PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jan Jansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Villa's choice of entrance music: Alice in Chains - We Die Young. Jansen has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Jan Jansen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jansen
vs
Villa

185 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
186 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jan Jansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Villa!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jansen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jansen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jansen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Villa tries to clinch but Jansen moves out of range.
Jansen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Villa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Villa is looking to clinch.
Villa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Villa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jansen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Villa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jansen keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villa tries to clinch up but Jansen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jansen misses with a head kick.
Jansen is breathing heavily.
Villa doesn't manage to clinch there - Jansen circles away.
A head kick by Villa misses
and Jansen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villa tries to clinch
and Jansen counters with a big head kick but Villa shrugs it off.
Villa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Villa tries to clinch
and Jansen counters with a nice body kick.
Villa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Villa lands a high kick to the side of Jansen's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Villa dives into guard, looking to finish.

Jansen is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villa slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Villa wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jansen, who protects the arm well.

Villa stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Villa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Villa thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villa tries to clinch there but Jansen circles away.
Villa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jansen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Villa wants to clinch but Jansen slips to the side
and Jansen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Villa tries to clinch up.
Villa throws a sloppy head kick and Jansen moves out of range easily.
Jansen throws a head kick but Villa moves out of range.
Villa doesn't manage to clinch there - Jansen circles away.
Jansen throws a sloppy head kick
and Villa counters with a stiff right hand.
Jansen misses with a kick to the body.
Villa lands with a straight right. Jansen didn't see that one coming.
Villa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jansen paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa throws out a loose jab but Jansen uses good head movement to avoid it.
David Villa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jansen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Villa.
Villa misses with a head kick.
Jansen swats away the attempt to clinch by Villa.
Jansen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick by Villa misses
and Jansen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Villa looks to clinch
and Jansen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Villa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jansen counters with a good low kick that Villa was not able to check.
Jansen scores with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Villa wants to clinch
and Jansen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Villa tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jansen counters with a leg kick.
Villa throws a head kick that misses.
Jansen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jansen blocks a low kick nicely.
Villa moves in looking to clinch but Jansen pushes him off.
Jansen throws a series of punches but Villa avoids them all with ease.
Villa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick by Villa misses
and Jansen counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Villa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jansen throws a right and a left that Villa avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Villa dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jansen throws a front kick that sends Villa stumbling back into the cage.
Villa takes a swing at Jansen's ribcage but misses.
Villa clinches but Jansen breaks the clinch
and Jansen counters with a body kick that stops Villa in his tracks momentarily.
Villa misses with an uppercut. Jansen saw that one coming.
Villa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick lands from Villa.
Villa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Villa tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villa tries to clinch up.
Villa is looking to chop away at Jansen's legs.
Jansen swats away the attempt to clinch by Villa.
Villa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jansen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Villa tries to close the distance and clinch but Jansen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jansen misses the shot to the body.
A low kick from Villa is predictable there
and Jansen counters with a good, hard body kick but Villa shrugs it off.
Villa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jansen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jansen throws a nice head kick!
A head kick by Villa misses
and Jansen counters with a thumping low kick.
Villa clinches but Jansen breaks the clinch
and Jansen counters with a nice leg kick.
Villa tries to clinch but Jansen moves away
and Jansen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Villa's knee momentarily.
Villa has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jansen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Villa looks to clinch
and Jansen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jansen throws a head kick but Villa moves out of range.
Villa tries to clinch
and Jansen counters with a good, hard body kick but Villa shrugs it off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Villa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jansen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick by Villa misses
and Jansen counters with a big head kick but Villa shrugs it off.
Jansen cracks the inside of Villa's front leg.
Villa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jansen counters with a good, hard body kick but Villa shrugs it off.
Villa closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jansen counters with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Villa looks to clinch
and Jansen counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Villa is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Villa looks to clinch
and Jansen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Villa really felt that one!
Villa tries to clinch up
and Jansen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jansen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Villa.
Villa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Villa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jansen counters with a good, hard body kick but Villa shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Villa closes the distance but Jansen moves to the side
and Jansen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jansen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jansen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Villa.
Villa tries to clinch up
and Jansen counters with a low kick, right behind Villa 's knee.
Villa tries to clinch
and Jansen counters with a leg kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Villa tries to clinch up.
Villa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jansen misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Jansen dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jansen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Villa darts in trying to clinch
and Jansen counters with a good low kick that Villa was not able to check.
Villa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Villa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Villa tries to close the distance and clinch but Jansen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villa tries to clinch up but Jansen circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jansen keeps the fight on the outside.
Villa tries to clinch but Jansen moves out of range.
Villa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jansen paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villa wants to clinch
and Jansen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Villa tries to clinch there but Jansen circles away.
Villa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jansen.
Villa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jansen throws a sloppy head kick
and Villa counters with a big head kick but Jansen shrugs it off.
Villa throws a lazy head kick
and Jansen counters with a nice body kick.
Jansen misses with a body kick.
Villa tries to clinch up
and Jansen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Villa closes the distance but Jansen moves to the side
and Jansen counters with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jansen throws a head kick that Villa semi-blocks.
Villa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jansen counters with a head kick. That will keep Villa thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Villa closes the distance but Jansen moves to the side
and Jansen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Jansen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Villa misses with the combination.
Villa scores with a decent looking hook.
Jansen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jansen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jansen.
Villa tries to clinch
and Jansen counters with a good, hard body kick but Villa shrugs it off.
Jansen throws a head kick that misses.
Villa tries to clinch but Jansen is having none of it.
Jansen throws a head kick but Villa moves out of range.
Jansen tries a head kick but it misses.
Jan Jansen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jansen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Villa moves into the clinch.
Villa misses with a knee to the head.
Villa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Villa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Villa misses with a knee strike.

Villa breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Some wild striking there from Jansen.
Jansen scores with a nice body kick.
Villa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jansen.
Villa tries to clinch but Jansen moves out of range.
Villa tries to clinch
and Jansen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A head kick by Villa misses
and Jansen counters with a nice body kick.
Villa closes the distance but Jansen moves to the side
and Jansen counters with a body kick that stops Villa in his tracks momentarily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jansen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jansen counters with a low kick, right behind Villa 's knee.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jan Jansen.
I think Jansen 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jan Jansen!