PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leboj Jedan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jayyy Basinga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jedan
vs
Basinga

195 cm
19
260 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
248 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leboj Jedan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jayyy Basinga!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Basinga avoids a punch combination nicely.
Basinga should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Basinga wants to clinch.
Basinga takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jedan looks to land a right hand but Basinga moved out of range.
Basinga uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jedan.
Jedan has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Basinga tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Basinga drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jedan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jedan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jedan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Jedan. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheers as Jedan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Basinga doesn't seem phased though.
A left lands for Jedan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jedan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jedan looks to land a combination but Basinga avoids it well.
Jedan leaves Basinga with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Basinga misses with a takedown attempt - Jedan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Basinga fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jedan thuds a left hand into Basinga's body.

Basinga tries to sprawl but Jedan drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Basinga is defending against the submission attempts here by Jedan.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jedan in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jedan stops Basinga from getting back to his feet.
Basinga is staying active underneath Jedan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Basinga blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jedan.
Basinga avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jedan.

Jedan is trying to work for a kimura but Basinga is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jedan passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jedan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Basinga?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jedan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Basinga really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jedan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Jedan is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Basinga is surviving well by controlling Jedan's body position as best he can.
Basinga is bucking up trying to escape but Jedan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Basinga has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Jedan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Basinga looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jedan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jedan cracks Basinga with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jedan lands a big shot to the head and Basinga winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Leboj Jedan!
A victorious Leboj Jedan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.