PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jona Qarase (ranked 2652 p4p, 3231 weight class) and Maycon Jardim (ranked 270 p4p, 321 weight class). Qarase comes to the cage accompanied by Tavaka by Voqa Kei Munia. The key to victory for Jona Qarase has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Qarase
vs
Jardim

170 cm
26
149
4 - 2 - 0

178 cm
27
155
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Hoarse Pills
BE Younick

Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jona Qarase!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maycon Jardim!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Qarase feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jardims jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jardim scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Qarase definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nice defenses there by Jardim.
Qarase is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jardim.
Qarase misses with an uppercut. Jardim saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Jardim misses its intended target.
Jardim on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Maycon Jardim has been cut.
Jardim lands the left hand.
Jardim uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Qarase.
Qarase looks to land a right hand but Jardim moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Jardim throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jardim defending well as Qarase loads up on a big left hand.
Jardim staying out of range there.
Jardim throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Qarase lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jardim scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jardim works Qarase's body with a nice hook.
Qarase uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jardim.
Qarase is looking to counter punch.
Jardim pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good work by Qarase as he checks the leg kick.
Qarase throws a hook to the side of Jardim's head but Jardim sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jardim drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Qarase defends it well.
Qarase misses with an uppercut. Jardim saw that one coming.
Jardim misses with a straight right.
Jardim looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jardim misses with a hook
enabling Qarase to counter with a crisp jab.
Qarase misses with a hook. Jardim ducked under it nicely.
Qarase keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jardim throws a body kick that misses.
Qarase swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A slow jab from Qarase misses its intended target.
Jardim throws a right and a left that Qarase avoids nicely.
Qarase is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jardim staying out of range there.
Jardim appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Qarase throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jardim shoots and misses
and Qarase counters with a crisp right that sends Jardim to the canvas! Qarase follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jona Qarase!
Jona Qarase bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.