PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marion Gaborik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dez Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gaborik
vs
Jackson

165 cm
19
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Nemesis Cage Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marion Gaborik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dez Jackson!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson lands with an overhand left.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Gaborik avoids it well.
Gaborik showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson lands with an overhand left.
Gaborik misses with a looping left.
Gaborik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A left and a right from Jackson both land. Nice combination.
Jackson tests Gaborik's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jackson throws a front kick aimed at Gaborik's knee but Gaborik avoids it well.
Jackson works Gaborik's body with a nice hook.
Jackson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gaborik.
Jackson lands with a straight right. Gaborik didn't see that one coming.
Nice body punch from Gaborik.
Gaborik throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jackson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jackson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gaborik moves out of range as Jackson strikes.
Gaborik throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson tries to score with a low kick but Gaborik moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd cheers as Jackson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gaborik doesn't seem phased though.
Jackson misses with a looping left.
Gaborik ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jackson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jackson throws out a leg kick but Gaborik moves out of range and Jackson only half commits.
Gaborik staying out of range there.
Dez Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gaborik is out of range.
Gaborik tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Gaborik.
Dez Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gaborik pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gaborik swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson scores with a hook.
Gaborik dodges the punch combination from Jackson.
Gaborik looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jackson scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson digs a good hook to Gaborik's body.
Gaborik jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gaborik lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gaborik scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jackson connects with a single shot there.
Jackson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gaborik has time to react.
Gaborik shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jackson defends it nicely.
Gaborik thows a body shot but no joy.
Jackson misses with a body shot
and Gaborik counters with a stiff right hand.
Jackson slips under a jab from Gaborik.
Gaborik lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jackson thows a leg kick but Gaborik checks it

and Gaborik moves into the clinch.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gaborik swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gaborik lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gaborik keeps him there for the moment.

Jackson breaks from the clinch.
Gaborik blocks a jab.
Gaborik misses with a hook to the body
and Jackson counters with a stiff right hand.
Gaborik lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jackson at a distance.
Gaborik avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Gaborik cracks Jackson with an open hand slap.
Gaborik sizes up Jackson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gaborik could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Jackson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gaborik looks for a takedown but Jackson sprawls well.
Gaborik looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackson is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gaborik misses with a body kick.
Jackson throws and low kick but Gaborik moves out of range easily.
Gaborik misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson scores with a nice right hand.
Jackson tries to land a leg kick but Gaborik saw it coming and moves away.
A big right from Jackson misses.
Jackson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gaborik throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jackson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gaborik connects with a looping right hand.
Jackson misses the body punch
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gaborik is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gaborik ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jackson waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Gaborik.
Jackson misses with a low kick as Gaborik jumps back.
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gaborik was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gaborik lands with a cross.
Gaborik tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Gaborik.
Gaborik throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dez Jackson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A clash of legs there as Gaborik blocks the low kick.
Gaborik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jackson.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Gaborik moved out of range nicely.
Gaborik checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gaborik tries to move into range but Jackson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gaborik misses with a wild body shot.
Jackson lands a two punch combo.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
Jackson checks a leg kick.
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dez Jackson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jackson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gaborik misses the shot to the body.
Jackson needs to keep his hands up - Gaborik had a free shot at his head there.
Gaborik rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jackson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gaborik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gaborik.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throws a combination that misses
and Gaborik counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jackson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gaborik is out of range and Jackson settles back down.
Nice shot lands for Jackson.
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gaborik.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Gaborik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jackson misses the jab.
Jackson tries to score with a low kick but Gaborik moves his leg out of the way.
Gaborik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gaborik.
Jackson misses with a straight left.
Jackson throws a shot to the body.
Jackson cracks Gaborik with an open hand slap.
Gaborik will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jackson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jackson misses with a combination
and Gaborik counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaborik throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jackson's waist but Jackson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gaborik off to one side.
Gaborik scores with a nice right hand.
Jackson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jackson throws a hook but Gaborik blocks it.
Gaborik wants to slow Jackson down by chopping away at his legs.
Jackson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gaborik.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marion Gaborik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson lands with a straight right. Gaborik didn't see that one coming.
Gaborik throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Gaborik blocks the leg kick.
Jackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gaborik throws out the jab.
Jackson throws a hook to the side of Gaborik's head but Gaborik sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jackson throws a hook to the side of Gaborik's head but Gaborik sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jackson throws a hook but Gaborik blocks it.
Gaborik takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jackson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gaborik looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gaborik lands an overhand right.
Jackson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gaborik throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Gaborik's shoulder, as Gaborik tries to avoid the shot.
Gaborik will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dez Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson lands a body shot.
Jackson throws a jab when Gaborik was well out of range.
Jackson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gaborik misses with a double jab
and Jackson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gaborik thinking.
Gaborik throws a hook to the side of Jackson's head but Jackson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jackson lands with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaborik on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jackson misses with a straight right.
Gaborik changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jackson tries to avoid it but Gaborik manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jackson to the ground. Jackson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gaborik throws a looping overhand right but Jackson ducks down to avoid it.
Gaborik pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jackson is out of range and Gaborik settles back down.
Jackson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jackson scores with a hook.
Jackson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gaborik makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gaborik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jackson walks into a stiff left hand from Gaborik.
Gaborik throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jackson throws a jab when Gaborik was well out of range.
Jackson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Gaborik misses the target.
Gaborik lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dez Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Jackson misses with a body punch
and Gaborik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Gaborik darts in and clinches Jackson up against the cage.
Jackson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Gaborik has the dominant position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gaborik - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gaborik has double underhooks.
A bit of stalling here from Gaborik.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gaborik. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gaborik counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gaborik scores with a shot to the body.
Gaborik jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gaborik wants to clinch up but Jackson keeps it at a distance.
Jackson thuds his right hand into Gaborik's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gaborik moves out of range as Jackson strikes.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Gaborik. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Jackson moves away from the strike by Gaborik.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaborik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Jackson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jackson throws a hook to the side of Gaborik's head but Gaborik sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gaborik tries to clinch there but Jackson circles away.
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Gaborik is just out of range.
Jackson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gaborik checks a leg kick.
Gaborik takes one on the button.
Jackson throws a hook but Gaborik avoids it easily.
Gaborik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gaborik tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jackson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gaborik doesn't seem bothered though.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson jabs at Gaborik's body.
Jackson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gaborik scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaborik throws a right and a left that both miss.

Gaborik has taken the fight to the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jackson stops a takedown attempt from Gaborik.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gaborik circles away quickly and effectively.
Jackson throws a combination that misses
and Gaborik counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jackson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gaborik counters with a nice uppercut.
Gaborik throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Jackson slips a jab from Gaborik.
Gaborik avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jackson misses with a two punch combination.
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Gaborik.
Gaborik moves forwards but Jackson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jackson swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Gaborik counter with a right hand.

Jackson is rocked!
A telegraphed right hand from Gaborik misses the target.
Jackson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jackson staying out of range there.
Jackson throws a sloppy body shot
and Gaborik counters with a one-two to the body.
Marion Gaborik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson is still on wobbly legs! Can Gaborik finish him?
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Gaborik lands a jab to Jackson's midsection.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gaborik thows a left - swing and a miss!

Gaborik lands a huge takedown. Jackson is out but the ref is slow to react and Gaborik lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Jackson lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marion Gaborik!