PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Philip Jarden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Stiglitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jarden comes to the cage accompanied by Born To Be Wild. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Philip Jarden
vs
Stiglitz

180 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Philip Jarden!
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, Hugo Stiglitz!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stiglitz throws a wild body kick that Jarden sees coming a mile off.
A clash of legs there as Jarden blocks the low kick.
Stiglitz throws a leg kick that misses.
Stiglitz scoring well with a low kick there.

Jarden closes the distance and clinches.

Jarden manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Jarden has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Stiglitz won't allow Jarden to get back to his feet.

Jarden manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Jarden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jarden tries to close the distance and clinch but Stiglitz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stiglitz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stiglitz swats away the attempt to clinch by Jarden.
Stiglitz tries a head kick but it misses.
Hugo Stiglitz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Stiglitz misses its intended target.
Stiglitz is looking to chop away at Jarden's legs.
Jarden staying out of range there.
Stiglitz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stiglitz, right into the meat.
Jarden fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stiglitz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jarden throws a series of punches but Stiglitz moves out of range.
Hugo Stiglitz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jarden keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Stiglitz wants to land a leg kick but Jarden is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jarden blocks a leg kick.
Stiglitz throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jarden.
Stiglitz throws a nice head kick!
Jarden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stiglitz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stiglitz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jarden checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Stiglitz misses.
Stiglitz throws a low kick but Jarden avoids it.

Jarden clinches up with Stiglitz and pushes him back against the cage.
Jarden has Stiglitz pressed against the cage, preventing Stiglitz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Jarden jumps guard and drags Stiglitz to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Stiglitz preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jarden pushes Stiglitz off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Stiglitz swats away the attempt to clinch by Jarden.
A head kick misses from Stiglitz.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Jarden has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Stiglitz is trying to keep an underhook but Jarden manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Jarden thows a huge punch but Stiglitz dodges it nicely.
Jarden not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz gets back to full guard.
Stiglitz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jarden. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jarden throwing strikes from guard but Stiglitz blocks nicely.
Stiglitz wants to control the position but Jarden says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jarden tries to clinch but Stiglitz moves out of range.
Stiglitz throws a solid leg kick but Jarden takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Stiglitz.
Stiglitz throws a leg kick which misses Jarden's front leg but catches the back leg as Jarden tries to avoid it.
Stiglitz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jarden's calf.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stiglitz.
Stiglitz throws a leg kick but Jarden sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jarden tries to close the distance and clinch but Stiglitz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jarden tries to clinch up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Stiglitz.
Stiglitz lands with a nice body kick.
Stiglitz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stiglitz misses with a low kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Stiglitz. Jarden shrugs it off though.
Stiglitz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jarden on the side of the head.
Stiglitz misses with a combination

and Jarden holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Stiglitz is trying to break the clinch but Jarden has him pressed against the cage.
Jarden is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Stiglitz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stiglitz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jarden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jarden tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Stiglitz just stands there and leans against the cage.
Stiglitz unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Jarden jumps into guard, dragging Stiglitz to the mat.
Jarden has his hands on Stiglitz's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stiglitz has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jarden is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jarden wants to get back to his feet but Stiglitz is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Stiglitz has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jarden is proving hard to escape from.
Stiglitz stops Jarden from standing up.
Stiglitz not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stiglitz. That's going to slow Jarden down.
Jarden moves forwards but Stiglitz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jarden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stiglitz swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stiglitz misses with a looping right.
Stiglitz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Stiglitz feints and then cracks Jarden's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jarden down.
Jarden checks a leg kick nicely.
Stiglitz scoring well with a low kick there.
Jarden fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stiglitz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jarden's head.
Stiglitz throws a jab when Jarden was well out of range.
Stiglitz misses with a leg kick

and Jarden counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jarden keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stiglitz's efforts to push away.

Stiglitz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stiglitz lands with a shot to the body.
Stiglitz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jarden checks it well.
Stiglitz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stiglitz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jarden moves away.
Stiglitz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Stiglitz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jarden is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Stiglitz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jarden fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Stiglitz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A nice inside leg kick there by Stiglitz. That's going to slow Jarden down.
Jarden blocks a low kick nicely.
Stiglitz scores with a nice right hand.
Stiglitz tried to score with a low kick but Jarden checks it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jarden crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Stiglitz - the referee stops the clock and Jarden gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Stiglitz. Jarden manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Stiglitz throws a leg kick

and Jarden counters by moving into the clinch.
Stiglitz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jarden avoids it.
Jarden tries to pull guard but Stiglitz won't allow it.
Stiglitz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Jarden jumps guard.
Stiglitz wanted to stand there but Jarden had control of the position.
Stiglitz looking to pass the guard.
Stiglitz trying to control the position from guard on top but Jarden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jarden pushes Stiglitz off and scrambles back to his feet.
Jarden tries to clinch there but Stiglitz circles away.
Philip Jarden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A good leg kick by Stiglitz.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stiglitz.
Stiglitz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stiglitz thows a leg kick but Jarden checks it

and Jarden counters with a single leg into guard. Stiglitz didn't expect that.
Stiglitz tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz wants to stand up but Jarden is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Stiglitz content just to control the position here.

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.
Jarden tries to reverse the position but Stiglitz maintains control.
Stiglitz wants to control the pace but Jarden is squirming around nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jarden is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Stiglitz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jarden is looking to escape.
Jarden can't escape the position.
Stiglitz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jarden is looking to escape.
Stiglitz looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Philip Jarden showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jarden 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Philip Jarden!