PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaco The Rastafarian Priest (ranked 1960 p4p, 4296 weight class) and Bhupal Birendra (ranked 59 p4p, 138 weight class). Birendra has chosen INDIAN DESERT as his entrance music. Bhupal Birendra has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jaco The Rastafarian Priest's chin.

The Rastafarian Priest
vs
Birendra

192 cm
19
275
4 - 0 - 0

196 cm
19
275
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jaco The Rastafarian Priest!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bhupal Birendra!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birendra misses with a wild body shot.
Birendra swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Rastafarian Priest displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Birendra.
The Rastafarian Priest uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Birendra has time to react.
The Rastafarian Priest ducks right into an uppercut from Birendra.
Birendra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Rastafarian Priest moves away.
Birendra throws a right hand that The Rastafarian Priest ducks under and follows up with a left that The Rastafarian Priest also avoids with ease.
Birendra misses with a hook.
Birendra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Rastafarian Priest was well out of range. Poor timing from Birendra.
Birendra throws a nice looking combination but The Rastafarian Priest bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Rastafarian Priest staying out of range there.
Birendra on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jaco The Rastafarian Priest seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Rastafarian Priest lands a nice shot that snaps Birendra's head back.
Good shot there by The Rastafarian Priest.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Birendra misses with a straight left.
Birendra throws a head kick that misses.
The Rastafarian Priest connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The Rastafarian Priest thuds a left hand into Birendra's body.
Jaco The Rastafarian Priest is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Rastafarian Priest 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.
Birendra takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A jab from Birendra finds it's way through The Rastafarian Priest's defenses.
The Rastafarian Priest cracks Birendra with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The Rastafarian Priest with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The Rastafarian Priest misses with a hook. Birendra ducked under it nicely.
The Rastafarian Priest lands with a right hand.
The Rastafarian Priest throws out a loose jab but Birendra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Birendra with the counter takedown but The Rastafarian Priest avoids it easily.
Birendra throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Rastafarian Priest with a jab.

Birendra closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Birendra lands in his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Rastafarian Priest managing to control the position.

Birendra drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Birendra jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Rastafarian Priest looking for a sweep. Not yet The Rastafarian Priest, not yet.
My spies in Handsome Guys Gym inform me that Birendra has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Birendra trying to control but The Rastafarian Priest is working from the bottom.

Birendra is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The Rastafarian Priest knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Birendra on the ground.
The Rastafarian Priest keeping moving, preventing Birendra from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Birendra drops back, looking for a kneebar! The Rastafarian Priest looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. The Rastafarian Priest looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from The Rastafarian Priest!

Birendra is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birendra pushes The Rastafarian Priest off looking to stand but The Rastafarian Priest dives back in and keeps control.
The Rastafarian Priest frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Birendra can't escape the position.
Birendra is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Birendra is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Birendra is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Rastafarian Priest looking to secure an arm triangle but Birendra defends it well.
The Rastafarian Priest with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Birendra wants to try and get back to his feet.

The Rastafarian Priest stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Birendra misses the jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Birendra.
Birendra misses with a wild body shot.
Birendra fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jaco The Rastafarian Priest dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Birendra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Rastafarian Priest moves away.
A jab from The Rastafarian Priest misses.
The Rastafarian Priest swinging wildly here.
The Rastafarian Priest misses with a looping left.
The Rastafarian Priest is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Birendra can do to turn this around?
Birendra throws a hook but The Rastafarian Priest avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from The Rastafarian Priest on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The Rastafarian Priest lands with a right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Birendra. Those never looked like landing.
The Rastafarian Priest bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Rastafarian Priest seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Birendra tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Rastafarian Priest manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Birendra uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Rastafarian Priest.
Jaco The Rastafarian Priest is winning the standup battle so far.
The Rastafarian Priest uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Birendra.
Birendra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Rastafarian Priest.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Birendra ducks under a wild hook from The Rastafarian Priest.
Birendra swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Birendra slips under a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Birendra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed right hand from The Rastafarian Priest misses the target.
The Rastafarian Priest throws a looping overhand right but Birendra ducks down to avoid it.
Birendra is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Rastafarian Priest dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Birendra displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Rastafarian Priest throws out the jab.
The Rastafarian Priest looks to throw the jab but Birendra is out of range.
The Rastafarian Priest bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Birendra's head backwards.
The Rastafarian Priest fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Birendra throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Birendra staying out of range there.
Birendra throws a poor cross that misses
and The Rastafarian Priest counters with a nice uppercut.
The Rastafarian Priest connects with a crisp jab.
The Rastafarian Priest keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Birendra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Rastafarian Priest was well out of range. Poor timing from Birendra.
Good standup being displayed there by The Rastafarian Priest as he connects with a hook.
The Rastafarian Priest is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Birendra closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Birendra staying out of range there.
The Rastafarian Priest slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The Rastafarian Priest throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Rastafarian Priest connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Rastafarian Priest throws a hook to the side of Birendra's head but Birendra sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Rastafarian Priest misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Birendra keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Rastafarian Priest.
The Rastafarian Priest pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Birendra throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and The Rastafarian Priest counters with a straight right hand.
A punch combination from Birendra misses.
Birendra swings and misses with a shot to the body
and The Rastafarian Priest counters with a nice uppercut.
The Rastafarian Priest fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Birendra looks to score with a jab to the body but The Rastafarian Priest is just out of range.
Birendra takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The Rastafarian Priest lands a nice looking body shot.
Birendra takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The Rastafarian Priest throws the left hand but Birendra avoids the punch easily.
Birendra keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The Rastafarian Priest tests Birendra's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Rastafarian Priest throws a hook but Birendra avoids it easily.
Birendra wants to clinch
and The Rastafarian Priest counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birendra tries to clinch up but The Rastafarian Priest circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from The Rastafarian Priest misses the target.
Birendra misses with a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Birendra.
Birendra misses with a straight right.
The Rastafarian Priest throws a lazy right hand but Birendra sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Birendra misses with an uppercut.
Birendra misses with an uppercut. The Rastafarian Priest saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Birendra misses its intended target.
Birendra looks for the body kick but The Rastafarian Priest saw that one coming.
The Rastafarian Priest connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Birendra swings widly with a right hand
and The Rastafarian Priest counters with a nice uppercut.
Birendra throws a jab when The Rastafarian Priest was well out of range.
Birendra throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Birendra tries to clinch but The Rastafarian Priest moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from The Rastafarian Priest misses the target.
The Rastafarian Priest lands the left hand.
Birendra swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birendra looks to land a right hand but The Rastafarian Priest moved out of range.
The Rastafarian Priest loads up on a big right hand but Birendra slips the punch.
The Rastafarian Priest avoids the body shot from Birendra.
Birendra avoids a punch combination nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Rastafarian Priest connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Birendra momentarily.
The Rastafarian Priest looks to land a left hand but Birendra moved out of range nicely.
Birendra is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Birendra uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Rastafarian Priest.
The Rastafarian Priest throws out a powerful jab.
The Rastafarian Priest throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Birendra on the side of the head.
Birendra misses with an uppercut
and The Rastafarian Priest counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Birendra has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Rastafarian Priest tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Birendra was well out of range. Poor timing from The Rastafarian Priest.
Jab from The Rastafarian Priest.
A big left from Birendra misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jaco The Rastafarian Priest dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Birendra throws a body shot but no joy.

Oooooh!!! The Rastafarian Priest has knocked Birendra down with a huge combo! The Rastafarian Priest steps away and waves a wobbly Birendra back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Birendra is rocked!

It looks like Bhupal Birendra has been cut.
The Rastafarian Priest leaves Birendra with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Birendra is still on wobbly legs! Can The Rastafarian Priest finish him?
The Rastafarian Priest cracks Birendra on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Birendra falls backwards against the cage. The Rastafarian Priest follows up with more strikes that drop Birendra to his knees. The Rastafarian Priest keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Birendra! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaco The Rastafarian Priest!
Jaco The Rastafarian Priest seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.