PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jens Jensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timur Orlan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Jensen
vs
Orlan

170 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
22
164 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jens Jensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Timur Orlan!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jensen shoots in but no luck this time.
Jensen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Orlan.
Jensen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jensen misses with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jensen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice body punch from Orlan.
Jensen misses with a straight left.
Orlan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jensen doesn't seem bothered though.
Jensen is breathing heavily.
Orlan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jensen.
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!

Orlan drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jensen keeping full guard, as Orlan tries to pass.

Orlan drops back looking for a leg! Jensen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jensen manages to kick Orlan off! Orlan jumps back into Jensen's guard.
Jensen trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orlan stopping the sweep attempt from Jensen.

Orlan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jensen keeping moving, preventing Orlan from controlling successfully.
Orlan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jensen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Orlan stopping the sweep attempt from Jensen.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Jensen drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orlan seems keen to control Jensen's posture.
Orlan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Orlan controls Jensen momentarily but Jensen frees himself.

Orlan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Orlan trying to keep a closed guard but Jensen is proving a slippery customer.
Jensen postures up and lands a big shot to Orlan's brow.
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.
Orlan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Orlan is on top in guard.
Jensen striking off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orlan stopping the sweep attempt from Jensen.
Jensen throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Orlan wants to get up but he can't break Jensen's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Jensen trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Orlan trying to control but Jensen is working from the bottom.
Jensen with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Orlan can't handle though.
Jensen has a closed guard, preventing Orlan from standing up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jensen looks to land a left hand but Orlan moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Orlan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jensen misses with a takedown attempt

and Orlan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jens Jensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Orlan trying to control the position from guard on top but Jensen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Orlan won't allow Jensen to sweep him here.

Jensen working for a triangle but Orlan defends it easily.
Orlan trying to control but Jensen is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Orlan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Orlan connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timur Orlan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Orlan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Orlan counters with a head kick. That will keep Jensen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Jensen tries to clinch
and Orlan counters with an inside leg kick.

Jensen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jensen connects with a nice short shot to Orlan's temple.
Orlan trying to hold on to Jensen's head to control him but Jensen postures up.
Jensen lands with a punch from half guard.
Orlan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jensen works over Orlan with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orlan working a defensive guard here.
Jensen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Orlan wants to get back to his feet but Jensen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jensen with a nice head shot there.
Orlan is looking to stand up but Jensen isn't so interested in that idea.

Orlan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Orlan is trying to keep Jensen in close.
Jensen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Jensen has gone for a leg lock! Orlan slips out almost immediately though and dives into Jensen's guard.
Orlan controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jensen keeping moving, preventing Orlan from controlling successfully.
Orlan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jensen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Orlan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jensen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jensen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jensen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Orlan!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jensen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jensen looking to finish Orlan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Orlan!
Orlan wants to hold on but Jensen pushes him away.
Jensen landing strikes from the mount.
Orlan is looking to get to half guard.
Orlan wants to control but Jensen is having none of it.
Jensen lands a big shot there that rocks Orlan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Orlan tries to hold on but Jensen postures up.
Orlan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jensen landing strikes from the mount.
Jensen is landing with some decent strikes but Orlan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Orlan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jensen unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Jensen.
Jensen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jensen with a couple of short strikes.
Jensen landing strikes from the mount and Orlan is in trouble!
Jensen has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Orlan's face.
Jensen raining down shots from the mount!

Jensen goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Orlan turns into him and now he's in Jensen's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jens Jensen dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jensen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Orlan.
Jensen darts in trying to clinch

and Orlan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jensen's guard now.
Jensen throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jensen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Orlan!
Jensen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jensen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen raining down shots from the mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Orlan wants to hold on but Jensen pushes him away.
Orlan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jensen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jensen lands a heavy elbow.
Orlan is looking to get to half guard.
Orlan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jensen raining down shots from the mount!
Jens Jensen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jensen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Orlan?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jensen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Orlan is in a horrible position here. Jensen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Orlan can't escape the position.
Jensen working Orlan over with strikes here.
Orlan squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Jensen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jensen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jensen working the ground and pound effectively.
Jensen controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jensen landing punches.
Orlan wants to try and get back to his feet.
Jensen lands a big elbow.
Jensen landing strikes from the mount and Orlan is in trouble!
Orlan working to try and regain half guard.
Jensen lands a big elbow.
Orlan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Orlan wants to control but Jensen is having none of it.

That's four 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.
Orlan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jensen has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Orlan's face.
Jensen landing punches.
Orlan is looking to get to half guard.
Jensen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Orlan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jensen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Orlan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Orlan can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jens Jensen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jensen 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 Richard Clark scores the fight for Timur Orlan!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Timur Orlan!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Timur Orlan!

Timur Orlan wins by unanimous decision!