PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jonas Breekman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Landry Saracen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saracen has chosen Bon Jovi - Dead or Alive as his entrance music. Landry Saracen will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Breekman
vs
Saracen

155 cm
20
130 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

167 cm
22
148 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonas Breekman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Landry Saracen!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Eddie Farnsworth and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Breekman darts in trying to clinch
and Saracen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Saracen scores with a hook to the body. Breekman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Saracen throws a lazy right hand but Breekman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Breekman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Saracen misses with a hook. Breekman ducked under it nicely.

Saracen shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Saracen controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saracen is thwarting Breekman's attempts to control the position.
Saracen works his way into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saracen controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breekman tries to reverse the position but Saracen maintains control.
Saracen content just to control the position here.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Landry Saracen.
Breekman tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saracen looks to land a right hand but Breekman moved out of range.
Saracen misses with a hook

and Breekman counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Breekman.
Breekman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saracen.
Breekman misses with an elbow strike.
Saracen stalling against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Breekman.
Saracen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Breekman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Saracen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Saracen blocks an elbow strike from Breekman.
Breekman misses with a knee to the head.
Saracen dodges an elbow strike from Breekman.
Breekman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Breekman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saracen avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Landry Saracen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Saracen connects with a single shot there.
Breekman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Saracen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Breekman has time to react.
Saracen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Saracen punishes Breekman's body with a nice straight punch.
Saracen with a nice cross.
Breekman darts in trying to clinch

and Saracen counters with a series of strikes that sends Breekman to the canvas! Saracen follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!

Breekman is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saracen advances to half guard.
Saracen keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Saracen is looking to pass Breekman's guard but actually Breekman recovers to full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Saracen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Saracen's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Saracen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Landry Saracen wasn't active enough on the ground.
Breekman takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Saracen sizes up Breekman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Saracen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Breekman tries to clinch there but Saracen circles away.
Breekman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saracen with a hook.
Saracen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saracen dips to his left and cracks Breekman with an uppercut!
Saracen fails to land with a series of punches.
Breekman looks to clinch
and Saracen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Breekman slips under a jab from Saracen.
Landry Saracen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Breekman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saracen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Breekman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Breekman tries to clinch but Saracen is having none of it.
Saracen scores with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breekman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Saracen throws out a loose jab but Breekman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saracen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Breekman.
Saracen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Breekman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
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!
Saracen with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Saracen misses the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saracen lands with a nice body punch.
Saracen circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Landry Saracen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A left lands for Saracen.
Breekman takes one to the chin there.
Breekman doesn't manage to clinch there - Saracen circles away.
Breekman tries to clinch there but Saracen circles away.
Saracen throws a shot from downtown. Breekman moves away and avoids it.
Breekman doesn't manage to clinch there - Saracen circles away.
Saracen circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Breekman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Saracen jabs Breekman to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saracen fails with a takedown attempt.
Saracen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saracen lands a nice shot that snaps Breekman's head back.
Saracen cracks Breekman with a good jab.
Breekman wants to clinch up but Saracen keeps it at a distance.
Landry Saracen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice uppercut there from Saracen.
Breekman looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Breekman tries to clinch up
and Saracen counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breekman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saracen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Breekman moves in looking to clinch but Saracen pushes him off.
Saracen stalks Breekman and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Breekman's face. Breekman staggers backwards, shaken.
Saracen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Breekman.
Saracen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oh Breekman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saracen misses with a lunging right hand

and Breekman counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Saracen!
Breekman seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breekman punching from mount but Saracen doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Breekman lands with some strikes.
Breekman sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

Breekman jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Saracen is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Saracen and Breekman has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Saracen manages to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saracen is looking to control Breekman's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Saracen avoid being mounted?
Breekman seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Saracen actively working from the bottom here.
Saracen controlling the position well.
Saracen works his way to full guard. Good work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Breekman looking to pass the guard.
Breekman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Saracen on the ground.
Saracen looking for a sweep. Not yet Saracen, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Landry Saracen really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Saracen scores with a decent looking hook.
Saracen scores with a sloppy right hand. Breekman should have avoided that one.
Breekman tries to clinch up but Saracen circles away and keeps his distance.
Breekman slips a straight right by Saracen.
Breekman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Saracen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Breekman moves in looking to clinch but Saracen pushes him off.
Saracen lands with an uppercut that bounces Breekman off the cage and back into rage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saracen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saracen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Saracen closes the distance and clinches up with Breekman, looking for a takedown. Saracen pushes Breekman against the cage but Breekman circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Saracen circles away from the clinch attempt.

Breekman instigates a clinch.
Breekman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saracen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Saracen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saracen scores with a nice right hand.
Breekman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saracen throws out the jab.
Saracen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Breekman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breekman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Saracen to score with a decent uppercut.
Saracen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Saracen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Breekman on the side of the head.
Saracen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Saracen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Breekman on the side of the head.
Breekman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saracen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Breekman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Breekman wants to clinch
and Breekman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Saracen misses.
Breekman doesn't manage to clinch there - Saracen circles away.
Saracen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Saracen throws the left hand but Breekman avoids the punch easily.
Saracen swats away the attempt to clinch by Breekman.
Saracen throws a one two combo.
Breekman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Breekman closes the distance but Saracen moves to the side
and Saracen counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saracen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Breekman.
Nice takedown defense from Breekman. No joy for Saracen on that attempt.
Jonas Breekman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Landry Saracen.
Saracen is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Saracen misses with a straight right.
Saracen fails to land with a series of punches.
Saracen circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Saracen misses its intended target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Breekman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Landry Saracen dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Breekman slips a straight right by Saracen.
Breekman tries to clinch but Saracen is having none of it.
A lazy left from Saracen finds it's target.
Saracen connects with a crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Breekman.
Breekman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Saracen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Breekman's hands.
Breekman stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Breekman wants it to stay on the feet.
Saracen is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Breekman slips under a jab from Saracen.
Saracen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Saracen misses with a double jab.
Saracen connects with a looping right hand.
Saracen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Breekman.
Saracen slips under a jab.
Saracen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Breekman.
Saracen looks to score with a jab to the body but Breekman is just out of range.
Landry Saracen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Saracen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Breekman takes the fight into the clinch.
Saracen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Breekman misses with the head strike.
Breekman throws a knee to the head but misses.

Saracen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheers as Saracen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Breekman doesn't seem phased though.
Saracen missing with a left hand there. Breekman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Breekman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Breekman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saracen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saracen throws a series of punches but Breekman moves out of range.
Breekman blocks a jab.
Saracen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Breekman tries to clinch but Saracen is having none of it.
Breekman slips under a jab from Saracen.
Breekman drops his hands momentarily and Saracen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Saracen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big left from Saracen misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saracen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Breekman's head.
Breekman tries to clinch there but Saracen circles away.
Breekman tries to clinch up but Saracen circles away and keeps his distance.
Breekman tries to clinch but Saracen is having none of it.
Jonas Breekman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
No joy there for Breekman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Saracen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Breekman has time to react.
Saracen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Saracen cracks Breekman with an open hand slap.

And that's the end of the fight!
Landry Saracen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Saracen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 45:50
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 45:50
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 44:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Landry Saracen! Landry Saracen retains his bantamweight title!