PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Jason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ads Mamen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jason
vs
Mamen

180 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Jason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ads Mamen!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jason will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mamen looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Mamen looks to land a combination but Jason avoids it well.
Mamen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jason fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mamen misses with a series of wild punches.
Jason throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mamen's waist but Jason gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jason off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Jason. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mamen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jason moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Jason looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mamen!
Jason with a couple of short strikes.

Jason is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Mamen can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Jason looking to secure an arm triangle but Mamen defends it well.
Jason controlling from the full mount.
Mamen is looking to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jason sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jason wants to control the pace but Mamen is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jason controlling his opponent.
Mamen is squirming around, avoiding Jason's attempts to control the action.
Jason with good strikes from the mount here!
Jason pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

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.
Jason tries to control but Mamen wriggling away.
Jason controlling from the full mount.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Ryan Jason just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Mamen gets caught flat footed, as Jason shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mamen is looking to stand up but Jason isn't so interested in that idea.
Mamen can't keep his opponent in guard - Jason advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jason is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Mamen is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jason looking to control but Mamen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Jason wants to finish this one by submission but Mamen is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Jason.
Jason landing shots from mount.
Jason controlling from mount.

Jason is working for a guillotine from mount but Mamen frees his head quite easily.
Jason takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.

Jason looking for the RNC.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mamen holding both Jason 's hands and preventing any damage.
Jason lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Mamen.
Mamen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jason. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Jason is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Mamen with him. Mamen is trying to defend but Jason has an arm under the chin now! Mamen grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ryan Jason!