PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dilan Seddigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seddigh has chosen Brotha Lynch Hung - Refuse To Lose as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ray Jackson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Jackson
vs
Seddigh

193 cm
23
265 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

180 cm
21
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

Monster MMA [ACME]

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dilan Seddigh!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jorge Garcia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Seddigh gets a takedown into half guard.
Seddigh wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.
Jackson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Seddigh seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jackson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Seddigh prevents Jackson from standing back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jackson tries to get out of the position.

Seddigh is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Seddigh fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Jackson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jackson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Seddigh's head.
Seddigh avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jackson.
Seddigh missing with punches from the bottom.
Jackson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Seddigh on the ground.
Seddigh moves into full guard.

Seddigh looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seddigh is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Seddigh keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Seddigh keeping full guard, as Jackson tries to pass.
Jackson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Seddigh throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Seddigh controls Jackson momentarily but Jackson frees himself.

Seddigh is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jackson is aware though and is defending well.
Jackson throws a big right hand that misses.
Jackson postures up.

Jackson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Seddigh has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jackson has managed to get both his arms back between Seddigh's legs - danger averted.
Jackson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seddigh is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Seddigh looks gassed!
Jackson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jackson cracks Seddigh with a solid left hand.

Seddigh working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jackson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jackson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jackson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Seddigh keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Jackson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Seddigh is keeping the position for now.
Jackson landing with the ground and pound.

Seddigh pushes a forearm under Jackson's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Jackson is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dilan Seddigh!