PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jim Jabber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Genia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jim Jabber has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jabber
vs
Genia

178 cm
20
165 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

176 cm
21
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160
Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jim Jabber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Will Genia!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jabber misses with a jab, cross combination.
Genia wants to slow Jabber down by chopping away at his legs.
Genia fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Genia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jabber was well out of range. Poor timing from Genia.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jabber throws a head kick but Genia moves out of range.
Jim Jabber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Genia fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Genia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jabber throws out the jab.
Genia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab, jab by Jabber - just one landing.
Jabber misses with a low kick.
Genia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Genia fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jabber throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jabber tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from Jabber.
Genia misses with a head kick.
Genia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jabber throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Genia shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jabber pinned against the cage. Jabber gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Genia clinches up with Jabber and pushes him back against the cage.
Genia lands a knee to the body.
Jabber is looking to break free of the clinch but Genia has double underhooks.
Jabber landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Jabber manages to break the clinch.
Genia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jabber manages to avoid it.
A big right from Jabber misses.

Jabber gets tackled into the cage by Genia. Genia maintains the clinch.
Jabber stalling against the cage.
Genia blocks a body shot from Jabber.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Genia lands an elbow inside that Jabber shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jabber misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jabber throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Genia tries to land knees in the clinch but Jabber avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Genia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Genia tries to land knees in the clinch but Jabber avoids the damage to the body.
Genia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Jabber's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Genia.
Jabber has had enough of the clinch but Genia keeps him there for the moment.
Genia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jabber looking to stall.
Jabber fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jabber lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Genia backwards.
I was talking to Jabber's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Genia misses with a knee strike.
Genia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Genia looking to throw knees to the head but Jabber is blocking nicely.
Genia utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Genia taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jabber blocks the elbow strike.
Genia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Genia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jabber wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Genia has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genia trying to control the position but instead, Jabber has worked for underhooks and has pushed Genia into the cage.
Genia misses with a knee strike.
Jabber avoiding damage.
Jabber is trying to push Genia away but Genia has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Genia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jabber blocks it with crossed arms.
Genia takes a shot to the head.
Genia is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jabber misses with a punch on the inside.
Genia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jabber tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Genia's elbow.
Jabber lands an uppercut.
Jabber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Genia trying to land knees to the body.
Jabber tries a body shot but Genia blocks it.
Genia scores a nice knee to the body.
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!
Genia working Jabber over with knees to the body.
Jabber is breathing heavily.
Genia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Genia connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jabber's face.
Genia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jabber avoids it.
Genia missing with knees to the body.

Jabber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jabber throws a right hand that Genia ducks under and follows up with a left that Genia also avoids with ease.
Jabber looks to land a left hand but Genia moved out of range nicely.

Genia takes the fight into the clinch.
Genia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jabber lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Genia lands an elbow inside.
Genia lands a good knee to the midsection. Jabber won't want to take too many of those.
Genia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jabber has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Genia obliges.
Nice elbow from Genia.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Genia lands an elbow inside that Jabber shrugs off.
Jabber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jabber throws a punch but it's blocked by Genia.
Jabber tries to break free but Genia pushes him back against the cage.
Jabber taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Genia dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jabber tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jabber pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jabber throws a hook but Genia blocks it.
Genia bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Genia misses with a low kick as Jabber jumps back.
Genia closes the distance and clinches up with Jabber, looking for a takedown. Genia pushes Jabber against the cage but Jabber circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Genia throws a head kick that misses.
Will Genia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Genia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jabber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Genia shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jabber avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Genia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jabber misses with a looping right.
Genia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Genia has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jabber.
Jabber looks to land a combination but Genia avoids it well.
Genia moves in looking to clinch but Jabber pushes him off.
Good work by Genia as he checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Genia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jabber.
Jabber pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jabber misses with a body shot.
Genia plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jabber takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jabber checks a leg kick.
Genia checks a low kick from Jabber.

Genia clinches up with Jabber and pushes him back against the cage.
Genia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jabber.

Jabber breaks from the clinch.
Jabber lands a nice looking body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jabber.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Genia tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jabber manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Genia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jabber's calf.
Genia is looking to clinch but Jabber is avoiding it.
Jabber bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Genia tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jabber counters with a left and a right that stings Genia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Genia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jabber.
Jabber throws a head kick but Genia moves out of range.
Jim Jabber is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Genia shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jabber as he jumps to the side.
Jim Jabber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Genia.
A head kick from Genia lands but Jabber takes it in his stride.
A big left from Jabber misses.
Jabber listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Genia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jabber blocks a head kick by Genia.
Jabber misses the jab.
Nice shot lands for Genia.
Jabber throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jabber waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Genia.
Genia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A left lands for Jabber.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jabber tries to bum rush Genia with a series of wild strikes but Genia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jabber scores with a jab. Genia acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Genia scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Jabber. That snapped Genia's head back.
Jabber throws a body kick that misses.
Jabber is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice shot by Jabber.
Jabber misses with a leg kick.
Genia blocks a head kick by Jabber.
Jabber takes a swing at Genia's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Genia.

Genia closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jabber wants to control but Genia postures up.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Genia working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Jabber tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabber keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Genia controlling the pace for now.
Jabber tries to control the position but Genia now has his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Will Genia will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Jabber's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Genia misses the shot to the body.
Genia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jim Jabber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jabber misses with a head kick.
Jabber is looking to land body kicks.
Genia shoots in for a takedown but Jabber shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Genia throws a nice head kick!
Jabber doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jabber lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jabber.
Genia blocks a head kick by Jabber.
Jabber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jabber walks forward, straight into a front kick from Genia.
Genia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Genia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jabber swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Genia shoots in looking for a takedown. Jabber tries to sprawl out of it but Genia keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jabber manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jim Jabber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Genia.
Jabber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Genia sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabber tries a head kick but it misses.
Jabber lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Genia is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jabber rather than just go for the knockout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Genia slips under a jab.
Jabber throws a hook but Genia blocks it.
Jabber on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Genia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jabber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jabber throws a head kick but Genia moves out of range.

Genia gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jabber goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Genia prevents Jabber from breaking the clinch.
Genia is trying to maintain a safe position but Jabber gets an underhook and turns Genia into the cage.

Jabber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Genia walks into a left hand.
Genia is looking to clinch.
Will Genia is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Genia throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jabber.
Genia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jabber misses with a hook. Genia ducked under it nicely.
Genia slips a jab and a cross from Jabber.
Genia on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jabber throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jabber throws a series of punches but Genia moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Genia.
Jabber throws a body punch but Genia moves out of range.
Jabber blocks a head kick by Genia.
Genia throws a sloppy head kick and Jabber moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Jabber.
Genia fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jabber on the side of the head.

Genia pushes Jabber up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Genia.
Genia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Will Genia seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genia lands an elbow inside.
Genia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jabber wants to break free but Genia has control.
Jabber looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jabber pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jabber is trying to force a seperation but Genia has the dominant position.
Jabber throws a punch but it's blocked by Genia.
Jabber has had enough of the clinch but Genia keeps him there for the moment.
Genia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jim Jabber has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Genia blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabber wants to break free but Genia has control.
Jabber goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jabber throws a head punch that misses.
Jabber throws a punch but it's blocked by Genia.
Genia blocks an uppercut.
Genia lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Jim Jabber has been cut.
Jabber misses with a body punch.
Genia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Genia crunches a lovely knee into Jabber's ribcage.
Genia tries to land knees in the clinch but Jabber avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Genia has Jabber pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Jabber is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Genia - that's hurt Jabber badly! Oh, another knee lands and Jabber is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Jabber doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Will Genia!
Will Genia decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.