PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Florijan Jagatic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Giannacopulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Giannacopulos has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Florijan Jagatic's chin.

Jagatic
vs
Giannacopulos

170 cm
18
145 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

175 cm
22
163 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Florijan Jagatic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Giannacopulos!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Giannacopulos scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jagatic looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Giannacopulos decides to take the fight back to the feet.

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

Giannacopulos decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jagatic, up you get!

Giannacopulos closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Giannacopulos lands in his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jagatic is working an open guard so Giannacopulos takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Giannacopulos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Giannacopulos showed some decent athleticism there.

Jagatic is rocked!

Giannacopulos decides to stand up.
Oh Jagatic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Giannacopulos shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Jagatic is on queer street and Giannacopulos is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Jake Giannacopulos!