PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Jitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jitz comes to the cage accompanied by Sleepwalking by Blindside. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jitz
vs
Long

190 cm
26
217 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
215 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Jitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcus Long!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Long rushes Jitz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Long throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Long.
A frustrated look appears on Jitz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Long throws an elbow that misses.
Long comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Jitz blocks with his arms.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Jitz is blocking nicely.
Jitz misses with a punch on the inside.
Long gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jitz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Long trying to land knees to the body.
Long looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jitz is trying to break the clinch but Long is controlling him.
Long keeps control of Jitz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Long lands an elbow that stopped Jitz in his tracks for a moment.
Jitz can't break the clinch.
Jitz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Long scores with a knee to the head.
Long with a knee to the head.
Long lands a body punch.
Jitz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Jitz blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Long throws an elbow but misses.
Long is leaning against Jitz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long lands a nice elbow.
Jitz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Long lands an elbow that stopped Jitz in his tracks for a moment.
Jitz is breathing heavily.
A short right from Long.
Long missing with knees to the body.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jitz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jitz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Long avoids it.
Long misses with an elbow over the top.
A short uppercut from Long.
Long pushes off an throws an elbow but Jitz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Long lands a body shot in the clinch.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Long lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jitz backwards.
Jitz takes an elbow to the temple.

Long escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Long avoids the body shot from Jitz.
Jitz cracks Long with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jitz looks to land a left hand but Long moved out of range nicely.
Jitz scores with the left hand. Long knows he should have avoided that one.
Long throws a lazy right hand but Jitz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jitz.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Long, right into the meat.
Long takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Marcus Long seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of Long 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jitz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Long doesn't seem bothered though.
Long takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jitz lands a lovely overhand right.
Jitz works Long's body with a nice hook.
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!
Jitz lands a body shot.
Jitz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jitz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Long with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jitz to score with a decent uppercut.
Jitz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jitz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jitz lands a body shot.
Jitz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Long takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jitz sizes up Long with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jitz lands a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jitz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Long throws out the jab.
Jitz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jitz connects with a crisp jab.
Long has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jitz finds it's way round the side to connect with Long's head.
Long misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jitz lands with a good body shot.
Jitz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Long looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice jab there from Jitz.
Jitz lands with a cross.
Long takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jitz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jitz scores with a jab.

Long is rocked!
Jitz drops Long with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Long! Jitz dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Jake Jitz!