PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Mokete (ranked 3058 p4p, 318 weight class) and Errol Jitani (ranked 1713 p4p, 195 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jitani's choice of entrance music: The Last Dragon. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mokete
vs
Jitani

178 cm
28
156 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

180 cm
26
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Mokete!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Errol Jitani!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jitani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jitani lands with a shot to the body.
Mokete misses with a body shot.
Jitani throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Alexander Mokete has been cut.
Jitani misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Mokete misses the target.
Nice uppercut there from Jitani.
Jitani lands a nice shot to the body.
Mokete just misses with a punch to the body.
Jitani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mokete.
Jitani throws a sloppy head kick
and Mokete counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jitani throws a big shot that misses.
Mokete throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jitani throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Mokete.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jitani misses with a looping right.
Mokete throwing a counter right hand but Jitani manages to avoid it.
Mokete fails to land with a series of punches.
Errol Jitani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mokete tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mokete moves away from the strike by Jitani.
Mokete attempts a counter takedown but Jitani avoids it well and moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Jitani misses the target.
Mokete scores with the left hand. Jitani knows he should have avoided that one.
Mokete throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jitani smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mokete avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Errol Jitani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jitani listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jitani lands a nice shot to the body.
Jitani throws a nice head kick!
Jitani ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mokete moves away.
Mokete slips a straight right by Jitani.
Jitani throws a shot from downtown. Mokete moves away and avoids it.
Jitani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mokete tries to counter with a takedown but Jitani is quick to defend against it.
Decent striking displayed by Jitani there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jitani lands a high kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mokete on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mokete doesn't manage to clinch there - Jitani circles away.
Mokete misses with a takedown attempt - Jitani sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jitani misses with a looping left.
Jitani tests Mokete's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mokete staying out of range there.
Mokete misses with a body shot.
Mokete misses with a takedown attempt
and Jitani connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mokete is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jitani is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mokete had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jitani swats away the attempt to clinch by Mokete.
Jitani swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jitani loads up on a big right hand but Mokete slips the punch.
Mokete slips a jab and a cross from Jitani.
Jitani with a hook.
Jitani scores with a head kick. Mokete tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jitani scores with a shot to the body.
Mokete slips under a jab from Jitani.
Jitani throws a lazy uppercut
and Mokete counters with a straight right hand.
Mokete throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jitani throws a looping overhand right but Mokete ducks down to avoid it.
A lazy left from Jitani finds it's target.
Mokete shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jitani defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Mokete. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mokete takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jitani shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mokete eats them both and turns towards Jitani to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jitani on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jitani cracks Mokete with a good jab.
A head kick by Jitani misses
and Mokete connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mokete throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Mokete throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Jitani on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mokete slips under a jab.
Jitani throws a head kick that Mokete semi-blocks.
Jitani lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice uppercut lands for Jitani. That snapped Mokete's head back.
Jitani pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mokete attempts a counter takedown but Jitani avoids it well and moves away.
Jitani misses with a two punch combination.
Mokete takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Errol Jitani dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Mokete's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jitani misses with a wild body shot.
Mokete is looking to counter punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Mokete. That snapped Jitani's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jitani. Mokete does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jitani. Mokete does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mokete drops down looking for a counter takedown but Jitani sprawls and moves away.
Mokete misses with a looping right.
Jitani throws a looping overhand right but Mokete ducks down to avoid it.
Jitani lands with a cross.
Mokete ducks right into an uppercut from Jitani.
Mokete scores with a hook to the body. Jitani takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jitani tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mokete ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jitani moves away.
Jitani let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Mokete might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Mokete cracks Jitani with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jitani throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mokete misses with a straight right.
Mokete misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jitani.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jitani lands with a kick to the temple. Mokete shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jitani plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mokete throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jitani.
Jitani blocks a jab.
Mokete throws a looping overhand right but Jitani ducks down to avoid it.
Mokete throws a lazy right hand but Jitani sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mokete is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mokete throws a lazy right hand but Jitani sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
No joy there for Mokete, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mokete tries to clinch up.
Jitani cracks Mokete with a good jab.
Mokete takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Errol Jitani seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jitani lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jitani.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mokete scores with a jab. Jitani acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jitani darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mokete avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jitani has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mokete takes one on the button.
Mokete takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jitani walks into a jab.
Mokete needs to keep his hands up - Jitani had a free shot at his head there.
Jitani looks to land a combination. Mokete sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mokete takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jitani lands with a good body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Mokete. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jitani lands a nice shot to the body.
Jitani lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jitani misses with a straight left.
Mokete attempts a counter takedown but Jitani avoids it well and moves away.
Mokete throws a hook but Jitani avoids it easily.
Jitani lands a head shot.
Jitani lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mokete throws a series of punches but Jitani moves out of range.
Mokete takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jitani punishes Mokete's body with a nice straight punch.
Jitani cracks Mokete with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mokete takes a kick to the side of the head.

Mokete is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jitani takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mokete slips a jab from Jitani.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jitani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mokete was well out of range. Poor timing from Jitani.
Jitani with a nice cross.
Jitani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mokete.
Mokete fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jitani throws out a counter right but Mokete avoids it with no problem.
Jitani connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mokete momentarily.
Mokete sizes up Jitani with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mokete tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jitani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jitani misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jitani scores with a three punch combo!
Jitani has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Jitani misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Mokete clinches.
Jitani is trying to break the clinch but Mokete has him pressed against the cage.
Jitani looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mokete has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jitani uses from the top position.
Mokete trying to keep a closed guard but Jitani is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Errol Jitani showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alexander Mokete's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Mokete blocks a head kick by Jitani.
Mokete misses with an uppercut.
Mokete takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mokete takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jitani lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jitani misses the shot to the body.
Jitani displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mokete throws out the jab.
Jitani scores with a nice right hand.
Jitani lands a head kick!
Jitani uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mokete.
Jitani is looking for the big counter here.
Jitani lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mokete staying out of range there.
Mokete moves away from the strike by Jitani.
Mokete swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jitani misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jitani misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mokete connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jitani misses with a right hand

and Mokete counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Mokete is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Mokete wants to work for an arm triangle but Jitani is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Mokete prevents Jitani from improving his position.
Mokete is trying to control. Jitani wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jitani tries to get to full guard but Mokete has control of the leg.

Mokete looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Alexander Mokete has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mokete is keen to just control but Jitani is a slippery customer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mokete lands with a punch from half guard.

Mokete is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Jitani is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alexander Mokete!