PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kylo Jahr (ranked 4713 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson James (ranked 333 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jahr
vs
James

189 cm
26
280 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
27
265 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kylo Jahr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tyson James!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James fails with a takedown attempt.
James fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jahr avoids it really well and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Jahr misses the target.
James dives in and grabs Jahr's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jahr pushes down on James's head and hops out.
Kylo Jahr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson James.

Jahr changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. James looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Jahr thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Jahr tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jahr has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
James really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jahr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Jahr goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, James rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Jahr's guard! Nice work there by James!
Jahr wants to sweep but no luck.
James postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James lands a couple of decent looking shots.
James engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
James throws a strike but Jahr rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Jahr wants to control from the top but James keeps moving.
Jahr preventing the sweep.
Jahr advances position into side control!
Jahr wants to control but James is keeping him busy.
James is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jahr has an Americana. James didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Jahr is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Jahr hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Kylo Jahr!
Kylo Jahr was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.