PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Jimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Oveerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Jimenez
vs
Oveerman

195 cm
22
247 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Jimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Oveerman!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oveerman tries to clinch but Jimenez moves out of range.
Jimenez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jimenez throws the kick towards the body but Oveerman avoids it.

Jimenez gets a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jimenez as Oveerman tries to tie him up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Oveerman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jimenez misses with an elbow over the top.
Oveerman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jimenez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oveerman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jimenez managing to block the knees to the body from Oveerman.
Oveerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oveerman crunches a lovely knee into Jimenez's ribcage.
Oveerman tries a knee to the head but Jimenez blocks it.
Oveerman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jimenez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oveerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oveerman missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Oveerman blocks an elbow strike from Jimenez.
Oveerman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jimenez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Oveerman up against the ropes.
Oveerman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oveerman looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oveerman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oveerman avoiding damage as Jimenez throws knees to the body.
Oveerman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oveerman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Oveerman blocks with his arms.
Oveerman managing to block the knees to the body from Jimenez.
Oveerman trying to stall but Jimenez improves his position.
Jimenez scores with a hook to the body.
Oveerman trying to control the position but instead, Jimenez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Oveerman into the ropes.
Oveerman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jimenez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jimenez managing to block the knees to the body from Oveerman.
Jimenez scores with a shot to the side of Oveerman's head.
Jimenez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Jimenez slows down the pace here.
Jimenez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oveerman.
Oveerman tries to land a knee to the head but Jimenez blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Oveerman's defenses.
Jimenez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oveerman.
Oveerman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jimenez.
Jimenez throws an elbow that misses.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Oveerman avoids the damage to the body.
Jimenez leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Oveerman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oveerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Oveerman is blocking nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jimenez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oveerman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jimenez blocks it with crossed arms.
Jimenez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Jimenez just leaning against Oveerman, taking a breather.
Oveerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jimenez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Oveerman up against the ropes.
Oveerman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jimenez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jimenez pushes off an throws an elbow but Oveerman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Oveerman is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oveerman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oveerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Jimenez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oveerman's brow.
Oveerman missing with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jimenez.
Jimenez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jimenez lands an elbow inside.
Oveerman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Oveerman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jimenez.
Jimenez swings wildly with an uppercut but Oveerman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jimenez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Oveerman or not.
Jimenez avoiding damage as Oveerman throws knees to the body.
Oveerman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jimenez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oveerman blocks it with crossed arms.
Jimenez lands an elbow inside that Oveerman shrugs off.
Oveerman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jimenez.
Jimenez has Oveerman pressed against the ropes.
Oveerman taking a breather.

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.
Jimenez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oveerman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jimenez misses with a knee strike.
Jimenez misses with a knee strike.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Oveerman is blocking nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jimenez.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jimenez.
Jimenez lands an elbow that stopped Oveerman in his tracks for a moment.
Jimenez slowing the pace effectively.
Jimenez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oveerman blocks it with crossed arms.
Jimenez misses with an elbow over the top.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Oveerman blocks with his arms.
Oveerman avoiding damage as Jimenez throws knees to the body.
Jimenez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jimenez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oveerman.
Oveerman scores with a knee to the head.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.
Oveerman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Oveerman as Jimenez tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jack Oveerman will probably get the nod.
That's time! Jimenez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jimenez clinches up with Oveerman and pushes him back against the ropes.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.
Oveerman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Jimenez lands a nice shot to the body.
Jimenez lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oveerman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jimenez lands with a left to the head.
Oveerman tries a knee to the head but Jimenez blocks it.
Jimenez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oveerman.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jimenez as Oveerman tries to tie him up.
Oveerman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jimenez blocks it with crossed arms.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oveerman is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oveerman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oveerman tries to land a knee to the head but Jimenez blocks with his arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jimenez.
Jimenez leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Jimenez lands an elbow that stopped Oveerman in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Oveerman blocks with his arms.
Jimenez wants to stall.
Jimenez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Jimenez wants to stall.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oveerman tries a knee to the head but Jimenez blocks it.
Oveerman tries to land knees in the clinch but Jimenez avoids the damage to the body.
Jimenez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oveerman.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Oveerman avoids the damage to the body.
Jimenez stalls.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.
Jimenez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jimenez misses with an elbow over the top.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Oveerman is blocking nicely.
Oveerman wants to stall.
Jimenez with a knee to the head.
Oveerman throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jimenez throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short body shot lands from Jimenez as the two fighters clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jimenez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Oveerman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jimenez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.
Oveerman tries to land knees in the clinch but Jimenez avoids the damage to the body.
Oveerman dodges an elbow strike from Jimenez.
Oveerman tries to land a knee to the head but Jimenez blocks with his arms.
Oveerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oveerman managing to block the knees to the body from Jimenez.
Jimenez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jimenez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Jimenez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oveerman's brow.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Oveerman avoids the damage to the body.
Jimenez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Oveerman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oveerman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jimenez is keeping busy.
A bit of stalling here from Jimenez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oveerman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jimenez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jimenez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oveerman tries to land a knee to the head but Jimenez blocks with his arms.
Jimenez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jimenez trying to land knees to the body.
Jimenez avoiding damage as Oveerman throws knees to the body.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Oveerman avoids the damage to the body.
A shot in the inside from Jimenez.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Oveerman tries to land knees in the clinch but Jimenez avoids the damage to the body.
Oveerman takes an elbow to the temple.
Jimenez cracks Oveerman with a nice body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jimenez.
Oveerman managing to block the knees to the body from Jimenez.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.
Oveerman wants to stall.
Jimenez taking a breather.
Jimenez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jimenez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oveerman.
Oveerman missing with knees to the body.
Oveerman avoiding damage as Jimenez throws knees to the body.
Oveerman trying to land knees to the body.
Oveerman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Oveerman avoids a wild elbow strike from Jimenez.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oveerman avoids a wild elbow strike from Jimenez.
Oveerman managing to block the knees to the body from Jimenez.
Jimenez is leaning against Oveerman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jimenez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Oveerman avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Oveerman.
Jimenez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Oveerman is looking to control Jimenez's arms but Jimenez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Oveerman has his back to the ropes.
Oveerman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jimenez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oveerman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jimenez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Oveerman managing to block the knees to the body from Jimenez.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Jimenez dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Oveerman clinches but Jimenez breaks the clinch

and Jimenez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jimenez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Oveerman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jimenez taking a breather.
Oveerman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oveerman trying to stall but Jimenez improves his position.
Jimenez slowing the pace effectively.
Oveerman managing to block the knees to the body from Jimenez.
Jimenez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jimenez controlling the action here for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jimenez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.
Jimenez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oveerman tries to land knees in the clinch but Jimenez avoids the damage to the body.
Oveerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez avoiding damage as Oveerman throws knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Jimenez.
Oveerman lands a knee to the body.
Jimenez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oveerman.
Jimenez pushes off an throws an elbow but Oveerman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jimenez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jimenez has Oveerman pressed against the ropes.
Oveerman tries to land knees in the clinch but Jimenez avoids the damage to the body.
Jimenez looking to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jimenez.
Oveerman takes an elbow to the temple.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Oveerman is blocking nicely.
Jimenez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jimenez trying to land knees to the body.
Jimenez works on Oveerman's body with a couple of short punches.
Oveerman content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Oveerman avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Oveerman as Jimenez tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Oveerman trying to land knees to the body.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.
Oveerman avoiding damage as Jimenez throws knees to the body.
Jimenez lands a knee to the head.
Oveerman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jimenez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oveerman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jimenez.
Oveerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oveerman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Oveerman avoids the damage to the body.
Oveerman blocks an elbow strike from Jimenez.
Oveerman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oveerman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jimenez.
Oveerman trying to land knees to the body.
Jimenez scores with a knee to the head.
Jimenez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jimenez misses with an elbow strike.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oveerman connects with a knee to the head.
Oveerman tries to land knees in the clinch but Jimenez avoids the damage to the body.
Jimenez misses with a knee strike.
Jimenez holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Oveerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oveerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oveerman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oveerman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jimenez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oveerman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oveerman tries a knee to the head but Jimenez blocks it.
Jimenez trying to land knees to the body.
Jimenez lands an elbow inside that Oveerman shrugs off.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jimenez wants to stall.
Oveerman connects with a knee to the head.
Oveerman managing to block the knees to the body from Jimenez.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Oveerman trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Oveerman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Antonio Jimenez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jimenez taking a breather.
Jimenez taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jimenez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oveerman.
Oveerman tries to stall but Jimenez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Oveerman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jimenez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Oveerman stalling in the clinch but Jimenez improves position.
Oveerman avoiding damage as Jimenez throws knees to the body.
Jimenez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oveerman blocks it with crossed arms.
Oveerman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oveerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oveerman is trying to maintain a safe position but Jimenez gets an underhook and turns Oveerman into the ropes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jimenez avoiding damage as Oveerman throws knees to the body.
Oveerman is trying to maintain a safe position but Jimenez gets an underhook and turns Oveerman into the ropes.
Jimenez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Oveerman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oveerman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oveerman dodges an elbow strike from Jimenez.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Antonio Jimenez.
Well Jimenez 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

The fight is ruled a draw!