PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Cash Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacoby Cash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cash is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Between Angels and Insects. Jacoby Cash will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Cash Jr
vs
Cash

180 cm
22
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

188 cm
21
202 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jackson Cash Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacoby Cash!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cash gets caught flat footed, as Cash Jr shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Cash Jr lands a couple of elbows.

Cash Jr drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cash Jr jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cash is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cash thows a huge punch but Cash Jr dodges it nicely.
Cash seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Cash stands up and beckons Cash Jr to join him on the feet.
Cash fails with a takedown attempt.
Cash Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cash was well out of range. Poor timing from Cash Jr.
A swing and a miss from Cash.

Cash Jr drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Cash Jr makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Cash had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cash Jr defends it easily.
Cash utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cash Jr looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cash Jr is looking to work some ground and pound but Cash has wrist control.

Cash is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cash Jr is aware though and is defending well.
Cash Jr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Cash Jr avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Cash is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cash Jr defends well.
Cash looks gassed!
Cash striking from his own guard.
Cash Jr tries to free his leg and advance position but Cash is retaining full guard.
Cash preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cash manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cash Jr manages to get himself to full guard.
Cash throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cash Jr works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cash wants to get up but he can't break Cash Jr's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Cash won't allow Cash Jr to sweep him here.
Cash Jr on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cash Jr tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cash Jr escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cash gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Cash in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cash throwing strikes but missing.
Cash forces his way into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Cash Jr is trying to maintain the position but Cash is very close to passing his half guard.
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.
Cash missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Cash seems to be looking for submissions.

Cash is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Cash Jr to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Cash in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cash Jr could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash Jr is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cash slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cash wants to sweep but no luck.
Cash has momentary wrist control but Cash Jr slips an elbow through the middle.
Cash Jr lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cash Jr landing with the ground and pound.
Cash Jr scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cash Jr makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cash is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cash Jr is pressing down on Cash's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Cash with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cash Jr trying to control the position.
Cash stands up over Cash Jr, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cash is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cash Jr lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cash!
Cash Jr lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cash is trying desperately to improve position.
Cash Jr dominating with strikes here.
Cash regains half guard.
Cash moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cash is on top in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cash Jr avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Cash drops back looking for a leg! Cash Jr is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cash Jr manages to kick Cash off! Cash jumps back into Cash Jr's guard.

Cash Jr throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacoby Cash dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cash misses with a takedown attempt

and Cash Jr counters with a takedown into side control.
Cash is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cash is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cash avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Cash Jr.
Cash tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cash sneaks back into half guard.
Cash Jr drops an elbow to the side of Cash's head.
Cash Jr looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Cash Jr thows a huge punch but Cash dodges it nicely.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Cash fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cash Jr, pushing him back against the ropes.
Cash is breathing heavily.
Cash dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cash Jr takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Cash feints and as Cash Jr raises his hands in defense, Cash changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cash with a flurry of punches that miss.

Cash drops back looking for a leg! Cash Jr is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cash Jr manages to kick Cash off! Cash jumps back into Cash Jr's guard.

Cash Jr looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Cash drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cash jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cash postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Cash Jr has his foot on Cash's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cash works his way back into a safe position though.

Cash is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash Jr manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cash slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Cash Jr seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cash does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cash gets full guard.
Cash striking from the bottom.
Cash Jr thows a big elbow that misses.
Cash lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cash Jr!

Cash is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Cash Jr has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cash looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cash is working for a guillotine from mount but Cash Jr frees his head quite easily.
Cash Jr is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cash landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cash is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cash Jr can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Cash Jr is working to get back to half guard.
Cash looking to finish Cash Jr with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cash Jr!
Cash Jr is trying desperately to improve position.
Cash lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cash Jr hang on?
Cash pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cash with good strikes from the mount here!
Cash Jr keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cash forces the positional change into back control.

Cash has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cash Jr breaks Cash's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Cash Jr trying to control but Cash is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cash bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cash Jr's guard.
Cash distracts Cash Jr with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Cash avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacoby Cash showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Cash throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cash Jr shoots in but Cash avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cash gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Cash Jr counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Cash's guard now.

Cash had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cash Jr defends it easily.
Cash throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Cash Jr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cash working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cash Jr.
Cash Jr is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cash lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cash Jr!

Cash is working for a guillotine from mount but Cash Jr frees his head quite easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cash throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Cash Jr tries to hold on but Cash pushes him away.
Jacoby Cash has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cash Jr is looking to improve his position but Cash isn't that keen on the idea.
Cash working Cash Jr over with strikes here.

Cash working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Cash Jr turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Cash off and cradles Cash Jr's limp body as Cash celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Jacoby Cash!