PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Timmy Jahovavich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aiden ORielly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Jahovavich
vs
ORielly

189 cm
19
169 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
173 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Hellbent, Inc.

Forbidden Apple

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timmy Jahovavich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aiden ORielly!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jahovavich closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jahovavich lands in his opponent's guard.
ORielly is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jahovavich pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. ORielly is keeping the position for now.
Jahovavich trying to control the position from guard on top but ORielly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jahovavich trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Jahovavich gets to his feet - ORielly follows without any prompting.
Nice cross by ORielly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ORielly connects with a looping right hand.
Jahovavich shoots in looking for a takedown. ORielly tries to sprawl out of it but Jahovavich keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. ORielly manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A jab lands there for ORielly.
ORielly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jahovavich at a distance.
ORielly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
ORielly lands with an overhand left.
ORielly scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Timmy Jahovavich has been cut.
Jahovavich shoots in but no luck this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jahovavich decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Jahovavich looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jahovavich is breathing heavily.
ORielly is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jahovavich seems to be looking for submissions.
ORielly looks like he's trying to stand up.
ORielly really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jahovavich. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jahovavich moves nicely into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jahovavich wants to control but ORielly is keeping him busy.
Check out the look on Jahovavich's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jahovavich advances to full mount.
ORielly is squirming around, avoiding Jahovavich's attempts to control the action.
ORielly blocking the ground and pound.

Jahovavich jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but ORielly manages to avoid the submission attempt.

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.
ORielly wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
ORielly managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jahovavich.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jahovavich looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Jahovavich tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jahovavich has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
ORielly tries to escape but Jahovavich is in control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aiden ORielly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Timmy Jahovavich's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

ORielly gets caught flat footed, as Jahovavich shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jahovavich wants to control from the top but ORielly keeps moving.

Jahovavich thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jahovavich passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jahovavich connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused ORielly some visible discomfort.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if ORielly can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jahovavich moves into full mount!
Jahovavich trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

ORielly defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Jahovavich.
ORielly is trying to stand.
ORielly is breathing heavily.

Jahovavich has control of ORielly's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and ORielly regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Jahovavich misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jahovavich jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… ORielly is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by ORielly and Jahovavich has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
ORielly tries to buck Jahovavich off but Jahovavich is having none of it.
Jahovavich really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jahovavich tries to advance to mount but ORielly denies him.

Jahovavich looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jahovavich in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jahovavich passes to full mount! That's big trouble for ORielly!
Jahovavich prevents ORielly from getting the reversal.
Jahovavich is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jahovavich wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Jahovavich throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Jahovavich trying to control but ORielly is having none of it.

That's four 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.
Jahovavich mounts ORielly! Really nice guard pass there!

ORielly defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Jahovavich.
Jahovavich punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jahovavich controlling his opponent.

Jahovavich is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but ORielly is surviving well by controlling Jahovavich's body position as best he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timmy Jahovavich dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Timmy Jahovavich's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jahovavich dodges the punch combination from ORielly.
Jahovavich moves out of range as ORielly strikes.
Jahovavich shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts ORielly as he jumps to the side.
Jahovavich shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has ORielly pinned against the cage. ORielly gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
ORielly stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Timmy Jahovavich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jahovavich has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jahovavich fails to land the takedown.
Jahovavich throws a head kick but ORielly moves out of range.
Jahovavich fails with the takedown.
Jahovavich looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ORielly scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jahovavich in his tracks.
Jahovavich shoots in and drives through. ORielly sprawls well.
ORielly lands with a hook. Jahovavich tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jahovavich fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jahovavich showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from ORielly.
ORielly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
ORielly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A decent looking cross lands there for ORielly.
ORielly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jahovavich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from ORielly.
ORielly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
ORielly works over Jahovavich's head and body with a nice combination.
Jahovavich misses with a double jab.
Jahovavich fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ORielly thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circle momentarily. ORielly darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
ORielly lands with an uppercut that bounces Jahovavich off the cage and back into rage.
ORielly throws a body punch but Jahovavich moves out of range.
A big left from ORielly misses.
Jahovavich shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with ORielly but ORielly pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jahovavich drops his hands momentarily and ORielly takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jahovavich shoots in looking for a takedown. ORielly tries to sprawl out of it but Jahovavich keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. ORielly manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Aiden ORielly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jahovavich fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jahovavich throws a head kick that misses.
ORielly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jahovavich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aiden ORielly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
ORielly lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ORielly jabs at Jahovavich's body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts ORielly, as that shot connected.
ORielly lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jahovavich shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has ORielly pinned against the cage. ORielly gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jahovavich is on the wrong end of a nice combination from ORielly.
Jahovavich fails with a takedown attempt.
Jahovavich shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with ORielly but ORielly pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jahovavich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from ORielly.
Nice body punch from ORielly.
ORielly looks to land a right hand but Jahovavich moved out of range.
ORielly throws a big shot that misses.
ORielly throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
ORielly lands a really nice looking cross but Jahovavich seems unphased.
ORielly keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
ORielly displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
ORielly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
ORielly clobbers Jahovavich with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jahovavich takes one on the button.
Jahovavich slips a jab and a cross from ORielly.
ORielly goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
ORielly lands a right hook to the body.
ORielly lands with a shot to the body.
ORielly lands a slapping body shot.
Jahovavich shoots in but no luck this time.
ORielly cracks Jahovavich with a right hand to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jahovavich tries to close the distance and clinch up but ORielly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jahovavich fails to land the takedown.
ORielly scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jahovavich doesn't seem bothered though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aiden ORielly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think ORielly has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aiden ORielly!