PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tim Slater (ranked 1630 p4p, 513 weight class) and Moganesh Jain (ranked 96 p4p, 31 weight class). Jain has chosen The Monkey King as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Slater
vs
Jain

170 cm
30
137
16 - 12 - 0

160 cm
26
145
15 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

SynCity Fightwear
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim Slater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Moganesh Jain!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Jain misses.
Slater uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jain.
Jain lunges at Slater with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Slater's hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jain checks a leg kick.
Jain drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Slater defends it well.
Jain misses with a body punch
and Slater cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Slater steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jain.
Jain moves out of range of the strikes.
Jain throws the left hand but Slater avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jain throws out a powerful jab.
Jain throws a jab but it's blocked by Slater.
Slater is looking to counter punch.
Slater throws an off balance right hand
and Jain makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jain scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slater slips a jab from Jain.
Jain throws a lazy uppercut
and Slater makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jain misses with a jab to the body
and Slater counters with a straight right hand.
Slater moves out of range as Jain strikes.
Slater throws a big counter combination but Jain scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Jain moves into range and clinches up with Slater.
Slater gets through Jain's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jain tries to throw a body punch but Slater avoids it by throwing Jain back against the ropes.
Jain managing to block the knees to the body from Slater.
Jain digs a right hand into Slater's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Slater's gas tank.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slater.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Jain scores with a nice short uppercut.
Slater misses with the head strike.
Jain throws a head punch that misses.
Slater is working Jain over against the ropes.
Jain is pushing Slater up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jain throws a head punch that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slater is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Slater digs a right hand into Jain's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jain's gas tank.
Slater's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jain lands a nice shot to the body.
Slater tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jain wants to stall.
Jain is trying to break the clinch but Slater has him pressed against the ropes.
Slater blocks a body shot from Jain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slater letting Jain take a breather here.
Jain lands a nice uppercut.
Jain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slater misses with a punch on the inside.
Slater crunches a lovely knee into Jain's ribcage.
Slater tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice left hand lands by Jain.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jain.
Jain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Slater missing with knees to the body.
Jain stalls.

Jain breaks from the clinch.
Jain has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Jain looks to score with a jab to the body but Slater is just out of range.
Jain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Slater sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Slater connects with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jain fails with the takedown
and Slater counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jain throws a poor cross that misses
and Slater counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab from Jain.
Jain ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jain shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Slater as he avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Slater on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jain misses with an uppercut.
Slater looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Slater moves away from the strike by Jain.
Slater swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Jain moves into the clinch.
Jain swings wildly with an uppercut but Slater uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moganesh Jain dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Slater misses with a hook
and Jain counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Jain misses
and Slater counters with a nice uppercut.
Jain misses with a lunging right hand
and Slater counters with a nice uppercut.
Slater throws a low kick but Jain moves out of range easily.
Jain fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Slater looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jain shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
An attempted straight right counter from Slater misses the target.
Slater ducks under a wild hook from Jain.
Jain stuns Slater with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jain misses the shot to the body.
Moganesh Jain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slater slips a jab from Jain.
Jain connects with a right that clearly hurt Slater. He's backed up against the ropes with nowhere to go as Jain proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Slater collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Moganesh Jain!
Moganesh Jain very nearly forgot to thank SynCity Fightwear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.