PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gunt Jernit (ranked 1439 p4p, 2434 weight class) and Ray Apollo (ranked 140 p4p, 203 weight class). Apollo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Circus - Britney Spears kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jernit
vs
Apollo

177 cm
18
157
5 - 0 - 0

167 cm
26
154
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ajax Cloth

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gunt Jernit!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Apollo!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Apollo shoots for a takedown but Jernit saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Apollo fails with a takedown attempt.
We've been told by Jernit's head coaches at Team Grunt that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Apollo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jernit misses the body punch

and Apollo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jernit is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Apollo drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Jernit dives on top into guard.

Jernit got a little sloppy there for a moment and Apollo has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jernit has managed to get both his arms back between Apollo's legs - danger averted.
Apollo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jernit knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Apollo on the ground.

Apollo looking for a guillotine here but Jernit defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jernit seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Apollo has Jernit pulled in close to control his posture.

Apollo has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Jernit is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Apollo.
Apollo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Jernit manages to get to full guard.

Apollo drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Jernit manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Apollo has Jernit in his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apollo working a defensive guard here.

Apollo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jernit is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Apollo is looking for a triangle but Jernit pushes his legs off easily.

Apollo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jernit can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Apollo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jernit can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Apollo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jernit is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jernit is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jernit tries to free his leg and advance position but Apollo is retaining full guard.
We've been informed that Apollo has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Jernit's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Apollo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jernit is aware though and is defending well.

Apollo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Apollo looking for a guillotine here but Jernit defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Apollo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jernit doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jernit manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Apollo throws his legs up looking for a submission but Jernit uses it to pass to side control.
Jernit just content to control the position.
Apollo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Apollo regains half guard.
Jernit seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gunt Jernit will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jernit throws out a loose jab but Apollo uses good head movement to avoid it.

Apollo shoots in and gets a takedown into Jernit's guard.

Apollo has gone for a leg lock! Jernit slips out almost immediately though and dives into Apollo's guard.

Jernit's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Apollo isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Jernit stacks Apollo on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Jernit!
Apollo is not content to let Jernit control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Apollo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Apollo regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Apollo looking for a kimura from the bottom but Jernit passes into side control!
Jernit just content to control the position.
Jernit has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Apollo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Apollo wants to control but Jernit postures up.
Jernit taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Apollo gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Apollo wants to control but Jernit is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Apollo is looking to get back to full guard here but Jernit has managed to pass to side control instead.
Apollo is looking to regain half guard here but Jernit keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollo wants to control but Jernit postures up.
Jernit controls the position.
Apollo tries to bench press Jernit off him but Jernit keeps the position.
Apollo is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Apollo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Apollo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Apollo looking for submissions off his back.
Jernit is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Jernit prevents Apollo from improving his position.
Apollo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Apollo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Apollo trying to control here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gunt Jernit dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jernit throws a jab but it's blocked by Apollo.
Jernit scores with a jab to the body.
Apollo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jernit counters with a nice body shot.
Jernit sizes up Apollo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jernit fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jernit, as that shot connected.

It looks like Ray Apollo has been cut.
Jernit lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jernit cracks Apollo with an open hand slap.
Jernit misses with a looping right.
Jernit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Apollo can do to turn this around?
Jernit lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jernit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Apollo.
Apollo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jernit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Jernit misses.
Jernit looks to throw the jab but Apollo is out of range.
Good exchange - Jernit coming out on top.
Jernit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Apollo shoots and misses
and Jernit counters with a huge left! Apollo is in big trouble! He's backing up but Jernit isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Apollo from any more damage. A dominating finish by Jernit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunt Jernit!
Gunt Jernit retains his featherweight title!
Ray Apollo was interviewed post fight and said 'I had ants in my pants'.