PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stig Jahr (ranked 2857 p4p, 366 weight class) and Luiz Escobar (ranked 3565 p4p, 431 weight class). Stig Jahr has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jahr
vs
Escobar

178 cm
25
208 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good takedowns
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Stig Jahr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luiz Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar tries for a takedown but Jahr sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Jahr fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Escobar to the ground. Jahr is now in Escobar's guard.
Escobar is looking to stand back up but Jahr counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Escobar.

Escobar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jahr scores with a couple of nice shots.
We've been hearing good reports from Jahr's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Jahr seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jahr looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Escobar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jahr is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jahr looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Escobar wants to control but Jahr is keeping busy.
Escobar is trying to stand.
Jahr 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jahr controlling the action here.
Jahr scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahr is nestled in close to Escobar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Escobar missing with punches from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Jahr.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jahr is controlling the pace.
Nice strikes from Jahr there.
Jahr lands with a punch from half guard.
Escobar is trying to get back to full guard.
Jahr stops Escobar from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Escobar on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jahr lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jahr keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Escobar wants to sweep but Jahr has passed to side control!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Escobar is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jahr working the ground and pound.
Jahr working the ground and pound from side control.

Escobar is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jahr scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Escobar is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Jahr can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stig Jahr!
Stig Jahr bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.