PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Solomon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kareem Jabbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Solomon's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Silence. Jabbar has chosen 54-56 what`s my number as his entrance music. Kareem Jabbar will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Solomon
vs
Jabbar

188 cm
24
275 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

205 cm
24
237 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roy Solomon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kareem Jabbar!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jabbar keeps the fight on the outside.
Roy Solomon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Solomon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jabbar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Solomon closes the distance and pushes Jabbar back into the cage.
Solomon lands a shot to the body.
Jabbar looks gassed!

Solomon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Solomon has Jabbar up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jabbar is pressed up against the cage. Solomon has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jabbar down to the mat. Jabbar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Solomon throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jabbar's waist but Jabbar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Solomon off to one side.
Solomon tries to clinch up but Jabbar circles away and keeps his distance.
Solomon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jabbar circles away quickly and effectively.
Jabbar moves in looking to clinch but Solomon pushes him off.
Jabbar drops his hands momentarily and Solomon takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

It looks like Kareem Jabbar has been cut.

Solomon fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jabbar sprawls well initially but Solomon persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Jabbar is looking for a sweep. Solomon is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jabbar trying to hold on to Solomon's head to control him but Solomon postures up.
Solomon is looking to take a break and control but Jabbar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Solomon performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Solomon is trying to control. Jabbar wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Solomon is looking to advance position but Jabbar won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Solomon keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Solomon stops Jabbar from getting back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Solomon tries to clinch but Jabbar moves out of range.
Solomon connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Solomon gets a clinch.
Solomon tries to land knees in the clinch but Jabbar avoids the damage to the body.
Jabbar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Solomon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jabbar.
Solomon takes an elbow to the temple.
Jabbar lands with a left to the head.
Jabbar tries to land knees in the clinch but Solomon avoids the damage to the body.
Jabbar trying to control the position but instead, Solomon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jabbar into the cage.
Solomon works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Solomon trying to land knees to the body.
Jabbar with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Solomon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Solomon gets a clinch.
Jabbar is looking to control Solomon's arms but Solomon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jabbar has his back to the cage.
Jabbar avoiding damage as Solomon throws knees to the body.
Jabbar trying to land knees to the body.
Solomon lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Solomon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jabbar blocks it with crossed arms.

Solomon breaks from the clinch.

Solomon drives through and clinches with Jabbar against the cage.
Solomon is trying to break free.
Jabbar lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solomon trying to land knees to the body.
Solomon blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Solomon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Solomon lands a body shot.

Solomon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jabbar looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Solomon darts in and clinches Jabbar up against the cage.
Jabbar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Solomon scores a nice knee to the body.
Solomon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jabbar.
Solomon crunches a lovely knee into Jabbar's ribcage.
Solomon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jabbar leaning against his opponent.
Solomon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Jabbar breaks the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Jabbar as Solomon shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Solomon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Solomon tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Jabbar counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jabbar.

Solomon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jabbar tries to close the distance and clinch but Solomon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jabbar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solomon clinches but Jabbar breaks the clinch

and Jabbar counters by clinching up.

Jabbar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jabbar is looking to clinch.
Solomon tries to clinch
and Jabbar counters with a stiff right hand.
Solomon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Solomon lands a nice hook to Jabbar's body. Jabbar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jabbar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Solomon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Solomon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Jabbar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jabbar takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Solomon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kareem Jabbar's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Solomon wants to clinch
and Jabbar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jabbar tries to clinch but Solomon moves out of range.
Jabbar avoids the head kick by Solomon.

Jabbar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Solomon.
A short left from Solomon.
Jabbar misses with a knee strike.
Jabbar trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jabbar.
Solomon blocking some punches.
Jabbar tries to land a knee to the head but Solomon blocks with his arms.
Solomon avoids a wild elbow strike from Jabbar.
Jabbar throws an elbow but it misses.
Solomon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jabbar blocks it with crossed arms.
Solomon missing with knees to the body.
Jabbar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jabbar tries to land a knee to the head but Solomon blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Solomon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Solomon wants to get back to striking at distance but Jabbar won't allow it.
Jabbar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short body shot lands from Solomon as the two fighters clinch.

Solomon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Solomon moves into the clinch.
Solomon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jabbar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Solomon misses with an elbow over the top.
Solomon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jabbar's face.
Solomon lands a nice knee to the body.
Solomon misses with a knee strike.
Jabbar lands an elbow inside.
Jabbar misses with a knee to the head.
Solomon presses Jabbar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Roy Solomon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jabbar taking a breather.
A nice left hand lands by Solomon.
Jabbar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Solomon cracks Jabbar with a nice body shot.
Jabbar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Solomon.

Solomon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jabbar wants to clinch up but Solomon keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Solomon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jabbar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jabbar is looking to clinch but Solomon is avoiding it.

That's two 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.
Solomon tries to clinch but Jabbar moves out of range.
Jabbar tries to clinch up but Solomon circles away and keeps his distance.

Jabbar rushes Solomon and presses him up against the cage.
Solomon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Solomon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Roy Solomon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Solomon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jabbar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Solomon keeps the fight on the outside.
Solomon tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Jabbar counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jabbar.
Jabbar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Solomon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Jabbar fails to land.
Jabbar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Solomon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Solomon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jabbar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Solomon is stalling here.
Jabbar throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solomon is trying to break free.
The is referee keeping an eye on Solomon - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Jabbar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Solomon wants to clinch up but Jabbar keeps it at a distance.
Solomon lands a head kick. Jabbar smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Jabbar pushes Solomon up against the cage in a clinch.
Solomon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jabbar lands an elbow inside that Solomon shrugs off.
Jabbar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Solomon backwards.
Jabbar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Solomon.
Solomon avoids a wild elbow strike from Jabbar.
Jabbar throws an elbow but it misses.
Solomon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jabbar blocks it with crossed arms.
Jabbar blocks an uppercut.

Jabbar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown by Jabbar or perhaps it was just good defense by Solomon which made him look bad.
Solomon darts in trying to clinch

and Jabbar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Solomon.
Solomon tries a knee to the head but Jabbar blocks it.
The is referee keeping an eye on Jabbar - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Solomon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Jabbar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Solomon tries to close the distance and clinch but Jabbar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jabbar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jabbar tries to clinch but Solomon moves away
and Solomon counters with a right hand to the body.
Solomon tries to clinch there but Jabbar circles away.
Solomon wants to clinch.
Jabbar blocks a head kick by Solomon.

Solomon tries to keep at a distance but Jabbar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jabbar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Roy Solomon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kareem Jabbar's cut.
That's time! Solomon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Solomon looks to clinch

and Jabbar counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Solomon blocks an elbow strike.
Solomon is trying to break the clinch but Jabbar has him pressed against the cage.
Solomon trying to land knees to the body.
Solomon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jabbar blocks it with crossed arms.
Solomon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Jabbar breaks from the clinch.
Solomon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick by Solomon misses

and Jabbar counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jabbar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jabbar lands an elbow inside that Solomon shrugs off.
Jabbar landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Jabbar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jabbar throws a series of punches but Solomon avoids them all with ease.
Solomon circles away from the clinch attempt

and Solomon counters by clinching up.
Jabbar is looking to control Solomon's arms but Solomon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jabbar has his back to the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jabbar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Solomon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Solomon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jabbar.
Solomon takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabbar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jabbar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jabbar moves into the clinch.
Solomon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Jabbar.
A knee to the head by Jabbar.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Solomon tries to pull guard but Jabbar holds him up against the cage and eventually Solomon drops back down to his feet.
Solomon wants to stall.
Jabbar is looking to break free of the clinch but Solomon has double underhooks.
Solomon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Jabbar.
Jabbar is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Solomon is keeping busy.
Solomon tries to land knees in the clinch but Jabbar avoids the damage to the body.
Jabbar misses with an elbow over the top.

Solomon breaks the clinch.

Solomon moves into the clinch.

Jabbar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jabbar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Solomon can't break the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jabbar misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Solomon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabbar's brow.
Solomon trying to land knees to the body.
Solomon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jabbar landing knees to the body.
Jabbar is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Solomon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jabbar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Solomon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Solomon breaks from the clinch.
Jabbar moves in looking to clinch but Solomon pushes him off.
Solomon fails with a takedown attempt.

Jabbar clinches.
Solomon lands a nice shot to the body.
Jabbar with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solomon missing with knees to the body.
Jabbar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Solomon.
Solomon working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Solomon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice sprawl there from Jabbar as Solomon shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Solomon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Solomon tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Jabbar counters by moving into the clinch.
Kareem Jabbar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jabbar lands a knee to the head.

Solomon gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jabbar trying to get back to full guard but Solomon takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Solomon knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jabbar on the ground.
Solomon avoids the attempt from Jabbar to control.
Jabbar is squirming around, avoiding Solomon's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solomon won't let Jabbar get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Jabbar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Solomon can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jabbar is looking to escape.
Jabbar tries to hold on but Solomon postures up.
Jabbar is trying to stand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kareem Jabbar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Solomon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Roy Solomon!