PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Karistokas Thereduuo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Law Jacker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Thereduuo
vs
Jacker

165 cm
25
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
23
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Karistokas Thereduuo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Law Jacker!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Thereduuo or perhaps it was just good defense by Jacker, which made it look bad.
Thereduuo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Thereduuo shoots in and gets a takedown into Jacker's guard.
Jacker wants to sweep but no luck.
Thereduuo is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Thereduuo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thereduuo landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jacker has an active guard here but Thereduuo has managed to pass into half guard.
Jacker wants to get back to his feet.
Thereduuo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jacker is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Thereduuo is working for a submission of some sort.
Jacker is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Thereduuo working over Jacker with some ground and pound. Jacker looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Thereduuo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Thereduuo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Thereduuo is pressing down on Jacker's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jacker is holding on for now.
Thereduuo slows the pace down in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thereduuo stands up out of the half guard.

Thereduuo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Thereduuo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jacker defends it well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thereduuo moves into full mount! Jacker won't be happy about that!
Thereduuo controlling the pace for now.
Thereduuo working Jacker over with strikes here.
Thereduuo controlling the position easily from mount.
Jacker tries to hold on but Thereduuo postures up.
Jacker looks winded!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Thereduuo content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karistokas Thereduuo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jacker lands with a right hand.

Jacker gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Jacker wants to stand and escape. He's got his foot on Thereduuo's hips, looking to push off. But Thereduuo grabs a hold of the leg and drops back for an ankle lock! It's hard to tell if he's got it. Both fighters look composed - OH, not anymore they don't! Jacker screams like a kid who's trapped his fingers in the car door and taps out! Yikes, that must have hurt - hopefully it's not snapped anything!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Karistokas Thereduuo!