punches to the head and body.

Jitsu has gone for a leg lock! Blaze slips out almost immediately though and dives into Jitsu's guard.

Jitsu throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jitsu lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Blaze working for a triangle but Jitsu defends it easily.

Jitsu thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jitsu won't allow Blaze to sweep him here.

Jitsu drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Jitsu as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Blaze screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Jitsu! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jiu Jitsu!
Jiu Jitsu retains his light heavyweight title!
Jiu Jitsu very nearly forgot to thank Urban Fighter amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.