PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Azpilc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roe Jogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Azpilc
vs
Jogan

167 cm
25
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pedro Azpilc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roe Jogan!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azpilc misses with a looping right.
A combination from Jogan does no damage.
Azpilc appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Jogan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azpilc manages to avoid it.
Jogan throws a looping overhand right but Azpilc ducks down to avoid it.
Azpilc swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Azpilc takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jogan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jogan throws out a powerful jab.
Jogan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Azpilc momentarily.

Azpilc fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jogan, pushing him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Jogan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Azpilc tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Azpilc working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azpilc.
Jogan working aggressively here.
Jogan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Azpilc prevents a body shot from Jogan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azpilc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Azpilc tries a body shot but Jogan blocks it.
Azpilc misses with some punches.
Jogan misses with a punch on the inside.
Azpilc swings wildly with an uppercut but Jogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azpilc swings wildly with an uppercut but Jogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azpilc working aggressively here.
Azpilc tries a body shot but Jogan blocks it.
Azpilc throws a punch but it's blocked by Jogan.
Azpilc prevents Jogan from breaking the clinch.
Azpilc scores with a hook to the body.
Jogan scores with a shot to the side of Azpilc's head.
Azpilc misses with some punches.
Azpilc lands with a short shot to the head.
Azpilc working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jogan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Azpilc prevents a body shot from Jogan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azpilc misses with a punch to the body.
Jogan scores with a shot to the side of Azpilc's head.
Jogan lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Azpilc.
Azpilc misses with a punch on the inside.
Azpilc lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azpilc.
Jogan can't find room to land a body shot as Azpilc controls the action.
Jogan works on Azpilc's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jogan.
Jogan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Azpilc misses with a short punch on the inside.
Azpilc lands with a light punch inside.
Azpilc blocks a body shot from Jogan.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Azpilc.
Azpilc doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Azpilc lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jogan lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jogan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jogan tries to circle away but Azpilc has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jogan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Azpilc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Azpilc working aggressively here.
Azpilc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jogan swings wildly with an uppercut but Azpilc uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azpilc has Jogan pressed against the cage, preventing Jogan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jogan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jogan wants to break free but Azpilc has control.
Jogan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Azpilc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Azpilc lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Azpilc fails to land.
Azpilc lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Azpilc misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azpilc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Azpilc scores with a shot to the side of Jogan's head.
A nice left hand lands by Azpilc.
Jogan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Azpilc's elbow.
Azpilc scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Azpilc misses with some punches.
A short left from Azpilc.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jogan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Azpilc lands a shoulder strike.
Azpilc can't find room to land a body shot as Jogan controls the action.
Jogan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Azpilc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Azpilc misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Jogan.
Azpilc goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Azpilc misses with the head strike.
Azpilc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Azpilc dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jogan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Azpilc slips a straight right by Jogan.
Azpilc tries to move into range but Jogan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jogan just misses with a punch to the body.
Azpilc is looking to counter the offense by Jogan and move into the clinch.
Azpilc avoids the body shot from Jogan.
It looked like Azpilc was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jogan.
Jogan lands an overhand right.
Nice defenses there by Jogan.
Jogan misses the jab.
Jogan misses with a series of wild punches.
Roe Jogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A cross from Jogan lands.
Jogan misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azpilc tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jogan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Azpilc misses with a straight left.
Jogan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Azpilc slips under a jab.
Jogan connects with a nice looking jab.
Jogan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jogan lands a two punch combo.
Jogan misses with a wild body shot.
Azpilc looks to land a right hand but Jogan moved out of range.
Azpilc wants to clinch
and Azpilc takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jogan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Azpilc.
Jogan swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azpilc avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jogan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Azpilc walks into a stiff left hand from Jogan.
Jogan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Azpilc displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jogan throws out the jab.
Jogan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Azpilc misses with an uppercut.
Azpilc misses with a left hand
and Jogan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Azpilc takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jogan looks to throw the jab but Azpilc is out of range.
Azpilc slips under a jab from Jogan.
Azpilc is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jogan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Azpilc.
Azpilc swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jogan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Azpilc on the side of the head.
Azpilc swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jogan throws out a counter right but Azpilc avoids it with no problem.
Jogan looks to throw the jab but Azpilc is out of range.
Jogan misses with a straight left.
Azpilc lands a jab to the nose.
Jogan misses with a double jab.
Azpilc is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Jogan.
Jogan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Azpilc.
Jogan is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Jogan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Azpilc counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jogan is breathing heavily.
Jogan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Azpilc just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azpilc misses with a jab, cross combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Azpilc misses the target.
Azpilc slips a straight right by Jogan.
A little feinted left hand from Azpilc on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Roe Jogan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jogan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Azpilc counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azpilc throws a right and a left that Jogan avoids nicely.
Azpilc throws a jab when Jogan was well out of range.
Azpilc takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jogan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Azpilc cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Roe Jogan has been cut.
Jogan 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.
Jogan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azpilc manages to avoid it.
Jogan throws a right hand that Azpilc ducks under and follows up with a left that Azpilc also avoids with ease.

Azpilc has taken the fight to the clinch.
Azpilc misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roe Jogan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roe Jogan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Azpilc misses with a body shot.
Azpilc walks into a stiff left hand from Jogan.
Azpilc throws out a loose jab but Jogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jogan throws a series of punches but Azpilc moves out of range.
Jogan looks to land a right hand but Azpilc moved out of range.
Azpilc closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jab by Jogan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jogan. Azpilc does a little dance to reset his feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azpilc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jogan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Azpilc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Azpilc fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jogan lands with a short shot to the head.
Azpilc looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jogan prevents a body shot from Azpilc.
Jogan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Azpilc backwards.
Azpilc tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jogan's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Azpilc.
Jogan prevents a body shot from Azpilc.
Pedro Azpilc has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jogan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jogan tries to break free but Azpilc pushes him back against the cage.
Azpilc working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jogan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Azpilc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Azpilc misses with the head strike.
Azpilc misses with the head strike.
Jogan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jogan prevents a body shot from Azpilc.
Jogan stalling against the cage.
Azpilc lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jogan is trying to break the clinch but Azpilc is controlling him.
Azpilc swings wildly with an uppercut but Jogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azpilc misses with a punch on the inside.
Azpilc misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Azpilc.
Azpilc blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jogan tries to break the clinch but Azpilc is controlling the position.
Azpilc pushes Jogan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Azpilc working aggressively here.
Azpilc lands a hook to the side of the head.
Azpilc makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Azpilc lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Azpilc fails to land.
Azpilc scores with a shot to the side of Jogan's head.
Azpilc working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jogan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Azpilc backwards.
Jogan lands a hook that snaps the head of Azpilc backwards.
Azpilc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jogan scores with a shot to the side of Azpilc's head.
Azpilc scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Azpilc keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jogan's efforts to push away.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jogan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azpilc.
Azpilc can't find room to land a body shot as Jogan controls the action.
Jogan is stalling here.
A right hand to the body from Azpilc.
A left hand lands to the body for Azpilc.
Jogan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A short left from Azpilc.
Jogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jogan blocks an uppercut.
Azpilc cracks Jogan with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azpilc misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Azpilc fails to land.
Azpilc lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Azpilc.
Azpilc misses with the head strike.
Azpilc lands a body punch in the clinch.
Azpilc lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Azpilc lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jogan backwards.
Jogan blocks a body shot from Azpilc.
Azpilc lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Azpilc doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Azpilc misses with the head strike.
Azpilc misses with the head strike.
Jogan misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Azpilc creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jogan blocking some punches.
Azpilc throws a punch but it's blocked by Jogan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Azpilc showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Azpilc has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Azpilc!