PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Jaeger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gage R (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Jaeger
vs
R

180 cm
23
195 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

187 cm
26
195 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Tri Light Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Jaeger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gage R!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jaeger gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jaeger putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has R in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
R manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jaeger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Jaeger has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed R clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
R is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Jaeger off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
R has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Jaeger.
Jaeger missing with strikes from the back.

Jaeger is looking for the choke from the back position but R is controlling his hands well.
Jaeger controlling well, preventing R from escaping the position.

R showing good submission defense here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jaeger trying to control momentarily.
Jaeger is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Jaeger keeps control of the position as R tries to break free.
Jaeger is trying to stick to R's back but R is turning into Jaeger. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Jaeger's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by R.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaeger can't keep his opponent in guard - R advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jaeger moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
R passes into half guard.
Jaeger moves into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaeger working a defensive guard here.
Jaeger wants to sweep but no luck.
R wants to control from the top but Jaeger keeps moving.
Jaeger bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in R's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
R working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jaeger.

Jaeger is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jaeger tries to free his leg and advance position but R is retaining full guard.

Jaeger drops back looking for a leg! R is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and R manages to kick Jaeger off! Jaeger jumps back into R's guard.
R is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

R is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

R looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jaeger controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
R looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jaeger makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jaeger won't allow R to sweep him here.
R looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jaeger puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Jaeger sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. R defending well though.
R gets back to full guard.
R wants to sweep here but Jaeger controlling him for the moment.
Jaeger working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
R keeping moving, preventing Jaeger from controlling successfully.

Jaeger is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

R has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jaeger can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jaeger working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of R's head.
Jaeger showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
R is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jaeger trying to control but R is working from the bottom.
Jaeger throws a big right hand that misses.

Jaeger is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Jaeger dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

R misses with a wild combination.
R avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
R scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A left lands for R.
Jaeger throws a head kick that misses.
R tries to close the distance and clinch but Jaeger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
R misses with a series of wild punches.
R throws a sloppy head kick and Jaeger moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jaeger. R does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick from Jaeger lands but R takes it in his stride.
Jaeger tries to clinch but fails miserably

and R counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaeger misses with a knee strike.
R tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
R can't find room to land a body shot as Jaeger controls the action.
R tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jaeger's elbow.
R tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
R works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jaeger throws an elbow but misses.
Jaeger lands a nice elbow.
A knee to the head by Jaeger.

Jaeger manages to break the clinch.
Jaeger tries a head kick but it misses.
R lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Travis Jaeger has been cut.
Jaeger cracks the inside of R's front leg.
R tries to close the distance and clinch but Jaeger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
R fails in his attempt to clinch.
R tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
R chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jaeger can pounce on him.
Jaeger plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jaeger tries to clinch but R moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

R scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. R connects with a nice short shot to Jaeger's temple.
R is thwarting Jaeger's attempts to control the position.
R working Jaeger over with strikes.
R wants to control but Jaeger is keeping him busy.
Jaeger has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jaeger manages to get to full guard.
R wants to control from the top but Jaeger keeps moving.
R must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
R keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jaeger's head.
Jaeger will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jaeger throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jaeger keeping moving, preventing R from controlling successfully.
R passes Jaeger's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jaeger is trying to control but can't.
R passes to side control.
Jaeger is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
R throwing strikes but Jaeger manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger working the body and head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on R's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jaeger fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jaeger scores with punches from side control.
R is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Jaeger's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Travis Jaeger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jaeger wants to pass to mount but R is defending the position.
R slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jaeger preventing the sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
R not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jaeger trying to control but R is working from the bottom.
Jaeger stopping the sweep attempt from R.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gage R showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Travis Jaeger's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

R throws a right and a left that Jaeger avoids nicely.

R drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jaeger doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
R postures up.
Jaeger manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. R manages to get himself to full guard.
R can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jaeger controls the pace.
R manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jaeger manages to get himself to full guard.
Jaeger manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaeger lands with some vicious ground and pound - can R hang on?
A nice elbow there by Jaeger.
R tries to hold on but Jaeger pushes him away.
Jaeger in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
R is working to get back to half guard.
R is squirming around, avoiding Jaeger's attempts to control the action.
R in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jaeger is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jaeger lands a big elbow.
Jaeger lands a nice shot to the head.
Jaeger landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaeger trying to control but he's not successful this time.
R is working to get back to half guard.
R takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jaeger breaks from R's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jaeger working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jaeger avoids the attempt from R to control.
Jaeger trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Jaeger wants to finish this one by submission but R is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Jaeger.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jaeger cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
R can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger landing punches.
Jaeger cracks R with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jaeger controlling the pace for now.
Jaeger can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as R is looking to escape.

Jaeger working for a guillotine from mount but R is in no mood to give up.
Jaeger putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
R is in all sorts of trouble here.
The referee warns R that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jaeger can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as R is looking to escape.
Jaeger lands a big elbow.
R wants to control but Jaeger is having none of it.
R is bucking up trying to escape but Jaeger cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jaeger with good strikes from the mount here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jaeger landing punches.
R is looking to get to half guard.
Jaeger connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Jaeger clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Travis Jaeger's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jaeger lands a high kick!
Jaeger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jaeger fails to land the takedown.
Jaeger throws a head kick that misses.
Jaeger misses the jab.
R throws a hook but Jaeger blocks it.
Travis Jaeger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaeger throws a sloppy head kick and R moves out of range easily.
Jaeger slips under a jab.
Jaeger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaeger tries to close the distance and clinch up but R swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jaeger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jaeger misses with a combination
and R counters with a right hand to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaeger shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and R counters with a left and a right that stings Jaeger.
R takes a swing at Jaeger's ribcage but misses.
R connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

R feints and as Jaeger raises his hands in defense, R changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
R wants to pass the guard but Jaeger is keeping the position.
R in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Jaeger has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but R can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
R postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
R pushing down on Jaeger's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
R drops an elbow to the side of Jaeger's head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with R in particular looking to stall.
R not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
R throwing shots but Jaeger is blocking nicely.
R throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jaeger tries to get to full guard but R has control of the leg.

R is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jaeger defends it well.
Jaeger wants to control but R is keeping busy.
Jaeger keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
R moves nicely into side control.
Jaeger is trying to control R's posture but R avoids it.
Jaeger regains half guard.
Jaeger wants to control but R is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jaeger keeps control of the position for the meantime.
R is looking to take a break and control but Jaeger is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
R thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jaeger's head.
R looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
R wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jaeger keeps working.
Jaeger wants to control but R is keeping busy and won't allow it.
R slips a nice elbow through Jaeger's hands, connecting with Jaeger's forehead.
R throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
R is keen to just control but Jaeger is a slippery customer.
Jaeger makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jaeger.
R postures up in Jaeger's guard and throws a big left but Jaeger blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gage R dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Travis Jaeger's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Jaeger throws a head kick that misses.
Jaeger throws a head kick but R moves out of range.
Travis Jaeger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
R blocks a head kick by Jaeger.
R scores with a body shot.
R throws a right hand that Jaeger ducks under and follows up with a left that Jaeger also avoids with ease.
R looks to clinch

and Jaeger counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jaeger.
R is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jaeger lands a couple of digs.
R is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jaeger accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jaeger tries to free his leg and advance position but R is retaining full guard.
Jaeger missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaeger showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
R tries to land a sweep but no joy.
R is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Jaeger trying to control but R is working from the bottom.
Jaeger stopping the sweep attempt from R.
R is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jaeger is in close to R's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
R keeping moving, preventing Jaeger from controlling successfully.
Jaeger connects with a couple of short punches.
R looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jaeger is one step ahead there.
Jaeger trying to control but R is working from the bottom.

Jaeger drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jaeger jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
R controls Jaeger momentarily but Jaeger frees himself.
Jaeger preventing the sweep.
Jaeger wants to pass the guard but R is keeping the position.
R controls Jaeger momentarily but Jaeger frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jaeger avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jaeger content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jaeger throwing strikes from guard but R blocks nicely.
Jaeger advances to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jaeger lands a nice short elbow.
R trying to control from the bottom.
R wants to get back to full guard but Jaeger has passed into side control.
R tries to reverse the position but Jaeger maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Jaeger.
R takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
R is trying to escape the mount.
Jaeger lands a big shot there that rocks R but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jaeger looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jaeger trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jaeger controlling the pace for now.
A nice elbow there by Jaeger.

And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Jaeger showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jaeger has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 48:47
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Jaeger!
Travis Jaeger is the new middleweight champion!