PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaydon Ace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Chrome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ace
vs
Chrome

188 cm
22
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaydon Ace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Chrome!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Chrome coming out on top.

Ace darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Chrome is not content to let Ace control the position.

Ace is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Chrome has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ace frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ace is trying to take his opponent's back.
Chrome really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Chrome is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ace has hold of Chrome's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Chrome manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Chrome is working to get back to half guard.
Chrome really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ace. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ace wants to control the pace but Chrome is squirming around nicely.
Ace controlling from mount.
Chrome regains half guard.
Ace prevents Chrome from improving his position.

Ace seems to be working for a kimura but Chrome defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ace is working for a kimura but Chrome is defending it quite comfortably.

Ace is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ace is breathing heavily.
Chrome throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Chrome is defending against the submission attempts here by Ace.
Chrome is trying is best to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ace is tying to control. Chrome wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Ace looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Ace wants to work for an arm triangle but Chrome is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Chrome gets full guard.
Ace stands and throws Chrome's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Chrome is not content to let Ace control the position.

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.

Ace tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Chrome prevents Ace from moving into mount.

Ace tries for a kimura but Chrome is defending well.

Ace working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Ace wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Chrome, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaydon Ace dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Chrome takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chrome is looking to clinch.
Ace scores with a leg kick.
Ace will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ace misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chrome doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Ace counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Ace seems to be looking for submissions.
Ace controlling the action here.
Chrome wants to get back to full guard.
Chrome is not content to let Ace control the position.
Chrome tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Ace is tying to control. Chrome wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ace is looking to advance position but Chrome won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ace is working hard here to advance position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Chrome throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ace.
Ace takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Ace darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Chrome moves into full guard.
Ace trying to control but Chrome is working from the bottom.
Ace controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jaydon Ace overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chrome keeping moving, preventing Ace from controlling successfully.
Ace stopping the sweep attempt from Chrome.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ace trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Chrome not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ace trying to control the position from guard on top but Chrome is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Chrome stuffs the takedown.

Chrome closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ace is trying to improve his position.
Chrome cracks Ace with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Ace gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ace is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Chrome's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Chrome's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chrome tries to roll but Ace sticks to his back.

Ace has got his arm under Chrome's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Chrome has spun round into Ace's guard beautifully! Well done that man!

Ace has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Chrome can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Chrome throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Chrome stopping the sweep attempt from Ace.
Chrome throwing strikes from guard but Ace blocks nicely.

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.
Chrome wants to pass the guard but Ace is keeping the position.
Ace is trying to control the position but Chrome postures up.
Chrome throwing strikes from guard but Ace blocks nicely.
Chrome wants to control from the top but Ace keeps moving.
Chrome must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Chrome cracks Ace with a good jab.
Chrome blocks a low kick nicely.

Chrome drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Ace looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Chrome passes into side control.
Ace manages to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Ace is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Chrome pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jaydon Ace will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Ace drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ace loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chrome looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Ace drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ace jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ace looking to pass the guard.
Aceis looking to pass into half guard but Chrome pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Chrome is in guard.

Ace looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Chrome has picked Ace up and slammed him! Ace can't keep hold of the triangle and Chrome manages to pass to side control!
Ace tries to improve position but can't.
Ace gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ace is looking to control Chrome's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ace avoid being mounted?
Chrome takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ace manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ace has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Chrome doesn't defend quickly enough and Ace has managed to lock this one up! Can Chrome escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Ace on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jaydon Ace!