PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Jardine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phliip Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phliip Sagat has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Joe Jardine's chin.

Jardine
vs
Sagat

195 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

220 cm
26
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 Rio de Janeiro, Joe Jardine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Phliip Sagat!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jardine dodges the punch combination from Sagat.
Sagat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sagat fails with an attempt to clinch.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sagat enables Jardine to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sagat manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Sagat is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sagat wants to get back to his feet but Jardine is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jardine lands a couple of digs.
Sagat lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jardine!
Jardine tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sagat looking to control but Jardine is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jardine is trying desperately to improve position.
Jardine on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jardine tries to get out of the position.
Jardine gets back to half guard.
Jardine regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jardine looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sagat is one step ahead there.
Sagat trying to control but Jardine is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sagat preventing the sweep.

Sagat decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jardine, up you get!
Jardine shoots in but Sagat avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A clash of legs there as Jardine blocks the low kick.

Jardine looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jardine content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jardine cracks Sagat with a solid left hand.
Jardine with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jardine keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sagat's head.
Jardine scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jardine scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jardine makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jardine scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jardine postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jardine working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sagat's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sagat looking for a sweep. Not yet Sagat, not yet.
Jardine makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sagat manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jardine manages to get himself to full guard.
Jardine is pulling down on Sagat's head. It's preventing any offense from Sagat, at least for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sagat stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The fight stays on the outside here - Sagat looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sagat moves in looking to clinch but Jardine pushes him off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jardine shoots in looking for a takedown. Sagat tries to sprawl out of it but Jardine keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sagat manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sagat tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jardine manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Jardine dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jardine darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jardine lands with a punch from half guard.
Jardine is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jardine working over Sagat with some ground and pound. Sagat looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sagat has hold of Jardine's hands but Jardine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jardine winds up and cracks Sagat with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sagat is trying to stand back up but Jardine is controlling him
Jardine looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
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!
Sagat taking some punishment here, with Jardine in his half guard.
Jardine lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jardine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jardine scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sagat on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Jardine.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagat has hold of Jardine's hands but Jardine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jardine lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jardine is looking to advance position but Sagat won't allow it.
Jardine scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sagat has hold of Jardine's hands but Jardine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jardine winds up and cracks Sagat with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jardine lands a nice short elbow.
Sagat wants to get back to his feet.
Sagat is breathing heavily.
Sagat on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jardine lands with a punch from half guard.
Jardine lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice strikes from Jardine there.
Jardine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sagat has hold of Jardine's hands but Jardine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sagat is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jardine scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Jardine there.
Joe Jardine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jardine lands a nice short elbow.
Jardine scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jardine seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jardine drops an elbow to the side of Sagat's head.
Jardine lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Jardine.
Jardine working over Sagat with some ground and pound. Sagat looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jardine lands strikes from half guard.
Sagat taking some punishment here, with Jardine in his half guard.
Jardine lands with a punch from half guard.
Jardine lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jardine lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jardine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jardine working Sagat over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Jardine.
Jardine slips a nice elbow through Sagat's hands, connecting with Sagat's forehead.
Sagat has hold of Jardine's hands but Jardine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sagat tries to roll over but Jardine keeps him under control.
Sagat taking some punishment here, with Jardine in his half guard.
Sagat is looking for a sweep. Jardine is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jardine scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jardine is nestled in close to Sagat, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jardine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jardine working over Sagat with some ground and pound. Sagat looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sagat on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jardine is nestled in close to Sagat, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jardine drops an elbow to the side of Sagat's 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!
Jardine drops an elbow to the side of Sagat's head.
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. Jardine connects with a nice short shot to Sagat's temple.
Jardine working the head and body with strikes.
Jardine moves nicely into side control.
Jardine scoring with punches and elbows.
Jardine cracks Sagat with a big right hand but Sagat just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Jardine cracks Sagat with a big right hand but Sagat just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Jardine scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sagat to see if he's OK.
Jardine lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sagat on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Check out the look on Jardine's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jardine is working Sagat over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jardine scores with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Jardine dominated that second round.
That's time! Jardine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jardine.
Jardine working the ground and pound.
Jardine landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jardine is chipping away with strikes.
Jardine grinds an elbow into Sagat's temple.
Jardine landing strikes.
Jardine working the ground and pound from side control.

Sagat is rocked!
Jardine lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sagat down.
Sagat is still in real trouble! Can Jardine finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jardine looks up at the clock and then as Sagat takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jardine smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Jardine in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jardine scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Sagat is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Jardine can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Jardine!