PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jaro Caro (ranked 5459 p4p, 5894 weight class) and Zack Blaze (ranked 291 p4p, 314 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Caro
vs
Blaze

225 cm
25
144
1 - 1 - 0

165 cm
25
142
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ice Nutrition and LAUNDRY [20%]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jaro Caro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zack Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Caro.

Caro fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Blaze sprawls well initially but Caro persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Caro really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Caro is looking for a kimura but Blaze is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Caro to get the leverage.
Caro passes to full mount!
Caro content just to control the position here.
Caro trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Caro throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Caro has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caro controlling from mount.

Caro wants to finish this one by submission but Blaze is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Caro.
Caro landing punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caro has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Blaze's face.
Blaze wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Blaze really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Caro. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Caro throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Blaze is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Caro is looking to control Blaze but Blaze is wriggling around and keeping busy.

Caro sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Blaze taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jaro Caro!
Jaro Caro decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.