PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ace Centura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stacee Jaxee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Centura comes to the cage accompanied by Digital Summer - Just Run. Jaxee is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pour Some Sugar on Me by Stacee Jaxx. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Centura
vs
Jaxee

180 cm
35
165 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

171 cm
30
157 lbs
20 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ace Centura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stacee Jaxee!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Jaxee. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jaxee.
Jaxee misses with an uppercut.
Jaxee throws a body shot but no joy.
Centura looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Jaxee misses with a straight left.

Centura rushes Jaxee and presses him up against the cage.
Centura holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Centura tries a body shot but Jaxee blocks it.
Jaxee is trying to force a seperation but Centura has the dominant position.
Centura keeps control of Jaxee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Centura content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jaxee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Centura.
Centura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jaxee avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaxee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jaxee takes a knee right on the jaw!
Centura lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Centura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Centura.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Centura keeps control of Jaxee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Centura cracks Jaxee with a nice body shot.
Centura utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Centura effectively controlling the action here.
Centura putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jaxee in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Centura will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jaxee up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Jaxee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Centura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jaxee blocks it with crossed arms.
Jaxee lands a right hand.
Jaxee working hard to break the clinch.
Centura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jaxee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Centura tries to work over Jaxee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Centura stalling against the cage.
Centura avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jaxee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jaxee scores with a nice strike.

Centura clinches up with Jaxee and pushes him back against the cage.
Jaxee misses with a body punch.
I was talking to Centura's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jaxee is looking to break free of the clinch but Centura has double underhooks.
Jaxee misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Centura to work.
Jaxee jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Centura walks away with a smile on his face. Jaxee gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
An inside leg kick lands from Jaxee.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaxee connects with a nice looking jab.
Jaxee misses the shot to the body.
Centura went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Centura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jaxee throws a series of punches but Centura avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centura slips a straight right by Jaxee.
Jaxee lands a jab to the head.
Jaxee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Centura moves away.

Centura has closed the distance and engaged Jaxee in a clinch.
Jaxee lands with a right to the head.
Centura unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Centura slowing the pace effectively.
Jaxee drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Centura will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jaxee up against the cage.

Jaxee breaks from the clinch.
Jab from Jaxee.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jaxee. Centura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Centura is looking for a counter combo.

Jaxee tries to keep at a distance but Centura has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaxee tries to circle away but Centura has him pinned against the cage.
Centura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jaxee is defending well for now.
Centura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jaxee blocks it with crossed arms.
Centura is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Centura utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaxee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Centura lands an elbow inside that Jaxee shrugs off.
Centura controlling the action here for a moment.
Centura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jaxee.
Jaxee throws a head punch that misses.
Jaxee is trying to pull guard but Centura turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ace Centura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stacee Jaxee.
Centura with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Come on Centura - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ace Centura dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jaxee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jaxee lands with an overhand left.
Centura tries to clinch but Jaxee moves out of range.
Jaxee throws out a counter right but Centura avoids it with no problem.
Jaxee avoids the head kick by Centura.
Jaxee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Centura.
Centura fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jaxee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Centura.
Jaxee digs a good body shot into Centura's ribs.
That kick from Jaxee tenderised Centura's leg. Centura is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaxee misses the jab.
Centura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jaxee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As Centura backs off Jaxee throws a huge counter combo but Centura manages to avoid it all.

Centura clinches up against the cage.

Jaxee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jaxee throws out a loose jab but Centura uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaxee cracks Centura with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stacee Jaxee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jaxee lands a body shot.
Stacee Jaxee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Centura takes a swing at Jaxee's ribcage but misses.
Centura moves out of range of the strikes.
Centura is looking to counter with head kicks.
Jaxee misses with a left hand
and Centura counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jaxee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Centura.
Jaxee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Centura was well out of range. Poor timing from Jaxee.
Centura throws a leg kick
and Jaxee connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Centura throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Centura throws an overhand right that lands on Jaxee's shoulder, as Jaxee tries to avoid the shot.
Jaxee is looking for the big counter here.
Jaxee throws a jab when Centura was well out of range.
Centura scoring well with a low kick there.
Jaxee slips under a jab.
Jaxee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Centura closes the distance and clinches.
Jaxee tries to circle away but Centura has him pinned against the cage.
Jaxee is trying to stall.
A short left from Jaxee.
Jaxee digs a right hand into Centura's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Centura's gas tank.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jaxee wants a takedown but no success here.
Jaxee working hard to break the clinch.
Centura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jaxee is defending well for now.
Centura misses with a punch to the body.
Centura tries to throw a body punch but Jaxee avoids it by throwing Centura back against the cage.
Centura misses with a knee to the head.

Jaxee breaks from the clinch.
Centura throws an overhand right that lands on Jaxee's shoulder, as Jaxee tries to avoid the shot.
Jaxee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Centura on the side of the head.
Jaxee falls off balance throwing a combination
and Centura counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Centura lands but Jaxee takes it in his stride.
Jaxee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Centura.
Centura tries to clinch but Jaxee moves away
and Jaxee counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Centura closes the distance and clinches.
Jaxee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Centura landing knees to the body.
Centura is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jaxee is keeping busy.
Ace Centura has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Centura lands a shoulder strike.
Centura dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jaxee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Jaxee manages to break the clinch.
Jaxee circles away from the clinch attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jaxee! But no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Centura on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Centura tries to clinch but Jaxee moves out of range.
Centura dodges the punch combination from Jaxee.
Jaxee throws a hook but Centura avoids it easily.
Centura seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jaxee circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big right from Jaxee misses.
Jaxee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jaxee misses with a jab, cross combination.
A quick step to the side and Centura tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

Centura closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Centura'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.
Jaxee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jaxee is looking to break free of the clinch but Centura has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stacee Jaxee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Centura looks to clinch
enabling Jaxee to counter with a crisp jab.
Jaxee swats away the attempt to clinch by Centura.
Centura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Centura moves forwards but Jaxee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Centura slips a jab and a cross from Jaxee.
Centura throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Centura misses with a body kick.
Centura gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Jaxee counters with a nice uppercut.
Jaxee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Centura manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaxee scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Centura doesn't seem bothered though.
Jaxee's corner calls for a 1-2. Jaxee obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Centura is rocked!

Centura drives through and clinches with Jaxee against the cage.
Oh Centura is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaxee is trying to pull guard but Centura turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Centura seems to have got his legs back now.
Centura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jaxee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaxee is trying to break free.
Centura tries to land a knee to the head but Jaxee blocks with his arms.
Centura digs a right hand into Jaxee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jaxee's gas tank.
Centura wants to stall.
Jaxee pushes Centura back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Centura blocks an uppercut.
Centura taking a breather.
Centura can't find room to land a body shot as Jaxee controls the action.
Jaxee tries to circle away but Centura has him pinned against the cage.
Centura lands a nice knee to the body.
Jaxee wants to get back to striking at distance but Centura won't allow it.
Centura tries to stall but Jaxee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Centura looking to slow down the pace here.
Jaxee throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaxee jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Centura walks away with a smile on his face. Jaxee gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jaxee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Centura.
Jaxee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jaxee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Centura.
Jaxee keeps the fight on the outside.
Centura connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jaxee's hands.
Centura tries to clinch but Jaxee is having none of it.
Centura tries to clinch there but Jaxee circles away.

Centura clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Jaxee breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jaxee. Centura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jaxee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Centura clinches up with Jaxee and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centura landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jaxee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Centura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Centura landing knees to the head.
Centura just leaning against Jaxee, taking a breather.
Centura is stalling here.
Jaxee working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Centura avoiding damage.
Centura taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Centura.
Centura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jaxee avoids it.
Jaxee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Centura is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jaxee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaxee is trying to push Centura away but Centura has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Centura holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jaxee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Centura has him pressed against the cage.
Centura is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ace Centura.
Jaxee keeps the fight on the outside.
Jaxee paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Centura tries to clinch up.
Jaxee swats away the attempt to clinch by Centura.
Jaxee feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Centuras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jaxee keeps the fight on the outside.
Centura chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jaxee can pounce on him.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Stacee Jaxee.
I think Jaxee 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Stacee Jaxee!
Stacee Jaxee decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.