PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marty Jannety (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul Muhar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muhar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Nervecell - Demean. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Jannety
vs
Muhar

185 cm
21
204 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

183 cm
20
211 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

The Next Level Nutrition

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marty Jannety !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Abdul Muhar!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muhar circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jannety shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jannety showed some decent athleticism there.
Jannety thows a huge punch but Muhar dodges it nicely.
Muhar has hold of Jannety 's hands but Jannety slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jannety not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Muhar wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jannety throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jannety trying to control the action but Muhar is working from the bottom.
Jannety sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Muhar defending well though.
Jannety is keen to just control but Muhar is a slippery customer.
Jannety is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhar wants to control but Jannety is keeping busy.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Muhar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jannety looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Muhar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jannety fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jannety fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marty Jannety . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Muhar works over Jannety 's head and body with a nice combination.
Muhar tests Jannety 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Muhar lands a jab-cross combination.
Muhar lunges at Jannety with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jannety 's hand.
Muhar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Muhar lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jannety misses with a takedown attempt - Muhar sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jannety is breathing heavily.
Jannety moves in looking to clinch but Muhar pushes him off.
Abdul Muhar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Muhar jabs Jannety right on the nose. Jannety blinks but takes it well.
Jannety fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Muhar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jannety 's head backwards.
Muhar scores with a jab.
Jannety shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Muhar pinned against the cage. Muhar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Jannety rushes Muhar and presses him up against the cage.
Muhar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jannety looking for a takedown.

Muhar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Muhar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jannety is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jannety looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jannety slips a jab and a cross from Muhar.
Jannety tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Jannety 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Muhar lands with a hook. Jannety tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Muhar avoids the head kick by Jannety .
Muhar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Muhar throws a series of punches but Jannety avoids them all with ease.
Muhar 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.
Jannety shoots in looking for a takedown. Muhar tries to sprawl out of it but Jannety keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Muhar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A left and a right from Muhar both land. Nice combination.
Muhar looks to land a combination. Jannety sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Jannety rushes Muhar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Jannety breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jannety shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Muhar lands a jab to the nose.
Muhar throws a right and a left that Jannety avoids nicely.
Jannety tries for a takedown but Muhar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jannety has a takedown stuffed.
Jannety shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Muhar but Muhar pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Muhar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jannety tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muhar swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Jannety .
Jannety shoots in looking for a takedown. Muhar tries to sprawl out of it but Jannety keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Muhar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jannety showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muhar.
Muhar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Muhar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jannety tries to clinch up but Muhar circles away and keeps his distance.
Jannety tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Muhar swivels and escapes.
Jannety shoots in but Muhar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jannety tries to close the distance and clinch but Muhar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jannety looks for a takedown but Muhar sprawls well.
Muhar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jannety walks into a jab.
Jannety tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Muhar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abdul Muhar 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.

Left hook, right uppercut from Muhar.
Jannety tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muhar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muhar scores with a punch to the head.
Jannety walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jannety misses with a body shot.
Jannety slips a jab and a cross from Muhar.
Jannety shoots for a double leg takedown but Muhar sprawls well. He's pushed Jannety 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Muhar misses with a wild combination.
Muhar looks to land a combination but Jannety avoids it well.
Marty Jannety is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jannety shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Muhar as he jumps to the side.

Jannety rushes Muhar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jannety is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Muhar pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marty Jannety . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jannety jumps guard but Muhar stands there with Jannety around his waist. Jannety gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Muhar blocks an elbow strike.

Jannety jumps into guard, dragging Muhar to the mat.
Muhar won't allow Jannety to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Muhar wanted to stand there but Jannety had control of the position.
Muhar preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jannety working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Muhar has passed into half guard!
Muhar is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Muhar content to control rather than advance.
Jannety moves into full guard.
Jannety looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jannety trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jannety is on top in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jannety accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jannety working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jannety trying to control but Muhar is working from the bottom.
Jannety trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jannety throws and elbow that misses. Muhar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jannety 's guard. Nice move by Muhar!
Muhar wants to control from the top but Jannety keeps moving.
Jannety wants to stand up but Muhar is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jannety looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A left lands for Muhar.
Jannety tries to clinch up.
Jannety will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Some wild striking there from Muhar.
Muhar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Muhar punishes Jannety 's body with a nice straight punch.
Jannety avoids a punch combination nicely.
Muhar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jannety shoots in looking for a takedown. Muhar tries to sprawl out of it but Jannety keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Muhar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Some wild striking there from Muhar.

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.
Jannety shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jannety ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Muhar moves away.
Jannety drops his hands momentarily and Muhar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Muhar lands with a nice combination. Jannety backs away looking to recover.
Muhar throws a series of punches but Jannety moves out of range.
Muhar lands a jab-cross combination.
Jannety doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jannety shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Muhar as he avoids it easily.
Muhar connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jannety shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Muhar pinned against the cage. Muhar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Muhar swats away the attempt to clinch by Jannety .

Jannety looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Muhar!
Jannety with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Abdul Muhar will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jannety is looking to clinch but Muhar is avoiding it.
Muhar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Muhar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jannety fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muhar misses with the combination.
Abdul Muhar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jannety shoots for a takedown but Muhar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jannety shoots for a takedown but Muhar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Abdul Muhar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Muhar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Muhar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jannety looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice cross by Muhar.
Muhar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Muhar stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marty Jannety . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jannety tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Muhar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jannety fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jannety shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Muhar pinned against the cage. Muhar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Muhar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jannety shoots in for a takedown but Muhar shows good takedown defense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jannety moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jannety closes the distance and clinches up with Muhar, looking for a takedown. Jannety pushes Muhar against the cage but Muhar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jannety is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Muhar.
Jannety gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Muhar.
A combination from Muhar does no damage.
Muhar lands a jab to Jannety 's midsection.
Muhar fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jannety on the side of the head.
Jannety fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muhar works over Jannety 's head and body with a nice combination.
Muhar misses with a two punch combination.
Muhar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Muhar throws a right and a left that Jannety avoids nicely.
Muhar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jannety 's head.
Jannety fails with the takedown.
Jannety takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Muhar throws a combination. Jannety tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A right-left combo lands from Muhar.
Jannety tries for a takedown but Muhar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muhar sizes up Jannety with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jannety looks for a takedown but Muhar sprawls well.
Muhar lands a jab-cross combination.
Jannety shoots for a takedown but Muhar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Muhar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Muhar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jannety shoots in for a takedown but Muhar shows good takedown defense.
Jannety looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Muhar is fending him off so far but Jannety persists. Nope, Muhar circles away and we're back to standing.
Jannety shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Muhar pinned against the cage. Muhar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Muhar moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Muhar lands a two punch combo.
Jannety shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Muhar as he avoids it easily.
Jannety wants to clinch.

Jannety instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jannety tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Muhar just stands there and leans against the cage.
Muhar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jannety keeps control of Muhar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jannety fails to pull guard.
Jannety tries to pull guard but Muhar won't allow it.

Muhar breaks from the clinch.
Muhar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jannety shoots in and drives through. Muhar sprawls well.
Muhar is working the combinations to good effect here.

Jannety shoots in and bounces Muhar off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jannety wanted to stand there but Muhar had control of the position.
Jannety throws a strike but Muhar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jannety manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jannety is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Marty Jannety has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jannety cracks Muhar with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jannety working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Muhar is rocked!
Jannety scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Muhar?
Muhar is still in real trouble! Can Jannety finish him?
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Jannety ! Muhar is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Marty Jannety !