PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Jayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Canas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jayne might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Doors-People Are Strange . Canas has chosen DMX-Stop Being Greedy as his entrance music. Patrick Jayne could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jay Canas's chin.

Jayne
vs
Canas

189 cm
28
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

187 cm
28
180 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Patrick Jayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Canas!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Canas.

Jayne shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Canas manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Canas wants to stand up but Jayne is controlling him.
Canas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jayne.
Jayne wants to control from the top but Canas keeps moving.
Jayne stops Canas from standing up.
Jayne engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Canas wants to get back to his feet but Jayne is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jayne content to stall in guard here.

We're going to have a standup here because Patrick Jayne wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Jayne tries to close the distance and clinch but Canas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jayne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Canas.
Canas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jayne circles away quickly and effectively.
Canas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Canas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jayne.

Canas pushes Jayne up against the cage in a clinch.
Jayne lands a body shot.

Jayne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Canas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jayne manages to avoid it.
Canas misses with the combination.

Jayne moves into range and clinches up with Canas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jayne lands a takedown into guard.
Jayne chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jayne postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Canas is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jayne lands a couple of digs.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jayne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Canas wants to stand and escape but Jayne is having none of it.

Canas has his feet on Jayne's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Canas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jayne looks to land a combination but Canas avoids it well.
No joy there for Canas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Jayne moves into the clinch.
Canas swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Jayne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jayne shoots in looking for a takedown but Canas manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jayne's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jayne throws a hook but Canas avoids it easily.
Canas falls off balance throwing a combination

and Jayne counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Canas wants to stand up but Jayne is controlling him.
Jayne throwing strikes but missing.
Jayne wants to control from the top but Canas keeps moving.
Jayne prevents Canas from getting back to his feet.
Jayne wants to control from the top but Canas keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Patrick Jayne just wasn't active enough.

Canas closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jayne has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Canas is trying to keep an underhook but Jayne manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jayne is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jayne lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
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. Jayne connects with a nice short shot to Canas's temple.
Jayne moves nicely into side control.
Canas is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jayne is controlling him well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jayne trying to control the action but Canas is working from the bottom.
Canas pushes Jayne away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Jayne gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Jayne dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Canas slaps away a takedown attempt from Jayne, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Canas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Jayne counters by clinching up.

Jayne manages to break the clinch.
Canas misses with a combination

and Jayne counters by clinching up.
Jayne lands with a right to the head.
Jayne blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Jayne breaks from the clinch.
Jayne has a takedown stuffed.

Jayne clinches.
Canas lands a damaging elbow.
Canas misses with a short punch on the inside.

Jayne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Canas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Canas is defended easily by Jayne.

Jayne has taken the fight to the clinch.
Canas throws a head punch that misses.
Canas working aggressively here.
Jayne can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Jayne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Canas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jayne wants to take the fight to the mat but Canas manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jayne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Canas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Canas scores with a shoulder strike.
Jayne just leaning against Canas, taking a breather.
Canas misses with a knee strike.
Jayne scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jayne has Canas pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Jayne pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Canas tumbling to the mat - Jayne dives into Canas's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jayne trying to control the position from guard on top but Canas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Canas wants to stand up but Jayne is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jayne's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jayne is in close to Canas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jayne makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Canas wants to get back to his feet but Jayne is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jayne's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jayne lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Canas wants to stand and escape but Jayne is having none of it.
Jayne lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jayne lands a couple of digs.
Jayne chips away with some ground and pound.
Jayne has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Canas wants to stand up but Jayne is controlling him.

Canas has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Jayne off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Canas is breathing heavily.
Canas cracks Jayne with a right hand to the side of the head.
Canas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jayne moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Canas stuffs the takedown attempt from Jayne. Jayne gets slowly back to his feet.
Canas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jayne.

Jayne rushes Canas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canas swings wildly with an uppercut but Jayne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jayne lands a left hand that snaps the head of Canas backwards.
Canas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Jayne has picked Canas up - he's going for a ride! Jayne dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jayne stops Canas from getting back to his feet.
Jayne working the head and body with strikes.
Jayne working the head and body with strikes.
Jayne is looking to advance position but Canas won't allow it.
Jayne controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jayne slips a nice elbow through Canas's hands, connecting with Canas's forehead.
Jayne lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Jayne dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Canas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Canas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Canas fails to land with a series of punches.
Jayne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Canas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jayne wants to clinch up but Canas keeps it at a distance.
Canas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Canas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jayne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Canas.
Canas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A shot to the body from Canas misses

and Jayne counters with a shoot takedown. Canas fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jayne.
Patrick Jayne overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jayne stops Canas from standing up.
Canas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jayne working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jayne chips away with some ground and pound.
Jayne engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jayne working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Canas's head.
Jayne trying to control the position from guard on top but Canas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jayne lands a couple of digs.
Jayne trying to control but Canas is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jayne advances position into side control!
Jay Canas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jayne working the ground and pound.
Jayne cracks Canas with a big elbow.
Jayne is working Canas over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jayne is working Canas over with some ground and pound from side control.

Canas is rocked!
Jayne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Canas can do to turn this around?

Jayne is trying to get an arm triangle but Canas is defending well.
Canas is still in real trouble! Can Jayne finish him?
Jayne prevents Canas from escaping the position.
Canas misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Canas is not content to let Jayne control the position.
Canas is letting Jayne control him for a moment.
Jayne looks up at the clock and then as Canas takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jayne smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Canas taking a bit of punishment here - Jayne scoring with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jayne lands a huge shot from side control! Canas is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Patrick Jayne!
Patrick Jayne thanked the fans post fight for their support.