PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Landi (ranked 22760 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khru Jako (ranked 4076 p4p, 0 weight class). Landi comes to the cage accompanied by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6JsbY8h2y0. Jako has chosen Catch a Fire as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jose Landi has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Landi
vs
Jako

181 cm
21
183 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

169 cm
31
176 lbs
15 - 12 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Landi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Khru Jako!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jako lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jako lands a right hand.
Jako working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Landi is trying to stall.
Landi wants to get back to striking at distance but Jako won't allow it.
Landi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jako walks away with a smile on his face. Landi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jako showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Landi.
Jako tests Landi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Landi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Landi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jako makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jako changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jako turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jako cracks the inside of Landi's front leg.
Landi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Landi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Landi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Landi instigates a clinch.
Jako lands a right hand that snaps the head of Landi backwards.
A right hand to the body from Jako.
Jako gets through Landi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jako lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Landi backwards.
Landi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Landi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jako.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Landi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jako lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jako.
Jako lands with a short shot to the head.
Landi tries to pull guard but Jako holds him up against the cage and eventually Landi drops back down to his feet.
Jako crunches a lovely knee into Landi's ribcage.
Landi is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jako lands a right hand that snaps the head of Landi backwards.
Landi is trying to pull guard but Jako turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jako unloads a knee to the mid-section. Landi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jako.
A short right from Jako on the inside.

Landi is rocked!
Jako gets through Landi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Landi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jako drops Landi with a big knee straight up the middle! Landi is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

It looks like Jose Landi has been cut.
Jako scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Landi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jako lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short body shot lands from Jako as the two fighters clinch.
Jako putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Landi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Landi jumps guard but Jako turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jako lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Landi.
Landi seems to have got his legs back now.
Jako lands with a left to the head.
Jako lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jako lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Jako.
Jako stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A body shot lands from Jako.
Jako is leaning against Landi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Jako.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jako.
Landi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jako lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jako lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jako lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Jako as the two fighters clinch.
Jako lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jako presses Landi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jako lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Landi backwards.
Jako lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jako lands a right hand.
Jako lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jako scores with a shot to the side of Landi's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jako throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Landi is trapped in a tight thai clinch here. Jako pulls him left and then right before unleashing a vicious knee to the head. Oh damn - Landi is out cold! That's some serious business! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Khru Jako!
After the fight, Khru Jako was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.