PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Jamison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Volcanic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Volcanic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 2Pac ft stretch-Under Pressure kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Jamison
vs
Volcanic

175 cm
30
145 lbs
20 - 15 - 1

171 cm
40
157 lbs
53 - 18 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Pearson Specter Litt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, John Jamison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 53 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Volcanic!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volcanic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jamison can pounce on him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jamison. That's going to slow Volcanic down.
Jamison blocks a low kick nicely.
Volcanic misses with a wild combination.
Volcanic swings for the body but Jamison moves out of range.
Volcanic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jamison dives in and grabs Volcanic's left leg, looking for a takedown. Volcanic pushes down on Jamison's head and hops out.

Jamison dives in and scores a takedown into Volcanic's guard.
Jamison is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Volcanic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jamison won't allow Volcanic to sweep him here.
Jamison wants to control from the top but Volcanic keeps moving.
Jamison with a flurry of punches that miss.
Volcanic looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamison slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
An elbow from Jamison crashes against the mat.
Sloppy strikes there by Jamison.
Jamison has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Jamison sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Volcanic is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jamison landing shots from mount.

Jamison moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Volcanic has worked his arm free - good work by Volcanic!
Jamison trying to control the position but Volcanic is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamison is trying to ground and pound but Volcanic uses the momentary lack of control by Jamison to regain half guard.
Volcanic pushes Jamison off looking to stand but Jamison dives back in and keeps control.
Jamison trying to advance position but Volcanic counters by regaining guard.
Jamison passes into half guard.

Jamison trying to work for an americana but Volcanic has managed to regain full guard.
Jamison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison wants to control from the top but Volcanic keeps moving.
Jamison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jamison trying to control the position from guard on top but Volcanic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Volcanic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jamison.
Volcanic keeping moving, preventing Jamison from controlling successfully.
Volcanic managing to control the position.
Volcanic wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jamison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Jamison gets to his feet - Volcanic follows without any prompting.
Volcanic misses with a straight right.
Jamison ducks under a wild hook from Volcanic.
Volcanic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Volcanic swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Jamison gets the takedown into side control.
Volcanic wants to control but Jamison postures up.
Jamison tries to score with some ground and pound. Volcanic controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jamison lands some shots froms side control.
Jamison happy to just control the position for now.
Volcanic avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jamison.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Jamison dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jamison goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Volcanic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Volcanic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jamison.
Jamison throws a body punch but Volcanic moves out of range.
It seemed like Volcanic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Volcanic digs a good hook to Jamison's body.
Jamison takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jamison swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Volcanic counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jamison gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Volcanic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jamison lands a nice leg kick that just misses Volcanic's sensitive parts.
Volcanic takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd cheers as Volcanic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jamison doesn't seem phased though.
Jamison moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Volcanic moves out of range of the body kick from Jamison.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jamison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Volcanic moves away.
Jamison misses with the combination.
Jamison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Volcanic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Volcanic throws a low kick but Jamison avoids it.
Jamison checks the leg kick nicely there.
Volcanic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jamison.
Jamison's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jamison duly obliges.
Volcanic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Volcanic just misses with a punch to the body.
Volcanic lands a leg kick that knocks Jamison off balance momentarily.

Jamison scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Volcanic wants to control but Jamison postures up.
Jamison is trying to move to mount but Volcanic reverses beautifully and ends up in Jamison's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jamison isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Volcanic stacks Jamison on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Volcanic!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamison manages to get back to half guard.
Volcanic wants to pass to mount but Jamison is defending the position.
Jamison tries to roll over but Volcanic keeps him under control.
Jamison has a hand on Volcanic's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Volcanic takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Jamison is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Jamison wants to improve his position but Volcanic is controlling well.
Volcanic tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jamison knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jamison manages to get to full guard.

Jamison looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Volcanic has picked Jamison up and slammed him! Jamison can't keep hold of the triangle and Volcanic manages to pass to side control!
Jamison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Volcanic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Volcanic wants to control but Jamison is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jamison is looking to reverse the position.
Jamison manages to get back to half guard.
Volcanic moves into full mount! Jamison won't be happy about that!
Jamison is trying to escape the mount.
John Jamison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Volcanic takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jamison wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
You can see the frustration on Jamison's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Danny Volcanic will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Jamison misses the shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Volcanic blocks the leg kick.
Volcanic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
John Jamison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jamison doesn't manage to clinch there - Volcanic circles away.
John Jamison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Volcanic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jamison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Volcanic tries to score with a low kick but Jamison moves his leg out of the way.
Jamison throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Volcanic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
An inside leg kick from Volcanic misses.
Nice defenses there by Jamison.
Volcanic slips a jab and a cross from Jamison.
Volcanic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Volcanic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jamison looks to score with a jab to the body but Volcanic is just out of range.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jamison.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Volcanic is not content to let Jamison control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Volcanic stops Jamison from passing to mount.
Jamison controls the position.
Jamison misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jamison working the ground and pound.
Volcanic sneaks back into half guard.
Ground and pound from Jamison.
Volcanic is looking to get back to is feet but Jamison passes into side control.
Volcanic is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volcanic managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jamison.
Volcanic gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Jamison throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jamison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Volcanic is looking to escape.
Jamison misses with a head shot.
Jamison raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jamison trying to control but Volcanic is having none of it.
Jamison pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Volcanic is working to get back to half guard.
Volcanic sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Jamison lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jamison looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Volcanic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volcanic is looking to control Jamison's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Volcanic avoid being mounted?
Jamison wants to free his trapped foot but Volcanic is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Volcanic wants to get back to full guard.

Jamison seems to be working for a kimura but Volcanic defends the submission attempt.
Jamison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jamison not doing much here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Jamison clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jamison avoids the body shot from Volcanic.
Jamison avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jamison misses with a double jab.
Volcanic lands a jab to Jamison's midsection.
Jamison cracks Volcanic with an open hand slap.
Volcanic scores with a shot to the body.
Jamison avoids the body shot from Volcanic.
Jamison changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Jamison throws a nice outside leg kick.
Volcanic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Volcanic avoids the head kick by Jamison.
Jamison tried to score with a low kick but Volcanic checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Volcanic throws a good cross that connects.
Sloppy strikes from Jamison. Those never looked like landing.
Jamison throws a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jamison scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Volcanic works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Volcanic avoids the head kick by Jamison.
Jamison misses with a body shot.
Jamison chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Volcanic can pounce on him.
Volcanic stuffs the takedown.
Jamison avoids the body shot from Volcanic.
Danny Volcanic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jamison lands with a good body shot.
Jamison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Volcanic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jamison.
Jamison takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jamison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A leg kick checked by Jamison.
Jamison swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A head kick by Jamison misses
and Volcanic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Volcanic takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jamison looks to land a body kick but Volcanic moved away.
Jamison goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamison swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Volcanic slips under a jab.
Jamison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jamison walks into a left hand.
Jamison takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Volcanic swats away the attempt to clinch by Jamison.
Jamison throws a wild body kick that Volcanic sees coming a mile off.
Jamison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jamison throws a body kick that misses.
Danny Volcanic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Volcanic misses with a low kick as Jamison jumps back.
Volcanic throws a leg kick but Jamison sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jamison walks into a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Volcanic. That's going to slow Jamison down.
Jamison has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Volcanic.
Nice takedown defense from Volcanic. No joy for Jamison on that attempt.
Jamison pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Volcanic back to the ropes. Jamison follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jamison shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Volcanic as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Jamison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jamison throws a wild body kick that Volcanic sees coming a mile off.
Jamison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Volcanic misses with a straight left.
Volcanic thumps Jamison with a low kick.
Volcanic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jamison lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Volcanic lands a jab to the nose.
Volcanic lands with a hook. Jamison tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
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!
A decent looking cross lands there for Volcanic.
Jamison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Volcanic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jamison throws a body punch but Volcanic moves out of range.
Jamison moves out of range as Volcanic strikes.
Volcanic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jamison.
Jamison misses with a body shot.
Volcanic takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Volcanic clobbers Jamison with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jamison on the wrong end of a nice jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Volcanic.
Jamison bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Volcanic's head.
Jamison connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jamison is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Volcanic is looking to score with low kicks.
Volcanic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jamison is looking to wear down Volcanic with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A jab from Jamison misses.
Jamison moves out of range of the strikes.
Volcanic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Volcanic dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Volcanic walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Volcanic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jamison attempts a counter takedown but Volcanic avoids it well and moves away.
Jamison misses with a low kick.
Volcanic connects with a solid leg kick.
Jamison chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jamison misses with a kick to the body.
Jamison checks a low kick from Volcanic.
Jamison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Volcanic doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice cross by Volcanic.
Jamison lands with a straight right. Volcanic didn't see that one coming.
A slapping body kick lands there for Jamison.
Jamison moves forwards but Volcanic connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Volcanic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jamison.

Jamison is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Volcanic's half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jamison not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamison trying to mount his opponent but Volcanic defends it.
Jamison throws a strike but Volcanic avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Volcanic is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Jamison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jamison wants to pass the guard but Volcanic is keeping the position.
Volcanic can't keep his opponent in guard - Jamison advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Volcanic is looking to get back to full guard here but Jamison has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volcanic tries to bench press Jamison off him but Jamison keeps the position.
Jamison throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Volcanic prevents Jamison from improving position.
Volcanic is not content to let Jamison control the position.
Jamison postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Jamison is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Volcanic has escaped the position, nice work there.
Volcanic is trying to buck Jamison off.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jamison here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volcanic is looking for a sweep.
Volcanic can't do much from the bottom here.
Jamison in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Volcanic prevents Jamison from moving into mount.
Jamison working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Jamison tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jamison has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jamison wants to control but Volcanic is keeping him busy.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jamison slips a straight right by Volcanic.
Volcanic scoring well with a low kick there.
Volcanic just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Jamison.
Volcanic misses with a low kick.
Volcanic takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Volcanic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Volcanic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jamison.
Jamison tries to counter with a takedown but Volcanic is quick to defend against it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Volcanic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Volcanic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jamison scores with a hook to the body. Volcanic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Volcanic lands with an uppercut that bounces Jamison off the ropes and back into range.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Jamison showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jamison 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 48:47
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 48:47
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Jamison!
John Jamison thanked the fans post fight for their support.