PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Jellymold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Karimov (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?

Jellymold
vs
Karimov

194 cm
22
183 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
25
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Oscar Jellymold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Albert Karimov!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Topper Green and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Karimov closes the distance and clinches.
Jellymold lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Karimov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.

Jellymold escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karimov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karimov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Karimov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jellymold wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks it.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks it.
Karimov managing to block the knees to the body from Jellymold.
Karimov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jellymold lands a good knee to the midsection. Karimov won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karimov looking to throw knees to the head but Jellymold is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Jellymold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karimov tries to clinch up.
Jellymold looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jellymold, right into the meat.
Good leg kick by Jellymold there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Karimov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Albert Karimov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Karimov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jellymold comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jellymold landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Karimov looks winded!
Karimov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Jellymold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karimov misses with an uppercut
and Jellymold counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jellymold connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jellymold tries to clinch up but Karimov circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jellymold avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karimov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Karimov throws a right hand that misses
and Jellymold counters with a body kick.
Karimov closes the distance but Jellymold moves to the side
and Jellymold counters with a good low kick that Karimov was not able to check.

Jellymold gets a clinch.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks it.
Jellymold is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karimov is defending well for now.

Jellymold breaks the clinch.
Karimov tries to clinch but Jellymold moves out of range.

Karimov instigates a clinch.
Karimov managing to block the knees to the body from Jellymold.
Jellymold lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karimov backwards.
Jellymold swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jellymold is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karimov looking to throw knees to the head but Jellymold is blocking nicely.
Karimov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Karimov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jellymold blocks it with crossed arms.
Jellymold tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karimov tries to land a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks with his arms.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks it.
Jellymold is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karimov is defending well for now.
Jellymold trying to land knees to the body.
Karimov looking to throw knees to the head but Jellymold is blocking nicely.

Jellymold breaks the clinch.
Karimov wants to clinch but Jellymold slips to the side
and Jellymold makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Karimov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jellymold manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Karimov drives through and clinches with Jellymold against the cage.
Karimov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jellymold has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karimov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Karimov tries to land a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks with his arms.
Jellymold tries to land knees in the clinch but Karimov avoids the damage to the body.
Karimov blocks an elbow strike.

Jellymold breaks from the clinch.
Jellymold tries to clinch up.

Karimov moves into range and clinches up with Jellymold.
Karimov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karimov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karimov looking to throw knees to the head but Jellymold is blocking nicely.
Karimov misses with a knee to the head.

Jellymold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karimov is looking to clinch but Jellymold is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Oscar Jellymold will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Karimov wants to clinch.
Karimov blocks the body kick.
Jellymold walks into a left hand.
Jellymold throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Karimov clinches.
Karimov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jellymold misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karimov.
Karimov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jellymold landing knees to the body.
Oscar Jellymold has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karimov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jellymold has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Karimov is breathing heavily.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jellymold trying to land knees to the body.
Jellymold scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Karimov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jellymold blocks it with crossed arms.
Karimov misses with a knee strike.
Jellymold putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karimov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jellymold misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karimov.
Karimov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karimov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Jellymold fails to land.
Karimov looking to throw knees to the head but Jellymold is blocking nicely.
Jellymold throws a punch but it's blocked by Karimov.
Jellymold is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karimov is defending well for now.
Karimov looking to throw knees to the head but Jellymold is blocking nicely.
Karimov managing to block the knees to the body from Jellymold.
Jellymold gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Albert Karimov has been cut.
Karimov misses with a knee strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jellymold obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karimov misses with a knee strike.
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!
Jellymold lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jellymold lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jellymold wants to break free but Karimov has control.

Jellymold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karimov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karimov misses with a right hand
and Jellymold counters with a body kick.

Jellymold has closed the distance and engaged Karimov in a clinch.
Karimov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jellymold has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Karimov misses with a knee strike.
Jellymold lands a hook that snaps the head of Karimov backwards.
Jellymold lands a nice elbow.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks it.
Karimov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jellymold blocks it with crossed arms.
Jellymold lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jellymold has Karimov pushed against the cage.
Jellymold is trying to stall.
Karimov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jellymold lands a nice elbow.
Karimov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks it.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karimov misses with a knee strike.
Jellymold throws an elbow that misses.

Jellymold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karimov throws a body punch but Jellymold moves out of range.
Jellymold fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jellymold.
Karimov wants to clinch but Jellymold slips to the side
and Jellymold counters with a body kick.
Karimov has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jellymold.
Jellymold looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Karimov moves to clinch but Jellymold breaks away
and Jellymold cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Karimov lands a head shot.
Karimov throws out a loose jab but Jellymold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karimov tries to clinch up
and Jellymold counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karimov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Jellymold dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Albert Karimov's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Karimov clinches.
Karimov misses with a knee to the head.
Jellymold working aggressively here.
Jellymold has a couple of punches blocked by Karimov.
Karimov misses with a knee strike.
Jellymold misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jellymold just misses with a elbow thrown towards Karimov's brow.
Jellymold trying to stall but Karimov improves his position.
Jellymold tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Karimov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karimov tries to land a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks with his arms.
Karimov tries to land a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks with his arms.
Karimov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jellymold lands a hook that snaps the head of Karimov backwards.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Jellymold.
Karimov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Karimov misses with a knee to the head.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karimov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jellymold lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jellymold misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karimov.
Jellymold lands a nice knee to the body.
Karimov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Jellymold.
Jellymold lands a nice elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jellymold obliges.
Karimov misses with a knee strike.
Karimov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jellymold landing knees to the body.

Jellymold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jellymold is looking to clinch but Karimov is avoiding it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karimov misses with a double jab.
Jellymold throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Karimov tries to clinch but Jellymold moves out of range.
Jellymold cracks the inside of Karimov's front leg.
Karimov swats away the attempt to clinch by Jellymold.
Karimov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Karimov closes the distance and clinches.
Jellymold misses with a punch on the inside.

Jellymold breaks the clinch.
Karimov lands a jab to Jellymold's midsection.
Karimov checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jellymold tries to keep at a distance but Karimov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karimov dodges an elbow strike from Jellymold.
Karimov misses with a knee strike.
Karimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karimov misses with a knee to the head.
Jellymold lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jellymold working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jellymold missing with knees to the body.
Karimov misses with a knee strike.
Jellymold creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jellymold pushes Karimov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karimov tries to land a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks with his arms.
Karimov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jellymold looking to throw knees to the head but Karimov is blocking nicely.
Jellymold tries to land knees in the clinch but Karimov avoids the damage to the body.
Karimov tries to land a knee to the head but Jellymold blocks with his arms.
Jellymold working aggressively here.
Karimov looking to throw knees to the head but Jellymold is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Jellymold.

That has opened up Albert Karimov's cut even more.
Karimov takes an elbow to the temple.
Karimov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jellymold's efforts to push away.
Karimov avoiding damage as Jellymold throws knees to the body.
Karimov blocks an elbow strike from Jellymold.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karimov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jellymold lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Karimov misses with a knee strike.
Albert Karimov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oscar Jellymold is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karimov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jellymold blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oscar Jellymold showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jellymold has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oscar Jellymold!