PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Josef Jaeger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Kalos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalos has chosen Cracks (Flux Pavillion) as his entrance music. Michael Kalos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Jaeger
vs
Kalos

175 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
21
160 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josef Jaeger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Kalos!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalos scores with a three punch combo!

Jaeger drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Kalos working a defensive guard here.
Jaeger scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jaeger postures up.
Jaeger lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kalos can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jaeger controls the pace.
Jaeger makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jaeger throwing strikes but missing.
Jaeger is in close to Kalos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
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!
Jaeger keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kalos's head.
Kalos keeping full guard, as Jaeger tries to pass.
Kalos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jaeger postures up in Kalos's guard and throws a big left but Kalos blocks it.
Jaeger passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Jaeger there.
Jaeger seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kalos does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jaeger working Kalos over with strikes.
Jaeger scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jaeger is looking to take a break and control but Kalos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jaeger is pressing down on Kalos's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kalos is holding on for now.
Jaeger thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kalos's head.
Kalos is trying to stand.
Jaeger lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jaeger is looking to take a break and control but Kalos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jaeger working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jaeger lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kalos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jaeger lands with a punch from half guard.
Kalos is trying to control but can't.
Jaeger lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jaeger missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nice strikes from Jaeger there.
Kalos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jaeger.
Jaeger lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jaeger lands a nice short elbow.
Jaeger scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice strikes from Jaeger there.
Kalos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jaeger scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jaeger thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ground and pound from Jaeger.
Jaeger is trying to control. Kalos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jaeger looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kalos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jaeger missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jaeger wants to pass the guard but Kalos is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaeger throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kalos is pressing down on Jaeger's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Jaeger with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jaeger content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kalos tries to strike from the bottom.
Kalos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jaeger throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jaeger working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jaeger stopping the sweep attempt from Kalos.
Kalos lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jaeger!
Jaeger tries to hold on but Kalos postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger working to try and regain half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jaeger wants to control but Kalos is having none of it.
Kalos punching from mount but Jaeger doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Jaeger sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Kalos is keen to just control but Jaeger is a slippery customer.
Jaeger is looking to escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kalos prevents Jaeger from improving his position.
Kalos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jaeger knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jaeger controlling the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josef Jaeger dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kalos cracks Jaeger with an open hand slap.
Jaeger throws an off balance right hand
and Kalos counters with a two punch combo.
Jaeger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kalos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice cross by Kalos.
Jaeger has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kalos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jaeger.
Kalos throws a leg kick but Jaeger sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jaeger stuffs the takedown attempt from Kalos. Kalos gets slowly back to his feet.
Kalos dips to his left and cracks Jaeger with an uppercut!
Kalos has his takedown stuffed

and Jaeger counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jaeger.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kalos wants to get back to his feet but Jaeger is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jaeger works over Kalos with some ground and pound from guard.
Jaeger preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaeger with a nice head shot there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jaeger's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jaeger wants to control from the top but Kalos keeps moving.
Jaeger works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jaeger trying to advance position but Kalos counters by regaining guard.
Jaeger is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jaeger chips away with some ground and pound.

Kalos working for a triangle but Jaeger defends it easily.
Jaeger with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jaeger lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jaeger postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kalos looking to control.

Kalos looking for a guillotine here but Jaeger defends easily.
Jaeger lands a couple of elbows.
Jaeger trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jaeger landing some decent shots from guard.
Kalos wants to sweep but no luck.

Kalos has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Jaeger should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Kalos has tightened it up now! Jaeger should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Michael Kalos!
A determined Michael Kalos didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!