PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between jim crow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Jameson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). crow comes into the arena with Audioslave- Cohise blaring out of the sound system. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

crow
vs
Jameson

182 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, jim crow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Jameson!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

crow instigates a clinch.
crow throws a knee to the head but misses.
crow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jameson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jameson is trying to break the clinch but crow is controlling him.
crow drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jameson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jameson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but crow paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Jameson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. crow did well to prevent Jameson getting side control.

crow looking for a kimura from the bottom but Jameson passes into side control!
crow wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
crow tries to get back to half guard but can't.
crow manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jameson's best efforts.
Jameson looks to land a strike but crow avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

crow had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jameson defends it easily.
Jameson scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jameson trying to control the position from guard on top but crow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

crow is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
crow is breathing heavily.
Jameson throwing strikes from guard but crow blocks nicely.

crow looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jameson trying to control the position from guard on top but crow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

crow is looking for a triangle but Jameson pushes his legs off easily.
Jameson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of crow's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jameson distracts crow with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
crow throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Jameson stands up over crow, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Jameson stands up and waves to crow to follow him.

Jameson drives through with a takedown into guard.

Jameson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Jameson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jameson throws a series of strikes that have crow backpedaling.

crow has Jameson up against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Jameson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
crow connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jameson's face.
crow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jameson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through crow's defenses.
Jameson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. crow avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
crow with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Jameson jumps guard.
crow prevents Jameson from getting back to his feet.
crow stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jameson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
crow is fighting to break Jameson's control of his arms but Jameson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Jameson looking to control.
crow working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jameson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
crow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jameson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
crow pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jameson is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
crow closes the distance but Jameson moves to the side

and Jameson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
crow tries a knee to the head but Jameson blocks it.

Jameson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
crow looks to clinch

and Jameson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jameson lands with a right to the head.
Jameson lands a nice knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jameson just misses with a elbow thrown towards crow's brow.
crow tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jameson avoids it.

crow has picked Jameson up - he's going for a ride! crow dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Jameson trying to control here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jameson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jameson is controlling crow's position as best he can from this difficult position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Jameson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

crow wants to clinch.
Jameson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but crow paws at him with a jab and circles away.

crow clinches up against the cage.
crow tries to break free but Jameson pushes him back against the cage.
crow looking to throw knees to the head but Jameson is blocking nicely.
A short left from Jameson.
Jameson avoiding damage as crow throws knees to the body.

Jameson breaks from the clinch.
crow wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
crow tries to clinch

and Jameson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jameson.
Jameson scores with a shot to the side of crow's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jameson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Jameson breaks the clinch.
Jameson tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from crow misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jameson blocks a head kick by crow.
Jameson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around crow's waist but crow gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jameson off to one side.
crow misses with a takedown

and Jameson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jameson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jameson lands an elbow inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
crow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Jameson manages to break the clinch.

Jameson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jameson throws an elbow but misses.
crow fails to pull the fight into his guard.
crow is stalling here.
crow tries to land a knee to the head but Jameson blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
crow is pressed up against the cage. Jameson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag crow down to the mat. crow avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jameson misses with a head kick.
crow wants to clinch up but Jameson keeps it at a distance.
Jameson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
jim crow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Jameson.
crow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Jameson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jameson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee warns crow that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
crow bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
crow trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jameson's guard.
crow being controlled here momentarily.
crow with a flurry of punches that miss.
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.
crow stops Jameson from standing up.
Jameson wants to sweep but no luck.
crow has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jameson trying to keep a closed guard but crow is proving a slippery customer.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
crow throws a nice head kick!

Jameson closes the distance and clinches.
crow misses with a knee strike.
crow looking to throw knees to the head but Jameson is blocking nicely.

Jameson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jameson tries to clinch but fails miserably

and crow moves into the clinch.
crow looking to throw knees to the head but Jameson is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jameson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through crow's defenses.
crow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jameson lands a nice elbow.
Jameson lands an elbow just above crow 's eye.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jameson lands an elbow inside that crow shrugs off.
Jameson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
crow wants a takedown but no success here.
Jameson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
crow throws a head punch that misses.
crow trying to control the position but instead, Jameson has worked for underhooks and has pushed crow into the cage.
Jameson lands an elbow inside that crow shrugs off.
Jameson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has crow in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
crow with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jameson lands an elbow inside that crow shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Jameson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! crow's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jameson moves into the clinch successfully.
crow drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jameson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jameson is trying to stall.
Jameson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
crow misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jameson.
Jameson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jameson throws an elbow but it misses.
crow avoiding damage.
crow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jameson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jameson shoots in but crow avoids the takedown attempt easily.
jim crow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jameson tries to clinch up but crow circles away and keeps his distance.

crow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

crow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
crow moves in looking to clinch but Jameson pushes him off.
Jameson tries to clinch but crow is having none of it.
Jameson misses with a few strikes there.
Jameson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

crow fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jameson, pushing him back against the cage.
crow with an attempt at a knee that misses.
crow misses with a knee strike.
crow has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jameson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
crow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jameson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jameson prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jim crow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
crow is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
crow is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Jameson manages to break the clinch.

Jameson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jameson slips a nice elbow through crow's hands, connecting with crow's forehead.
crow is trying to get back to full guard.

crow makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
A head kick by Jameson misses
and crow counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jameson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jameson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Jameson moves into the clinch successfully.
crow with an attempt at a knee that misses.
crow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jameson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jameson looking to stall.

Jameson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jameson tries for a takedown but crow sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
crow wants to clinch.
Jameson lands a with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jameson wants to clinch but crow slips to the side

and crow counters with a single leg into guard. Jameson didn't expect that.
Jameson is pulling down on crow's head to control his posture.
crow throwing strikes from guard but Jameson blocks nicely.
Jameson looking to hit a scissor sweep but crow is one step ahead there.
crow lands a couple of elbows.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jameson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jameson wants to stand and escape but crow is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
crow is in close to Jameson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
crow won't allow Jameson to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
crow displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jameson.
Jameson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by crow.
crow misses with a takedown
and Jameson counters with a series of strikes. crow will be more careful next time no doubt.

crow gets a clinch.

Jameson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnny Jameson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Jameson instigates a clinch.
crow trying to stall but Jameson improves his position.
A knee to the head by crow.
crow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jameson blocks it with crossed arms.

Jameson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
crow takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
crow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
jim crow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Jameson forces crow back against the cage and clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
jim crow showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jameson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Jameson!