PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jean Jacques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bosko Baltic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Jacques
vs
Baltic

197 cm
18
229 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

201 cm
18
260 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jean Jacques !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bosko Baltic!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baltic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Baltic looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jacques with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jacques scoring well with a low kick there.
Jacques scores with a head kick. Baltic tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacques feints and then cracks Baltic's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Baltic down.
Jacques shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Baltic eats them both and turns towards Jacques to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jacques moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jacques buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jacques works over Baltic's head and body with a nice combination.
Jacques chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Baltic looks gassed!
Jacques scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Baltic has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jacques .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacques connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Both fighters circling a little - Jacques finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jacques dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Baltic. That did some damage!
Jacques scores with a punch to the head.
Jacques shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Baltic eats them both and turns towards Jacques to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jacques lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jacques throws a good cross that connects.
Jacques looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jean Jacques is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A left and a right from Jacques both land. Nice combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jacques , right into the meat.
Jacques scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jacques .
Jacques lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jacques fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baltic.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jacques .
Jacques scores with a leg kick.
Baltic ducks right into an uppercut from Jacques .
Baltic takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jacques !
Jacques chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jacques connects with a leg kick. Baltic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jacques scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacques lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jacques lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jacques turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jacques lands a nice leg kick that just misses Baltic's sensitive parts.
Nice body kick from Jacques .
Baltic has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jacques throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Baltic.
Jean Jacques seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jacques throws a one two combo.
Baltic's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jacques stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jacques wants it to stay on the feet.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jacques .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jacques .
A chopping leg kick lands by Jacques .
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jacques scoring well with a low kick there.
Jacques works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jacques bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Jacques .
Jacques chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jacques shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Baltic eats them both and turns towards Jacques to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jacques lands an overhand right.

Baltic shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Jacques dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jacques , right into the meat.
Baltic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jacques . Jacques obviously looking to wear him down.
Jean Jacques is winning the standup battle so far.
Jacques cracks the inside of Baltic's front leg.
Jacques scores with the left hand. Baltic knows he should have avoided that one.
Jacques cracks the inside of Baltic's front leg.
Jacques chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jean Jacques is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baltic takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Baltic is breathing heavily.
Jacques with a jab.
Baltic takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacques works Baltic's body with a nice hook.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Baltic crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jacques - the referee stops the clock and Baltic gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jacques . Baltic manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jacques throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baltic sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Baltic tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jacques swivels and escapes.
Jacques throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jacques throws a leg kick which misses Baltic's front leg but catches the back leg as Baltic tries to avoid it.
Jacques throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Baltic might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Jacques has got the better of the exchanges.
Baltic tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Baltic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jacques .
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!
Jacques lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baltic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jacques can pounce on him.
Baltic takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Baltic has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jacques .
Jacques lands with a nice body punch.
Jacques throws a nice head kick!
Jacques lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jacques moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jacques fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baltic.
Baltic stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jacques .
Jacques cracks Baltic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jacques connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baltic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jacques sprawls well. Jacques wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Baltic gets slowly back to his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jacques !
Jacques moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Baltic tries to move into range but Jacques moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Baltic stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jacques .
Jacques buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Baltic closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jacques to the mat! Jacques manages to get full guard.
Baltic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jacques works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jacques knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Baltic on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baltic with a nice head shot there.
Jacques is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baltic can do to turn this around?
Baltic is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Baltic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baltic is looking to work some ground and pound but Jacques has wrist control.
Jacques preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baltic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jacques 's head.
Baltic scoring with punches to the head and body.
Baltic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jacques 's head.
Baltic connects with a couple of short punches.
Baltic lands a couple of digs.
Baltic thows a big elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baltic is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jacques is looking to stand up but Baltic isn't so interested in that idea.
Jacques utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Jacques dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Jacques . Baltic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jacques thuds his shin into the meat of Baltic's side.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jacques .
Jacques throws a nice outside leg kick.
Baltic on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jacques scores with a one two! Baltic had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jacques swinging wildly here.
Jacques cracks Baltic with an open hand slap.
Jacques connects with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jacques lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baltic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jacques .
Jacques lands with a thumping leg kick.
Baltic tries for a takedown but Jacques sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jacques throws a quick inside leg kick.
Baltic tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jacques sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Baltic somewhat.
Baltic takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jacques lands a high kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacques tests Baltic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Jacques .
Baltic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jacques .
Jacques throws a leg kick which misses Baltic's front leg but catches the back leg as Baltic tries to avoid it.
Jacques connects with a looping right hand.
Jacques is working the combinations to good effect here.
Baltic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jacques connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jacques misses with a wild combination.

Baltic shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jacques 's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baltic content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Baltic is looking to work some ground and pound but Jacques has wrist control.
Jacques avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jacques has momentary wrist control but Baltic slips an elbow through the middle.
Baltic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Baltic lands a couple of elbows.
Baltic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jacques has momentary wrist control but Baltic slips an elbow through the middle.
Baltic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Baltic working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jacques 's head.
Baltic working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jacques 's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jacques working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Baltic.
Jean Jacques is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Baltic's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baltic stands up over Jacques , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Baltic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Baltic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Baltic missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Baltic working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baltic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jacques working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Baltic.
Baltic working some strikes from top position.
Baltic with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baltic landing some decent shots from guard.
Baltic cracks Jacques with a solid left hand.
Bosko Baltic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baltic lands a couple of decent looking shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bosko Baltic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jacques 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Jacques !