PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Theodorou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaymz Hetfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Theodorou
vs
Hetfield

185 cm
25
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

North Atlantic

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jake Theodorou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jaymz Hetfield!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Theodorou dives in and grabs Hetfield's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hetfield pushes down on Theodorou's head and hops out.
Theodorou shoots for a double leg takedown but Hetfield sprawls well. He's pushed Theodorou's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Theodorou shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hetfield sprawls well. Hetfield wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Theodorou gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Theodorou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Theodorou dives in for a single leg takedown but Hetfield sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.

Hetfield pulls guard effortlessly.
Theodorou throwing strikes from guard but Hetfield blocks nicely.
Hetfield working a defensive guard here.
Theodorou slips nicely into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hetfield keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Theodorou thows a huge punch but Hetfield dodges it nicely.
Hetfield wants to control but Theodorou is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hetfield avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Theodorou.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hetfield wants to improve his position but Theodorou is controlling well.
Theodorou lands with a punch from half guard.
Theodorou wants to take a breather but Hetfield is having none of it.
Theodorou controlling the action here.
Hetfield trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Theodorou is stalling here. Hetfield is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Theodorou seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hetfield has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Theodorou is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Theodorou is staying active underneath Hetfield, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theodorou is pressing down on Hetfield's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Theodorou looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hetfield is one step ahead there.
Theodorou pulls Hetfield in to control the position.
Hetfield must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hetfield wants to control from the top but Theodorou keeps moving.
Hetfield preventing the sweep.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Theodorou is working hard here to advance position.
Theodorou lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Theodorou sitting in guard here, content to control.
Theodorou has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theodorou advances to half guard.
Theodorou missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Theodorou moves into full mount! Hetfield won't be happy about that!
The referee warns Hetfield that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Theodorou dominating with strikes here.
Theodorou with the ground and pound from mount.
Theodorou fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Theodorou working the ground and pound effectively.
Theodorou lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hetfield hang on?
Theodorou 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Theodorou.
Theodorou breaks from Hetfield's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Theodorou is landing with some decent strikes but Hetfield is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Hetfield is rocked!
Theodorou cracks Hetfield with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Theodorou!