PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jumpin Jahosafat (ranked 3608 p4p, 21482 weight class) and Jihadi John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying John 's choice of entrance music: Ali-A. Jihadi John will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Jahosafat
vs
John

196 cm
22
250
3 - 11 - 0

195 cm
43
276
15 - 22 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jumpin Jahosafat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Jihadi John !
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jahosafat closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into John 's guard.

John is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Jahosafat wants to take the fight to the mat but John manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
John has a couple of punches blocked by Jahosafat.
John misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jahosafat tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. John just stands there and leans against the cage.

Jahosafat jumps into guard, dragging John to the mat.
John tries to stand but Jahosafat is controlling from the bottom.
John won't allow Jahosafat to get back to his feet.
Jahosafat has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Jahosafat has his foot on John 's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. John works his way back into a safe position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahosafat looking for a sweep. Not yet Jahosafat, not yet.
Jahosafat on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jahosafat tries to get out of the position.

Jahosafat has his feet on John 's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Jahosafat shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jahosafat showed some decent athleticism there.
Jahosafat thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed John 's head.
Jahosafat is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jahosafat's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
John is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jahosafat wants to free his trapped foot but John is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Jahosafat stops John from getting back to his feet.
Jahosafat keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
John cracks Jahosafat with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jahosafat wants to clinch.
John is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

John tries to sprawl but Jahosafat drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jahosafat slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John wants to get back to his feet.

John has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Jahosafat is on him like a limpet, forcing John back against the cage.
John gets through Jahosafat's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
John prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jumpin Jahosafat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
John tries a knee to the head but Jahosafat blocks it.
John unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jahosafat lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jahosafat looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
John misses with a punch to the body.
Jahosafat fails to pull the fight into his guard.
John keeps control of Jahosafat as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jahosafat tries to pull guard but John won't allow it.

Jahosafat manages to break the clinch.
John missing with a left hand there. Jahosafat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
John misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jahosafat.
John misses with a body kick.
Jahosafat moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
John misses with a body kick.

John gets caught napping as Jahosafat dives in and scores a takedown. John manages to retain guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

John has his feet on Jahosafat's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Jahosafat tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jahosafat takes one on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jihadi John dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

John misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jahosafat.

Jahosafat scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jahosafat prevents John from escaping the position.
Jahosafat is chipping away with strikes.

Jahosafat goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, John rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Jahosafat's guard! Nice work there by John !
John wants to get up but he can't break Jahosafat's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

John decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jahosafat, up you get!
Jahosafat tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but John swivels and escapes.
Nice shot lands for John .

That's one minute gone in the round.
John slaps away a takedown attempt from Jahosafat, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jihadi John is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jahosafat drops his hands momentarily and John takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jahosafat is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A big right from John misses.
Jahosafat wants to clinch.

Jahosafat fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging John to the ground. Jahosafat is now in John 's guard.
Jahosafat postures up and lands a big shot to John 's brow.
Jahosafat seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Jahosafat with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jahosafat is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

John pushes Jahosafat off and scrambles back to his feet.
John throws the kick towards the body but Jahosafat avoids it.
Jahosafat feinted with a counter takedown.
John connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jahosafat. Jahosafat circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jahosafat shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with John but John pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jumpin Jahosafat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
John avoids the body shot from Jahosafat.
John is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jahosafat.
John scores with a punch to the head.
Jahosafat swats away the attempt to clinch by John .
An attempted straight right counter from Jahosafat misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John lands with an uppercut that bounces Jahosafat off the cage and back into range.
John bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Jahosafat fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging John to the ground. Jahosafat is now in John 's guard.

John has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Jahosafat off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

John gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jahosafat to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Jihadi John has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jahosafat wants to control from the top but John keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jahosafat pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. John is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John wants to get back to his feet but Jahosafat is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
John has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jahosafat showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jihadi John showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

John tries to close the distance and clinch but Jahosafat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

John pushes Jahosafat up against the cage in a clinch.
Jahosafat scores with a shot to the side of John 's head.
Jahosafat can't break the clinch.

Jahosafat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
John scores with a nice strike.
John lands a lovely overhand right.

John tries to sprawl but Jahosafat drives through with a takedown into half guard.
John wants to get back to his feet.
Jahosafat content to control rather than advance.
Jahosafat seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down John for as long as he can get away with.
Jahosafat looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahosafat stalling.
John wants to get back to his feet.
John regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Jahosafat.
Jahosafat content to stall in guard here.
John is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jahosafat is controlling him.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jahosafat fails with a takedown attempt.

John gets caught flat footed, as Jahosafat shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
John is looking to stand back up but Jahosafat counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by John .

Jahosafat stops John from getting back to his feet.
Jahosafat content to control rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jahosafat performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

John makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
John throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Jahosafat decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in John 's guard.
Jahosafat trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jahosafat controls the pace.

Jahosafat stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Sloppy strikes from Jahosafat. Those never looked like landing.
John scores with the left hand. Jahosafat knows he should have avoided that one.
Jahosafat shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with John but John pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Jahosafat closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming John to the mat! John manages to get full guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. John manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
John prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jumpin Jahosafat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
John lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jihadi John .
Well John has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jihadi John !
Jihadi John bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.