PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Black Lives Jackson (ranked 2389 p4p, 2501 weight class) and Renato Laranja (ranked 305 p4p, 322 weight class). Laranja has chosen Sepultura - The Hunt as his entrance music. Black Lives Jackson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Jackson
vs
Laranja

190 cm
25
183
7 - 9 - 0

178 cm
34
177
8 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Un-Kaged Nutrition

Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Black Lives Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Renato Laranja!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laranja lands with a nice body punch.
Laranja misses with a wild body shot.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Laranja swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Laranja! But no joy.
Laranja swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Laranja throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
Jackson checks a leg kick.
Jackson throws a wild body kick that Laranja sees coming a mile off.

Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Laranja avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laranja throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Laranja makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Laranja fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Laranja misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laranja digs a right hand into Jackson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jackson's gas tank.
Laranja gets through Jackson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Laranja throws a head punch that misses.
Laranja digs a right hand underneath Jackson's ribcage. Jackson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Laranja.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Laranja.
Still in the clinch, Laranja scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Laranja is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Laranja's brow.
Laranja has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Laranja misses with a punch to the body.
Laranja has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Laranja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laranja lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laranja tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jackson lands an elbow just above Laranja 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Laranja lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laranja blocks it with crossed arms.
A short body shot lands from Laranja as the two fighters clinch.
Laranja stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Laranja tries a body shot but Jackson blocks it.
Laranja lands with a short shot to the head.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Laranja blocks with his arms.
Laranja misses with the head strike.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Laranja is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Laranja's brow.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laranja blocks it with crossed arms.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laranja blocks it with crossed arms.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Laranja.
Laranja lands a left hand.
Laranja fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Laranja.
Laranja digs a right hand underneath Jackson's ribcage. Jackson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Laranja tries to work over Jackson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laranja misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Laranja lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Laranja doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laranja scores with a nice hook to the head.
Laranja pushes Jackson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Laranja avoids the damage to the body.
Laranja working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laranja lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Laranja lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Laranja.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laranja blocks it with crossed arms.
Laranja throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Laranja.
Laranja lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laranja misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laranja scores with a shoulder strike.
Jackson takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laranja.
Laranja stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Laranja misses with some punches.
Laranja misses with some punches.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Laranja is blocking nicely.
Laranja swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson with a knee to the head.
Laranja working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Laranja tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson pushes off an throws an elbow but Laranja leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Laranja lands a body punch.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Laranja is blocking nicely.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Laranja lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Renato Laranja dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laranja.
Crunch! Laranja slams his shin into Jackson's torso.

Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Laranja in a clinch.
Laranja throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
Laranja misses with a body punch.
Laranja has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Laranja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knees to the body from Jackson.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laranja misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Laranja in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laranja misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laranja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jackson lands a knee to the head.
Laranja avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
Laranja misses with a body punch.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Laranja is blocking nicely.
Renato Laranja seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laranja has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Laranja lands a nice uppercut.
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Laranja takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Renato Laranja has been cut.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Laranja.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Laranja shrugs off.
Laranja misses with the head strike.
Laranja doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laranja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laranja takes an elbow to the temple.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Laranja blocks it.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Laranja blocks it.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Laranja has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Laranja is blocking nicely.
Laranja misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laranja lands a body punch in the clinch.
Laranja throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laranja misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Jackson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Laranja misses with the head strike.
Laranja scores with a nice hook to the head.
Laranja takes an elbow to the temple.
Laranja avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Laranja misses with some punches.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laranja blocks it with crossed arms.
Laranja tries a body shot but Jackson blocks it.
Laranja has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jackson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Laranja can turn it around.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Laranja blocks with his arms.
A nice left hand lands by Laranja.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laranja avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laranja lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laranja creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Laranja - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Laranja fails to land.
Laranja avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Laranja scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Laranja lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laranja misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laranja throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
Jackson lands an elbow just above Laranja 's eye.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jackson blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Laranja as the two fighters clinch.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laranja.
Laranja goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laranja working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laranja blocks it with crossed arms.
Laranja scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Laranja blocks with his arms.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Laranja - that landed with a thud.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short left from Laranja.
Laranja managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Laranja has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Laranja tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Laranja back against the cage.
Laranja avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
Laranja misses with the head strike.
Laranja misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laranja lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Renato Laranja will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Renato Laranja's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Laranja avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses.
Jackson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jackson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Laranja moves out of range easily.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laranja cracks Jackson with an open hand slap.
Jackson scores with a spinning back kick!
Laranja lands a head shot.
Jackson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laranja with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A leg kick checked by Laranja.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Laranja swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laranja checks a low kick from Jackson.
Laranja thinks about the counter body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Laranja.
Laranja misses with a looping left.
Renato Laranja seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jackson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Laranja if he has to take too many more of those.
Laranja cracks Jackson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Laranja scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Laranja lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jackson doesn't seem phased though.

Jackson is rocked!
Laranja swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laranja paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson seems to have got his legs back now.
A head kick by Jackson misses
and Laranja counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A good leg kick by Laranja.
Jackson throws a jab when Laranja was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a nice head kick!
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!
Jackson avoids the head kick by Laranja.

Jackson has managed to clinch.
Laranja lands with a short shot to the head.
Laranja softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jackson with a knee to the head.
Jackson throws an elbow but it misses.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laranja blocks it with crossed arms.
Laranja working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Laranja has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Laranja.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laranja creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Laranja.
A short body shot lands from Laranja as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laranja.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Laranja pushes Jackson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laranja struggles to land a body shot inside as Jackson controls his hands.
Laranja fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice body punch from Laranja.
Laranja lands an uppercut.
Black Lives Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Laranja throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jacksons head.
Laranja works on Jackson's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Laranja.
Laranja lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Jackson to his knees! Laranja keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Renato Laranja!
In his post fight interview, Renato Laranja started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.