PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Jimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lloyd Christmas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christmas has chosen Whiney, Whiney as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jimenez
vs
Christmas

195 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
189 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Mundi Nutrition
Fight 4 America

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Jimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lloyd Christmas!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christmas throws a right and a left that Jimenez avoids nicely.
Christmas swings for the body but Jimenez moves out of range.
Lloyd Christmas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jimenez throws a nice looking combination but Christmas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jimenez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Christmas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jimenez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Christmas throws a nice looking combination but Jimenez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Jimenez forces Christmas back against the cage and clinches.

Jimenez breaks from the clinch.

Jimenez clinches up against the cage.

Jimenez manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Christmas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Christmas trying to control the position from guard on top but Jimenez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Jimenez kicks Christmas off and gets to his feet.
Jimenez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christmas.
Jimenez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Christmas's head.

Jimenez gets the takedown into side control.

Jimenez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Christmas is looking to reverse the position.
Christmas looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christmas throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Christmas is looking for a sweep.

Jimenez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Christmas is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Christmas throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Jimenez blocks a jab.

Jimenez has Christmas up against the cage in a clinch.
Jimenez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Christmas gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christmas tries to break the clinch but Jimenez is controlling the position.

Jimenez successfully pulls guard.
Jimenez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Christmas lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jimenez wants to stand and escape but Christmas is having none of it.

Jimenez is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Jimenez lands an elbow inside.
Jimenez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Jimenez decides to pull guard.
Christmas thows a big elbow that misses.
Christmas forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jimenez regains full guard. Nicely done.
Christmas works over Jimenez with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christmas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Christmas trying to control but Jimenez is working from the bottom.

Christmas decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jimenez, up you get!
Christmas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jimenez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jimenez slips a jab and a cross from Christmas.
Christmas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Christmas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jimenez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Jimenez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jimenez shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Jimenez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christmas lands a jab to the nose.
Lloyd Christmas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Jimenez forces Christmas back against the cage and clinches.

Jimenez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Christmas swings away with a body shot that misses

and Jimenez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jimenez.

Jimenez drags the fight down to the ground.
Christmas stops Jimenez from standing up.

Christmas avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jimenez has Christmas pulled in close to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jimenez pushes Christmas off and gets back to his feet.

Jimenez rushes Christmas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jimenez can't get the takedown.
Christmas takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jimenez.

Jimenez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jimenez has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jimenez drags the fight down to the ground.
Jimenez looking for a sweep. Not yet Jimenez, not yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Christmas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Jimenez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jimenez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Christmas manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Jimenez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jimenez closes the distance and clinches.
Jimenez scores with a shot to the side of Christmas's head.
A bit of stalling here from Jimenez.
Jimenez scores with a knee to the head.
Jimenez taking a breather.

Jimenez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Jimenez clinches.

Jimenez manages to pull guard.

Jimenez manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Christmas takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Mike Jimenez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Christmas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Christmas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jimenez stalks Christmas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Christmas's face. Christmas staggers backwards, shaken.
Jimenez throws a right and a left that Christmas avoids nicely.
Christmas misses with a jab to the body
and Jimenez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Christmas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jimenez throws a series of punches but Christmas moves out of range.
Christmas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Jimenez instigates a clinch.
Christmas wants to get back to striking at distance but Jimenez won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christmas drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jimenez pulls his leg out and moves away.

Jimenez has closed the distance and engaged Christmas in a clinch.
Jimenez trying to land knees to the body.
Jimenez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jimenez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jimenez lands a knee to the body.
Christmas prevents Jimenez from breaking the clinch.
Jimenez prevents the takedown attempt.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jimenez misses with some punches.
Christmas looking for a takedown.
Mike Jimenez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lloyd Christmas.
Christmas tries to score a body lock takedown but Jimenez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.
Jimenez is working for takedown but Christmas is calmly controlling the position for now.
Christmas tries for a takedown. No joy.

Jimenez manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Jimenez.

Jimenez has managed to clinch.
Jimenez landing knees to the head.

Jimenez is trying to trip Christmas. He has hold of a leg but Christmas is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Jimenez persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Jimenez trying to control the position from guard on top but Christmas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Jimenez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Christmas, up you get!

Jimenez gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Jimenez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Jimenez instigates a clinch.
Jimenez landing knees to the body.
Jimenez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Christmas pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jimenez lands a knee to the head.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jimenez crunches a lovely knee into Christmas's ribcage.

Jimenez pulls Christmas into guard.
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!

Jimenez is looking for a triangle but Christmas pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christmas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jimenez is keeping the position for now.
Mike Jimenez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Christmas thows a big elbow that misses.
Christmas throwing strikes from guard but Jimenez blocks nicely.
Christmas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Christmas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jimenez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jimenez keeping full guard, as Christmas tries to pass.
Christmas cracks Jimenez with a solid left hand.
Christmas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jimenez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jimenez can't keep his opponent in guard - Christmas advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jimenez has hold of Christmas's hands but Christmas slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez taking some punishment here, with Christmas in his half guard.
Jimenez is looking for a sweep. Christmas is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jimenez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Christmas scores with a couple of nice shots.

Jimenez is rocked!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Christmas lands a nice short elbow.
Oh Jimenez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Christmas slips a nice elbow through Jimenez's hands, connecting with Jimenez's forehead.
Jimenez is looking to escape.
Christmas slips a nice elbow through Jimenez's hands, connecting with Jimenez's forehead.
Christmas stops Jimenez from getting back to his feet.

Jimenez is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Christmas pulls his head out easily.
Jimenez is trying to stand up here but Christmas is controlling him well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christmas slips a nice elbow through Jimenez's hands, connecting with Jimenez's forehead.
Jimenez is trying to maintain the position but Christmas is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Jimenez dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Jimenez moves into the clinch.

Jimenez pulls guard effortlessly.
Christmas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jimenez seems to have got his legs back now.
Christmas wants to control from the top but Jimenez keeps moving.
Jimenez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Christmas throws and elbow that misses. Jimenez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Christmas's guard. Nice move by Jimenez!

Jimenez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Christmas working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jimenez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Jimenez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jimenez showed some decent athleticism there.
Christmas landing rabbit punches to the side of Jimenez's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jimenez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Christmas defends it well.
Christmas moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Jimenez gets to his feet. Christmas looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jimenez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Christmas throws a hook but Jimenez blocks it.
Danga de danga de dang - Jimenez scores with a four punch combination!
Christmas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jimenez counters with a thumping low kick.
Christmas throws an off balance right hand

and Jimenez counters by moving into the clinch.
Jimenez stalling in the clinch.

Jimenez breaks the clinch.

Jimenez moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Christmas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jimenez scores a nice knee to the body.
Jimenez lands a nice elbow.
Jimenez landing knees to the head.
Jimenez is pressed up against the cage. Christmas has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jimenez down to the mat. Jimenez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jimenez staying out of range there.
Christmas misses with a left hand

and Jimenez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jimenez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christmas wants to get back to his feet but Jimenez passes into half guard.

Jimenez decides to return to a standing position.

Jimenez moves into range and clinches up with Christmas.

Jimenez breaks from the clinch.
Jimenez tries to clinch up but Christmas circles away and keeps his distance.
Christmas looks to land a right hand but Jimenez moved out of range.
Christmas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jimenez.
Jimenez scores with a head kick.
Christmas throws a poor cross that misses
and Jimenez counters with a head kick.
Jimenez slips a jab from Christmas.
Jimenez misses with a takedown attempt - Christmas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christmas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jimenez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Christmas thinking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jimenez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Christmas closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Jimenez! Christmas dives in looking to finish! Jimenez is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lloyd Christmas!