PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between mike rasta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Janson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Janson has chosen the happy gnome song. as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. mike rasta has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

rasta
vs
Janson

200 cm
20
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

153 cm
22
207 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, mike rasta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jan Janson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
rasta walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Janson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Janson swats away the attempt to clinch by rasta.
A shot to de liver by rasta. Beautiful body shot.
rasta misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
rasta fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
rasta throws a body kick that misses.
rasta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Janson was well out of range. Poor timing from rasta.
rasta has a takedown stuffed.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
rasta is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
rasta is not content to let Janson control the position.
Janson scores with a couple of short elbows.

Janson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, rasta has escaped the position, nice work there.
rasta gets back to half guard.
Janson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Janson slips a nice elbow through rasta's hands, connecting with rasta's forehead.
rasta is looking to control Janson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can rasta avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed rasta's head.
rasta keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
rasta trying to control but Janson postures up.
Janson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
rasta trying to control but Janson postures up.
Janson working the head and body with strikes.
rasta is breathing heavily.
rasta taking some punishment here, with Janson in his half guard.
Janson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks rasta with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Janson working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
rasta wants to control but Janson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Janson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Janson is nestled in close to rasta, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Janson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Janson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
rasta looks like he's trying to stand up.
rasta is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Janson scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Janson drops an elbow to the side of rasta's head.
Janson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
rasta is trying to control but can't.
Janson is nestled in close to rasta, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Janson working rasta over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janson passes to full mount!
Janson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Janson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Janson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
rasta tries to hold on but Janson pushes him away.
Janson looking to control but rasta is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Janson with shots to the head and body - rasta looks very uncomfortable down there.
Janson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can rasta hang on?
Janson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
rasta tries to lock up and control but Janson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
rasta wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Janson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

rasta tries to clinch up.
rasta is looking to clinch.
rasta tries to clinch up.
rasta scores with a hook to the body. Janson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Janson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
rasta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Janson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
rasta fails with an attempt to clinch.
rasta moves in looking to clinch but Janson pushes him off.
mike rasta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
rasta doesn't manage to clinch there - Janson circles away.
rasta with a poor takedown

so Janson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
rasta working a defensive guard here.
Janson controlling from the top position.
Jan Janson has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janson postures up.
Janson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Janson stands up over rasta, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Janson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Janson stands up over rasta, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Janson trying to control the position from guard on top but rasta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Janson pushes down on rasta's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Janson seems content to control.
rasta is trying to control but can't.
Janson winds up and cracks rasta with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Janson stops rasta from getting back to his feet.
rasta tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Janson is working for a kimura but rasta is defending it quite comfortably.
rasta has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Janson is working away from the top position though.
Janson working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Janson prevents rasta from improving his position.
Janson uses his free foot to push down on rasta's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for rasta.
Janson with good strikes from the mount here!
Janson lands a big elbow.
Janson lands a big elbow.
rasta is trying desperately to improve position.
Janson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Janson is landing with some decent strikes but rasta is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Janson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

rasta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
rasta tries to clinch but Janson is having none of it.
Janson misses with a leg kick

and rasta counters with a nice double leg into side control. Janson won't be happy with that.
rasta wants to stand but Janson has his arm trapped.
Janson is trying to control rasta's posture but rasta avoids it.
Janson throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Janson gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
rasta is looking to advance position but Janson won't allow it.
Janson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Janson moves into full guard.
Janson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for rasta!
rasta tries to reverse the position but Janson maintains control.
Janson lands with some strikes.

Janson is working for a guillotine from mount but rasta frees his head quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Janson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Janson lands a nice shot to the head.
Janson breaks from rasta's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Janson cracks rasta with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Janson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Janson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can rasta hang on?
rasta wants to hold on but Janson pushes him away.
Janson working rasta over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janson landing punches.
rasta is bucking up trying to escape but Janson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Janson blocks rasta's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Janson lands with some strikes.
rasta is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Janson looking to finish rasta with some ground and pound. This is bad for rasta!
rasta wants to hold on but Janson pushes him away.
Janson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. rasta looks a forlorn figure.
Janson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of rasta's face.
Janson controlling the pace for now.
Janson unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Janson with the ground and pound from mount.
Janson raining down shots from the mount!
Janson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Janson avoids the attempt from rasta to control.
Janson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can rasta hang on?
rasta is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Janson.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Janson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Janson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Janson!