PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Liyak Rhust (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Jaso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Rhust
vs
Jaso

184 cm
24
171 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Liyak Rhust!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carlos Jaso!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Ron Honeybunn and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaso throws a head kick that misses.
Jaso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rhust.
Rhust tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jaso was well out of range. Poor timing from Rhust.
Jaso shoots in but no luck this time.
Jaso throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rhust sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rhust keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaso is looking to clinch.
Jaso slips a jab from Rhust.
A nice side step and Jaso releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rhust is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jaso.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhust misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circling - Rhust throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Jaso on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rhust has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rhust there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jab from Rhust.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rhust scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Rhust working away.
Rhust working the ground and pound but Jaso is defending the strikes.
Rhust has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Jaso parries the strikes from Rhust easily there. Rhust is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jaso to escape.
Jaso wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Rhust misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Jaso is trying to control Rhust's posture but Rhust avoids it.
Rhust grinds an elbow into Jaso's temple.
Rhust lands a nice forearm strike.
Rhust knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jaso on the ground.
Rhust misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
An elbow from Rhust crashes against the mat.
Jaso takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jaso sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Rhust blocks the strikes from Jaso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhust throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jaso is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Rhust stops Jaso from getting back to his feet.

Jaso has one foot on Rhust's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Jaso throws a lazy head kick

and Rhust counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jaso can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rhust lands a couple of digs.
Rhust stops Jaso from standing up.
Jaso looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rhust is one step ahead there.
Jaso wants to stand but Rhust is controlling the position.
Rhust throwing strikes but missing.
Rhust connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhust is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jaso utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rhust lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rhust won't allow Jaso to sweep him here.
Rhust won't allow Jaso to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jaso trying to control the position here.
Rhust trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rhust trying to control but Jaso is working from the bottom.
Rhust controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jaso trying to control the position here.
Rhust in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhust won't allow Jaso to get back to his feet.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Rhust misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaso.
A punch combination from Rhust misses.
Rhust misses with an uppercut. Jaso saw that one coming.
Jaso throws a counter combo.
Rhust just misses with a punch to the body.
Rhust looks to throw the jab but Jaso is out of range.
Rhust keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaso ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice side step and Jaso releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jaso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaso lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rhust at a distance.
Jaso looks for a takedown but Rhust sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liyak Rhust dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rhust throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jaso blocks a jab.
Jaso appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rhust misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Rhust throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rhust fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jaso manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Jaso. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Rhust, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jaso avoids the body shot from Rhust.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaso takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rhust fails with the takedown.
Liyak Rhust seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rhust missing with a left hand there. Jaso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jaso shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jaso not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jaso wants to stand up but Rhust has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Jaso thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rhust's head.
Jaso throwing shots but Rhust is blocking nicely.
Jaso throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rhust wants to get back to full guard.
Liyak Rhust overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rhust is holding on to half guard well.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Jaso working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhust is looking for a sweep. Jaso is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jaso working over Rhust with some ground and pound. Rhust looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rhust keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rhust is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jaso can do to turn this around?
Jaso thows a huge punch but Rhust dodges it nicely.
Jaso missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jaso thows a huge punch but Rhust dodges it nicely.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Rhust on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Rhust closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rhust missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jaso pushes Rhust off looking to stand but Rhust dives back in and keeps control.
Rhust content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaso wants to control but Rhust is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rhust wants to control but Jaso is keeping him busy.
Jaso gets full guard.
Jaso wants to stand up but Rhust is controlling him.
Jaso has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rhust postures up in Jaso's guard and throws a big left but Jaso blocks it.
Rhust wants to control from the top but Jaso keeps moving.
Jaso manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rhust manages to get himself to full guard.

Jaso throws a big elbow that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jaso's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaso is looking to work some ground and pound but Rhust has wrist control.
Rhust tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rhust avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rhust trying to control the position here.
Jaso loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rhust working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jaso.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rhust preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A swing and a miss from Rhust.
A telegraphed right hand from Rhust misses the target.
Jaso let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Rhust fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jaso on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Carlos Jaso will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Jaso tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Rhust defends well and Jaso ends up having to push Rhust into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Rhust throws a big shot that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jaso! But no joy.
Rhust keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jaso.
Jaso takes one to the chin there.
Jaso slips a jab from Rhust.
Jaso lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rhust circles away quickly and effectively.
Rhust jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rhust digs a good body shot into Jaso's ribs.
Rhust connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jaso. Jaso circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaso uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rhust.
Jaso misses with a shot to the body
and Rhust counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jaso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rhust fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Jaso does no damage.
Rhust cracks Jaso with a good jab.
Carlos Jaso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jaso moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jaso scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rhust jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jaso connects with a body shot.
Jab by Rhust.
Liyak Rhust is winning the standup battle so far.
Rhust fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A head kick by Jaso misses

and Rhust counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Jaso!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jaso is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rhust's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Rhust slips a nice elbow through Jaso's hands, connecting with Jaso's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaso pushes Rhust off looking to stand but Rhust dives back in and keeps control.
Rhust is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Rhust is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jaso is trying to stand.
Jaso has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rhust is working away from the top position though.
Jaso tries to kick Rhust off but Rhust keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rhust seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jaso wants to improve his position but Rhust is controlling well.
Jaso keeps trying to improve his position.
Rhust works his foot free and advances to mount.
Jaso is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaso regains half guard.
Jaso is refusing to be controlled, as Rhust sits in half guard.
Rhust lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rhust missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rhust scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

It looks like Carlos Jaso has been cut.
Jaso is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rhust scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jaso is refusing to be controlled, as Rhust sits in half guard.
Rhust seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rhust looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaso is trying to control but can't.
Rhust controlling the pace.
Rhust wants to take a breather but Jaso is having none of it.
Rhust missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jaso keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Jaso is looking to improve his position.
Jaso won't allow Rhust to pass to mount.
Rhust thows a huge punch but Jaso dodges it nicely.
Jaso taking some punishment here, with Rhust in his half guard.
Rhust is figuring out what he wants to do next.

And that's the end of the fight!
Liyak Rhust showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rhust has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liyak Rhust!