PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and G Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson has chosen Underdog as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Daley
vs
Jackson

178 cm
23
178 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
20
169 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Pure Juice

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, G Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Daley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jackson but Jackson pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Jackson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Daley stands up from Jackson's guard - Daley perhaps looking for a knockout.
Daley shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jackson sprawls well. Jackson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Daley gets slowly back to his feet.
Jackson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Daley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Daley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jackson avoids it really well and circles away.
Jackson tries to bum rush Daley with a series of wild strikes but Daley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jackson throws a series of strikes that have Daley backpedaling.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Daley avoids it well.
A left and a right from Jackson both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Paul Daley has been cut.

Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Daley is trying to force a seperation but Jackson has the dominant position.
Daley throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Daley keeps him there for the moment.

Daley manages to break the clinch.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Daley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jackson wants it to stay on the feet.
Daley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Daley pushes him off.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Daley closes the distance and clinches up with Jackson, looking for a takedown. Daley pushes Jackson against the cage but Jackson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A solid body kick from Jackson.
Daley is breathing heavily.
Daley fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jackson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jackson lands a head kick. Daley smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Daley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daley.
Jackson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jackson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Daley backs up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson thumps Daley with a low kick.
Daley slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
Jackson scores with a three punch combo!
Jackson is working the combinations to good effect here.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Daley keeps it at a distance.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Daley pushes him off.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.

Jackson pushes Daley up against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Daley has double underhooks.

Jackson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Daley in a clinch.
Daley prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Daley has the dominant position.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Daley is controlling the position.

Daley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Daley circles away from the clinch attempt.
G Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daley.
Daley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Daley in a clinch.

Daley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jackson. That's going to slow Daley down.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.

Daley scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jackson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Daley. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jackson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Daley scoring with punches from side control.
Daley trying to control the position but Jackson is working away.
Jackson is pushing Daley's head away, looking to escape. Daley manages to hold on to the position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daley in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jackson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Daley is controlling him well.
Jackson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jackson is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Daley has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Jackson taking a bit of punishment here - Daley scoring with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Daley has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Daley is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Jackson's shoulder. That is not cool.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daley scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jackson to see if he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

G Jackson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Daley's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Daley closes the distance and clinches up with Jackson, looking for a takedown. Daley pushes Jackson against the cage but Jackson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jackson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daley circles away quickly and effectively.
Jackson slaps away a takedown attempt from Daley, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Daley looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Daley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daley circles away quickly and effectively.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Daley circles away.
Jackson connects with a solid leg kick.
Daley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Jackson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Daley.
G Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
G Jackson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson throws a right hand that Daley ducks under and follows up with a left that Daley also avoids with ease.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jackson!

Jackson pushes Daley up against the cage in a clinch.

Jackson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jackson closes the distance and pushes Daley back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Jackson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
Jackson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daley circles away quickly and effectively.
Jackson throws a one two combo.
Daley looks for a takedown but Jackson sprawls well.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Daley is avoiding it.
Daley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jackson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Daley avoids nicely.
Jackson misses with a wild combination.
Paul Daley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson misses with the combination.
Daley is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jackson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Daley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Daley has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Daley shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed Daley's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Jackson moves into the clinch.
Daley prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Daley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jackson's efforts to push away.

Daley breaks from the clinch.
Jackson fails to land with a series of punches.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Daley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Daley shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jackson as he jumps to the side.
A good leg kick by Jackson.
Jackson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Daley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jackson but Jackson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jackson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jackson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Daley.
Daley dips to his left and cracks Jackson with an uppercut!
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Daley circles away.
Jackson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Daley tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jackson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Daley somewhat.
Daley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Daley avoids nicely.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Daley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Daley shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jackson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Check out the look on Daley's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Daley controls the position from side control.
Jackson is pushing Daley's head away, looking to escape. Daley manages to hold on to the position though.
Jackson is looking to get back to his feet here but Daley is keeping cool and he's managed to take Jackson's back.
Daley controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

G Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paul Daley's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jackson slaps away a takedown attempt from Daley, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Jackson stalks Daley and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Daley's face. Daley staggers backwards, shaken.
Daley shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jackson as he avoids it easily.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Daley avoids them all with ease.
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.
Jackson lands a jab-cross combination.
Daley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Daley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
A nice combination there by Jackson.
A punch lands to the side of Jackson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jackson scores with a nice body kick.

Daley gets a clinch.

Jackson breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Daley keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Daley.
Jackson darts in trying to clinch
and Daley counters with a left and a right that stings Jackson.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Daley avoids it well.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Daley avoids it well.
Jackson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jackson duly obliges.
Jackson throws a head kick but Daley moves out of range.
Daley clobbers Jackson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Daley shoots for a takedown but Jackson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Daley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Daley 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 Daley off to one side.
Daley tries a head kick but it misses.
Jackson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Daley moves out of range easily.
Jackson swinging wilding here.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Daley avoids it well.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Daley moves out of range.
Daley lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Daley checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jackson closes the distance looking to clinch

and Daley counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jackson!
Daley raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Daley cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Daley fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jackson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Daley 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Daley with shots to the head and body - Jackson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Daley putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Daley is landing with some decent strikes but Jackson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Daley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jackson looks a forlorn figure.
Jackson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Daley.
Jackson is trying to stand up.
Daley pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Daley content just to control the position here.
A nice elbow there by Daley.
Daley lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Paul Daley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
G Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jackson really wants to buck Daley off and get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Daley showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jackson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... G Jackson!