PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Jedrzejczyk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samir Lemaitre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jedrzejczyk kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Chase And Status - Fire In Your Eyes ft. Maverick Sabre. Lemaitre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. La Marseillaise kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jedrzejczyk
vs
Lemaitre

193 cm
22
242 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
240 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER

Sun-Tzu
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jan Jedrzejczyk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samir Lemaitre!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jedrzejczyk attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lemaitre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jedrzejczyk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lemaitre.
Lemaitre checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lemaitre throws out a loose jab but Jedrzejczyk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jedrzejczyk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lemaitre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jedrzejczyk.

Jedrzejczyk clinches.
Jedrzejczyk working aggressively here.
Jedrzejczyk can't find room to land a body shot as Lemaitre controls the action.
Lemaitre blocking some punches.
Lemaitre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a punch to the body.
Jedrzejczyk misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A hook to the body from Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk throws a punch but it's blocked by Lemaitre.
Jedrzejczyk working aggressively here.
Lemaitre misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jedrzejczyk lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lemaitre backwards.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lemaitre lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemaitre presses Jedrzejczyk against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jedrzejczyk is breathing heavily.
Lemaitre lands an uppercut.
Lemaitre tries to work over Jedrzejczyk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lemaitre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jedrzejczyk.

Lemaitre lands a takedown into guard.
Lemaitre is pushing down on Jedrzejczyk's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jedrzejczyk is fighting to maintain full guard but Lemaitre has managed to sneak the leg through.
Lemaitre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lemaitre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to stand up here but Lemaitre is controlling him well.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lemaitre scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jedrzejczyk on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lemaitre trying to mount his opponent but Jedrzejczyk defends it.
Jedrzejczyk wants to get back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lemaitre slips a nice elbow through Jedrzejczyk's hands, connecting with Jedrzejczyk's forehead.
Lemaitre looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jedrzejczyk with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Jedrzejczyk is rocked!
Jedrzejczyk avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lemaitre.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Lemaitre working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Lemaitre winds up and cracks Jedrzejczyk with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Oh Jedrzejczyk is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jedrzejczyk on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jedrzejczyk is not content to let Lemaitre control the position.
Jedrzejczyk wants to get back to full guard.
Jedrzejczyk seems to have got his legs back now.
Lemaitre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jedrzejczyk trying to control but Lemaitre postures up.
Lemaitre landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to maintain the position but Lemaitre is very close to passing his half guard.
Lemaitre is taking a breather. Jedrzejczyk says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Lemaitre prevents Jedrzejczyk from improving his position.
Lemaitre 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.
Jedrzejczyk avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lemaitre.
Lemaitre throwing shots but Jedrzejczyk is blocking nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lemaitre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lemaitre is nestled in close to Jedrzejczyk, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lemaitre lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Jedrzejczyk quite badly. Jedrzejczyk pulls Lemaitre in close trying to recover. Lemaitre postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Jedrzejczyk on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Jedrzejczyk doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samir Lemaitre!
Samir Lemaitre managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Bullet Proof System, into his post fight interview.