PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Heel Jando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Giles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jando might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Strokes - Someday. Johan Giles has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jando
vs
Giles

174 cm
23
165 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Heel Jando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johan Giles!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giles throws the left hand but Jando avoids the punch easily.
Giles throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Giles works the jab nicely.
Jando fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giles circles away from the clinch attempt.
A swing and a miss from Giles.

Jando pushes Giles up against the ropes in a clinch.
Jando comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jando lands an elbow just above Giles 's eye.
Jando gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Giles.
Giles goes for a takedown attempt but Jando pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jando blocks a jab.
Giles fails with the takedown.
Heel Jando has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johan Giles.

Jando rushes Giles and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Giles tightens his grip and picks Jando up, before dumping him to the ground. Jando manages to land in guard.
Jando is trying to keep Giles in close.
Giles landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jando looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jando might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jando utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jando manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Giles manages to get himself to full guard.
Jando wants to control from the top but Giles keeps moving.
Jando throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Giles works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Giles is looking to sweep but instead, Jando has passed into half guard.
Jando moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Giles.
Jando trying to control the position but Giles is working away.
Giles tries to strike from the bottom but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles is trying to get back to half guard.
Giles regains half guard.
Giles blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jando.
Jando blocks the strikes from Giles.
Jando not doing much here.
Jando is looking to advance position but Giles won't allow it.
Giles is looking for a sweep. Jando is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Giles works his way to full guard. Good work.
Giles will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Jando slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Giles.
Jando seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Giles does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jando's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jando's back!
Jando tries to escape the position.
Giles throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Jando!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Giles scores with strikes from the back.
Giles scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Jando is looking for a way out.
Giles gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Jando grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Giles throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Giles. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Jando manages to reverse the position and now he's in Giles's guard. Nice work there by Jando.
Jando trying to control the position from guard on top but Giles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jando is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jando is really struggling to control Giles but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Jando missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Giles tries to strike from the bottom.
Jando trying to control the position from guard on top but Giles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Giles throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Giles doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Giles lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Giles lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Giles looks for a takedown but Jando sprawls well.
Giles lands with an uppercut that bounces Jando off the ropes and back into rage.
Giles getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johan Giles dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Giles misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Giles closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jando circles away.
Heel Jando is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Giles fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jando moves in looking to clinch but Giles pushes him off.
Jando defending well as Giles loads up on a big left hand.
Giles lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jando at a distance.
Giles is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Giles throws an overhand right that lands on Jando's shoulder, as Jando tries to avoid the shot.
Giles paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Giles throws a jab when Jando was well out of range.

Jando shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jando showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Giles is looking to get back to full guard here but Jando has managed to pass to side control instead.
Giles is squirming around, avoiding Jando's attempts to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Giles is breathing heavily.
Jando can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Giles is looking to escape.
Jando unloads with some shots from mount but Giles bucks and avoids them well.
Giles is looking to improve his position but Jando isn't that keen on the idea.
Jando breaks from Giles's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jando tries to control but Giles wriggling away.
Jando looking to ground and pound but Giles is blocking nicely.
Jando looking to ground and pound but Giles is blocking nicely.
Giles is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Jando connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jando 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Giles is in all sorts of trouble here.
Giles swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Giles throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

Jando with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Giles manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Jando throwing shots but Giles is blocking nicely.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jando in particular looking to stall.
Giles is staying active underneath Jando, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Giles wants to get back to full guard.
Giles is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles missing with punches from the bottom.
Giles wants to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Jando rushes Giles and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Giles managing to block the knees to the body from Jando.
Giles wants to break the clinch but can't.

Giles drags the fight down to the ground.
Giles trying to strike off his back.
Jando missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Giles manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
A nice elbow there by Giles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giles scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jando?
Jando can't escape the position.
Jando regains half guard.
Jando wants to get back to full guard.
Giles working over Jando with some ground and pound. Jando looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Giles is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Giles lands a nice short elbow.
Giles is thwarting Jando's attempts to control the position.
Giles winds up and cracks Jando with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Giles thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Johan Giles will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Giles misses with an uppercut. Jando saw that one coming.
Johan Giles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut there from Giles.
Giles looks to score with a jab to the body but Jando is just out of range.
Jando tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jando bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jando tries to clinch up.
Jando is looking to clinch but Giles is avoiding it.
Giles might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Jando moves into the clinch.
Jando looking to stall.
Giles tries to pull guard but Jando holds him up against the ropes and eventually Giles drops back down to his feet.
Jando taking a breather.
Jando leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Giles tries to break the clinch but Jando is controlling the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jando misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jando comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Giles has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jando is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Giles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jando stalls.
Jando throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Giles pulls guard.
Johan Giles has got the better of the ground game so far.
Giles keeping moving, preventing Jando from controlling successfully.
Giles lands some strikes from the bottom.
Giles looking for a sweep. Not yet Giles, not yet.
Giles is striking from the bottom but Jando uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Giles is looking for a sweep. Jando is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jando is tying to control. Giles wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Giles is looking to improve his position.
Giles is pressing down on Jando's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Giles punching to the body, from the bottom.
Giles wants to sweep but no luck.
Jando throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Giles works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Jando drops back looking for a leg! Giles is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Giles manages to kick Jando off! Jando jumps back into Giles's guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Giles misses the shot to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Giles, as that shot connected.
Giles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles misses with a looping left.
Jando keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Giles moves into range and connects with a jab.
A big left from Giles misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Giles misses the target.
Giles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Giles throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jando uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Giles.
Jando slips a straight right by Giles.
Jando misses with a double jab.
Giles misses with a looping left.
Giles keeps the fight on the outside.
Jando takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Jando looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Giles!
Giles slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jando works his way into full mount!
Giles is wriggling around trying to escape.
Giles blocking the ground and pound.
Giles keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jando trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Giles can't escape the position.
Giles swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johan Giles.
I've got Giles winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight for Johan Giles!
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Johan Giles!
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Johan Giles!

Johan Giles wins by unanimous decision!