PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lennox Zelaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vlkomir Jahoda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zelaya's entrance music is Turn Down For What. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zelaya
vs
Jahoda

187 cm
26
185 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

190 cm
18
186 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lennox Zelaya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vlkomir Jahoda!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zelaya keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jahoda.
Jahoda shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zelaya sprawls well. Zelaya wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jahoda gets slowly back to his feet.
Lennox Zelaya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vlkomir Jahoda.
Jahoda with a lazy takedown attempt

and Zelaya counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Zelaya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jahoda fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Zelaya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jahoda closes the distance and clinches up with Zelaya, looking for a takedown. Jahoda pushes Zelaya against the cage but Zelaya circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Zelaya throwing a counter right hand but Jahoda manages to avoid it.

Jahoda tries to keep at a distance but Zelaya has taken the fight into the clinch.

Zelaya gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Zelaya decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zelaya looks to land a combination. Jahoda sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jahoda shoots for a takedown but Zelaya saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jahoda looks winded!
Jahoda tries to clinch up
and Zelaya counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Zelaya closes the distance and pushes Jahoda back into the cage.

Zelaya works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Jahoda not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jahoda keeping full guard, as Zelaya tries to pass.
Zelaya has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jahoda has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelaya preventing the sweep.
Zelaya wanted to stand there but Jahoda had control of the position.

Zelaya thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Zelaya in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jahoda seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Zelaya in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Zelaya controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelaya is looking to stand up but Jahoda won't let him.
Jahoda pulls Zelaya in close to prevent any damage.
Jahoda's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Zelaya's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jahoda keeping moving, preventing Zelaya from controlling successfully.

Zelaya decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jahoda, up you get!

Zelaya has closed the distance and engaged Jahoda in a clinch.
Jahoda avoids a wild elbow strike from Zelaya.

Zelaya has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Jahoda is trying to keep an underhook but Zelaya manages to get the takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jahoda trying to control from the bottom.
Jahoda has his hands clasped together around Zelaya's back. He's all about the action.
Zelaya is keen to just control but Jahoda is a slippery customer.
Jahoda is concentrating on defense, preventing Zelaya from advancing position.
Jahoda trying to control but Zelaya postures up.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Zelaya drives through and clinches with Jahoda against the cage.

Jahoda has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Zelaya uses from the top position.
Zelaya looking to sit in guard and control but Jahoda gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Jahoda controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Jahoda drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jahoda jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jahoda controls from within his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jahoda trying to control but Zelaya is working from the bottom.

Zelaya is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jahoda defends well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zelaya is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Zelaya on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Zelaya tries to get out of the position.

Jahoda thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jahoda advances to half guard.
Zelaya is trying to get back to full guard.
Jahoda moves into full mount! Zelaya won't be happy about that!
Jahoda tries to control but Zelaya wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelaya can't escape the position.
Jahoda raining down shots from the mount!

Jahoda working for a guillotine from mount but Zelaya is in no mood to give up.
Lennox Zelaya overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jahoda avoids the attempt from Zelaya to control.
Jahoda tries to control but Zelaya wriggling away.
Jahoda is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Zelaya wants to control but Jahoda is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jahoda trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jahoda might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Zelaya haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Zelaya is trying desperately to improve position.
Jahoda lands a nice shot to the head.
Zelaya knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jahoda on the ground.
Jahoda controlling the position easily from mount.
Jahoda trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jahoda controlling his opponent.
Jahoda with shots to the head and body - Zelaya looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jahoda trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Jahoda looking to secure an arm triangle but Zelaya defends it well.
Jahoda wants to control the pace but Zelaya is squirming around nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Jahoda is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Zelaya is surviving well by controlling Jahoda's body position as best he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vlkomir Jahoda showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jahoda scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Zelaya being controlled for a moment.
Jahoda is looking to take a break and control but Zelaya is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Jahoda is trying to get an arm triangle but Zelaya is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jahoda is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Zelaya has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zelaya can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahoda moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

Jahoda wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Zelaya, who protects the arm well.
Jahoda is staying tight to Zelaya's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Jahoda scoring with punches and elbows.
Jahoda wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zelaya keeps working.

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.
What's Zelaya going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Zelaya is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jahoda trying to control the position but Zelaya is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zelaya prevents Jahoda from moving into mount.
Zelaya is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jahoda connects with a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jahoda sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Zelaya is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Jahoda trying to control the position but Zelaya is working away.
Zelaya seems a little lost for a moment, as Jahoda dominates the positioning.
Jahoda wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zelaya keeps working.
Zelaya is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Zelaya is not content to let Jahoda control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jahoda shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Zelaya defends it nicely.
Jahoda takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Zelaya rushes Jahoda and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Zelaya has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Jahoda is trying to keep an underhook but Zelaya manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Jahoda trying to control here.
Jahoda is concentrating on defense, preventing Zelaya from advancing position.
More stalling from Jahoda.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jahoda trying to control here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vlkomir Jahoda.
I think Jahoda 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!