PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jason Obes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and panco villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Obes has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Obes
vs
villa

185 cm
21
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Obes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, panco villa!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Obes looks to land a combination but villa avoids it well.
Obes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Obes shoots in and drives through. villa sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Obes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
villa dodges the punch combination from Obes.
villa throws out a leg kick but Obes moves out of range and villa only half commits.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
villa fails to land with a series of punches.
Obes closes this distance looking for a takedown but villa circles away.
Obes moves in looking to clinch but villa pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Obes pushes villa up against the cage in a clinch.

Obes is trying to trip villa. He has hold of a leg but villa is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Obes persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Obes throwing strikes but missing.
villa keeping moving, preventing Obes from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
villa will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
villa wants to stand and escape but Obes is having none of it.

villa scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Obes is breathing heavily.
villa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obes throws a head kick that villa semi-blocks.
Obes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from villa.
Obes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Obes fails with an attempt to clinch.
villa is looking to clinch but Obes is avoiding it.
villa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Obes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Obes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and villa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
villa keeps the fight on the outside.
villa misses with a wild combination.
Obes shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts villa as he jumps to the side.
Obes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
villa misses with a takedown attempt
and Obes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
villa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Obes. Obes obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
villa tries to clinch but Obes moves away

and Obes counters with a takedown into side control.
Obes has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for villa!
villa tries to hold on but Obes postures up.
villa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Obes.
villa is trying desperately to improve position.
villa tries to hold on but Obes pushes him away.
Obes breaks from villa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
villa is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Obes dominated that 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.

Obes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Obes shoots for a double leg takedown but villa sprawls well. He's pushed Obes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice sprawl there from villa as Obes shoots in.
Obes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from villa.
villa scores with a nice right hand.

villa drives through and clinches with Obes against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

villa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Obes wants to clinch but villa slips to the side
and villa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Obes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from villa.
villa throws a leg kick that is checked

and Obes counters by moving into the clinch.
Obes prevents villa from breaking the clinch.
Obes jumps guard but villa stands there with Obes around his waist. Obes gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Obes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
villa stops a takedown attempt from Obes.
villa can't break the clinch.

villa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Obes tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice cross by villa.
villa scores with a jab.
villa tries to clinch up but Obes circles away and keeps his distance.
villa scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
villa misses with a wild combination.

villa moves into the clinch.

villa breaks the clinch.
Obes changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. villa tries to avoid it but Obes manages to keep hold of a leg and drag villa to the ground. villa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
villa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
villa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
villa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Obes darts in trying to clinch
and villa counters with a thumping low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
villa stuffs the takedown attempt from Obes. Obes gets slowly back to his feet.
Obes walks into a jab.

villa looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
villa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Obes being controlled here, momentarily.
villa throws and elbow that misses. Obes uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in villa's guard. Nice move by Obes!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obes won't allow villa to get back to his feet.
villa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Obes postures up and lands a big shot to villa's brow.

villa manages to escape and get back to his feet.
villa tries to work over Obes's front leg with a kick but Obes checks it.
villa lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

villa pushes Obes up against the cage in a clinch.
villa stops a takedown attempt from Obes.
villa can't break the clinch.
villa is trying to break free.

Obes has dropped down and is working for a takedown. villa is trying to keep an underhook but Obes manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Obes stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

panco villa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Obes has his takedown stuffed

and villa counters by moving into the clinch.
Obes tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. villa just stands there and leans against the cage.

Obes has dropped down and is working for a takedown. villa is trying to keep an underhook but Obes manages to get the takedown into half guard.
villa wants to control but Obes is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Obes is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Obes prevents villa from standing back up.
villa wants to improve his position but Obes is controlling well.
Obes lands strikes from half guard.

Obes postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for villa to stand up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Obes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and villa counters with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obes has his takedown stuffed
and villa counters with a three punch combo that has Obes backing up. Obes nods at villa to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Obes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Obes misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
villa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Obes goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
villa misses with a series of wild punches.
villa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Obes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Obes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Obes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Obes tries to bum rush villa with a series of wild strikes but villa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Obes darts in trying to clinch
and villa counters with a one-two to the body.
villa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Obes counters by moving into the clinch.
Obes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Obes has dropped down and is working for a takedown. villa is trying to keep an underhook but Obes manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Obes stands up from half guard.
villa stuffs the takedown attempt from Obes. Obes gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from villa is predictable there

and Obes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Obes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
villa stuffs the takedown.
Obes closes the distance and clinches up with villa, looking for a takedown. Obes pushes villa against the cage but villa circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Obes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
villa tries to clinch but Obes moves out of range.

Obes has villa up against the cage in a clinch.
villa tries to break the clinch but Obes is controlling the position.
Obes is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Obes lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Obes working villa over with strikes.
Obes keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Obes seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down villa for as long as he can get away with.
Obes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
villa taking some punishment here, with Obes in his half guard.
Jason Obes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Obes is nestled in close to villa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
villa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Obes slips a nice elbow through villa's hands, connecting with villa's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Obes lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Obes escapes and gets back to his feet.

villa gets caught flat footed, as Obes shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Obes showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Obes 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Obes!