PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Esko Jazz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Dimmick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jazz kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is AC/DC - Back in Black. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Jazz
vs
Dimmick

178 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Drago's Choice

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Esko Jazz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Larry Dimmick!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jazz shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dimmick as he jumps to the side.

Jazz feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jazz works over Dimmick with some ground and pound from guard.
Jazz 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.
Jazz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jazz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jazz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dimmick works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jazz landing with the ground and pound.
Dimmick is looking to stand up but Jazz isn't so interested in that idea.
Jazz stands and throws Dimmick's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jazz postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jazz is putting a hurting on Dimmick here, landing some big shots from side control.
Jazz working the strikes but Dimmick uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Jazz is thwarting Dimmick's attempts to control the position.
Jazz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jazz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Jazz wants to work for an arm triangle but Dimmick is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Dimmick is trying to maintain the position but Jazz is very close to passing his half guard.
Dimmick looks gassed!
Jazz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jazz throws a strike but Dimmick avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Jazz thows a big elbow that misses.

Dimmick looking for a guillotine here but Jazz defends easily.
Jazz stands and throws Dimmick's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jazz lands a few punches from side control.
Dimmick takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jazz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Jazz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jazz tries to advance to mount but can't.
Jazz misses with the ground and pound.
Dimmick is looking to regain half guard here but Jazz keeps moving and retains side control.
Dimmick sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Dimmick is trying to control but can't.
Dimmick is looking to escape.
Dimmick blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jazz.
Dimmick makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Dimmick.
Dimmick is trying to control the position but Jazz postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimmick is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dimmick is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jazz is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Dimmick jumps into side control!
Jazz is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dimmick connects with a decent elbow.
Jazz is looking for a sweep.
Jazz manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Jazz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Jazz is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Dimmick pulls his head out easily.
Jazz tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Jazz wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jazz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dimmick avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jazz manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jazz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jazz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jazz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dimmick takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jazz punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jazz punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jazz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dimmick is desperately trying to improve his position but Jazz has a good base and remains in mount.
Jazz lands a nice shot to the head.
BOOM! Jazz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esko Jazz dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dimmick misses with a takedown attempt - Jazz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dimmick shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Jazz counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Dimmick is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jazz preventing the sweep.
Jazz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jazz wants to pass the guard but Dimmick is keeping the position.
Dimmick utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jazz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Esko Jazz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jazz tries to free his leg and advance position but Dimmick is retaining full guard.
Jazz throws and elbow that misses. Dimmick uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jazz's guard. Nice move by Dimmick!
Jazz has momentary wrist control but Dimmick slips an elbow through the middle.
Dimmick wanted to stand there but Jazz had control of the position.
Dimmick sitting in guard here, content to control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jazz striking off his back but it's not causing Dimmick any problems.
Dimmick must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Jazz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Dimmick stands up and waves to Jazz to follow him.
Jazz wants to clinch up but Dimmick keeps it at a distance.
Esko Jazz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jazz wants to clinch.

Jazz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jazz scoring with punches and elbows.
Jazz working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Jazz has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Jazz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Jazz.
Dimmick wants to control but Jazz is having none of it.
Dimmick is in a horrible position here. Jazz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Dimmick is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Jazz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dimmick is still in real trouble! Can Jazz finish him?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jazz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The referee warns Dimmick that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jazz with good strikes from the mount here!
Jazz landing shots from mount.
Jazz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dimmick?
Jazz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dimmick can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jazz breaks from Dimmick's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jazz is landing with some decent strikes but Dimmick is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jazz dominating with strikes here.

Jazz looking for a guillotine from mount but Dimmick is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jazz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jazz landing punches.
Jazz cracks Dimmick with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jazz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Jazz.
A nice elbow there by Jazz.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dimmick really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jazz lands with some strikes.
Jazz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jazz landing punches.
The referee warns Dimmick that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jazz landing punches.
Dimmick taking shots to the head.
Jazz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dimmick hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Dimmick that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dimmick tries to hold on but Jazz postures up.
Jazz working Dimmick over with strikes here.

Jazz working for a submission but Dimmick is keeping him at bay.

Jazz is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Dimmick is surviving well by controlling Jazz's body position as best he can.
Jazz throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Jazz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jazz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dimmick's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jazz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jazz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jazz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jazz looking to finish Dimmick with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dimmick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esko Jazz dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jazz misses with a takedown attempt
letting Dimmick counter with a right hand.
Jazz has a takedown stuffed.
Horrible takedown by Jazz or perhaps it was just good defense by Dimmick which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Esko Jazz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jazz fails to land the takedown.
Jazz misses with a takedown attempt - Dimmick sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jazz tries for a takedown but Dimmick sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jazz shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dimmick as he jumps to the side.
Jazz looks for a takedown but Dimmick sprawls well.
Dimmick keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jazz looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jazz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jazz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dimmick pinned against the cage. Dimmick gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jazz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jazz shoots in for a takedown but Dimmick shows good takedown defense.
Nice sprawl there from Dimmick as Jazz shoots in.
Jazz fails with the takedown.
Jazz shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dimmick as he avoids it easily.
Jazz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dimmick pinned against the cage. Dimmick gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dimmick swats away the attempt to clinch by Jazz.
Jazz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jazz fails to land the takedown.
Jazz tries for a takedown but Dimmick sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jazz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dimmick but Dimmick pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dimmick stuffs the takedown attempt from Jazz. Jazz gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jazz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jazz shoots in for a takedown but Dimmick shows good takedown defense.
Jazz looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jazz shoots in but no luck this time.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jazz.
Jazz closes the distance and clinches up with Dimmick, looking for a takedown. Jazz pushes Dimmick against the cage but Dimmick circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jazz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dimmick can do to turn this around?
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jazz.
Jazz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dimmick pinned against the cage. Dimmick gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jazz fails with a takedown attempt.
Jazz doesn't manage to clinch there - Dimmick circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jazz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dimmick circles away.
Jazz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jazz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dimmick is fending him off so far but Jazz persists. Nope, Dimmick circles away and we're back to standing.
Jazz shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dimmick as he avoids it easily.
Jazz looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jazz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dimmick circles away.
Jazz closes the distance and clinches up with Dimmick, looking for a takedown. Jazz pushes Dimmick against the cage but Dimmick circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jazz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jazz looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jazz fails to land the takedown.
Jazz is looking to clinch.
Jazz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dimmick pinned against the cage. Dimmick gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jazz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dimmick pinned against the cage. Dimmick gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jazz tries to clinch but Dimmick is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jazz is looking to clinch but Dimmick is avoiding it.
Nice takedown defense from Dimmick. No joy for Jazz on that attempt.
Dimmick seems to have recovered his senses.
Dimmick stuffs the takedown.
Dimmick fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Dimmick scores a takedown into full mount!
Jazz sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Jazz trying to get back to full guard but Dimmick takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Jazz is looking to get to half guard.
Jazz throws a strike but has given up his back in the process.
Jazz tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Jazz is looking to improve his position but Dimmick isn't that keen on the idea.
Larry Dimmick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jazz is working hard here to advance position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Larry Dimmick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jazz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Esko Jazz!