PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bogan Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jackson
vs
Riley

180 cm
24
167 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

183 cm
25
170 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Cobra Kai Nutrition (NEW 158 OUT)

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bogan Riley!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riley.
Riley throws a one two combo.
Riley fails to land with a series of punches.

Jackson has managed to clinch.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Riley misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riley's defenses.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Riley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Riley.
Riley is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson lands an elbow just above Riley 's eye.
Riley tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Riley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Jackson.
Jackson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Riley looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riley takes a knee to the side of the body.
Riley looking to slow down the pace here.
Jackson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jackson lands a knee to the body.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jackson connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jackson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Riley's face.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riley's defenses.
Jackson connects with a knee to the head.
Riley working aggressively here.
Jackson lands a knee to the head.
Jackson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jackson obliges.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riley looking to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jackson obliges.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riley's defenses.
Jackson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Riley in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson with a knee to the head.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riley's defenses.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Riley tries to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling the position.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Riley avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Riley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Riley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riley.

Riley has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jackson uses from the top position.
Jackson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Riley wants to stand up but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson thows a big elbow that misses.
Riley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jackson.
Jackson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jackson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jackson throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson postures up in Riley's guard and throws a big left but Riley blocks it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Riley cracks Jackson with a good jab.
Riley looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.

Jackson pushes Riley up against the cage in a clinch.
Riley jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jackson walks away with a smile on his face. Riley gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Riley is avoiding it.
Nice shot by Riley.
Riley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Riley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Riley.
Danga de danga de dang - Riley scores with a four punch combination!
Jackson wants to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jackson.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Riley uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jackson has time to react.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Riley cracks Jackson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Riley looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Riley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Riley.
Riley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jackson avoids the body shot from Riley.
Jackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Riley throws out the jab.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Riley circles away and keeps his distance.
Riley digs a good body shot into Jackson's ribs.

Jackson clinches.
Riley has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Riley misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Riley takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riley avoids it.
Riley struggles to land a body shot inside as Jackson controls his hands.
Riley wants to break free but Jackson has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Jackson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Riley misses with a double jab.
Riley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jackson is looking to clinch.
Riley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jackson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Riley circles away.

Jackson rushes Riley and presses him up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Riley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jackson lands an elbow that stopped Riley in his tracks for a moment.
Jackson lands an elbow that stopped Riley in his tracks for a moment.
Arthur Jackson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Riley blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Riley takes an elbow to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riley fails to pull guard.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Riley blocks it with crossed arms.
Riley dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
Riley changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jackson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Riley misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Riley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jackson doesn't seem bothered though.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Riley circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Riley circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Riley misses with the combination.
Riley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Riley looks to land a combination but Jackson avoids it well.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riley misses with the combination.
Jackson tries to clinch up.

Jackson clinches up with Riley and pushes him back against the cage.
Riley can't find room to land a body shot as Jackson controls the action.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Jackson lands an elbow just above Riley 's eye.
Riley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Riley blocks it.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
Jackson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Riley blocks it.
Jackson pushes off an throws an elbow but Riley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Riley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jackson.
Riley tries to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling the position.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Riley.
Jackson lands an elbow inside.
Riley misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Riley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Riley is avoiding it.
Riley blocks a leg kick.
Jackson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Riley is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jackson rather than just go for the knockout.
Riley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Riley keeps it at a distance.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Riley darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Riley pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jackson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Riley, pushing him back against the cage.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riley's defenses.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riley fails to pull guard.
Arthur Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bogan Riley.
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Riley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Riley is blocking nicely.
Riley working hard to break the clinch.
Jackson lands a knee to the head.
Jackson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Riley is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks.
Riley is leaning against Jackson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Riley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riley's brow.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
Jackson has Riley pressed against the cage, preventing Riley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Riley managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Riley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Riley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riley avoids it.
Jackson has Riley pressed against the cage, preventing Riley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.
Riley wants to get back to striking at distance but Jackson won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.
Riley avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
Riley tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage.
Riley is trying to break free.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jackson.
Riley managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Riley scores with a shot to the side of Jackson's head.
Riley jumps guard but Jackson stands there with Riley around his waist. Riley gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Riley is blocking nicely.
Riley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.
Riley stalling.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Riley wants to break free but Jackson has control.
Riley misses with a punch on the inside.
Riley working hard to break the clinch.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Arthur Jackson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Jackson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Riley scores with a shot to the body.
Riley throws a good cross that connects.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riley tries to bum rush Jackson with a series of wild strikes but Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Riley cracks Jackson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A punch lands to the side of Jackson 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Jackson closes the distance and pushes Riley back into the cage.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Riley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Riley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jackson doesn't seem phased though.
Riley scores with the left hand. Jackson knows he should have avoided that one.
Riley darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Riley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Riley circles away.
Riley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jackson can pounce on him.
Riley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Riley punishes Jackson's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson tries to clinch but Riley moves out of range.
Riley moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Riley's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Riley duly obliges.

Jackson is rocked!
Jackson avoids the body shot from Riley.
Riley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Riley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Riley just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Riley circles away.
Riley throws a series of punches but Jackson moves out of range.
Riley lands a glancing blow to the side of Jackson's head.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Riley circles away.
Riley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Bogan Riley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Riley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Jackson is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley tries to bum rush Jackson with a series of wild strikes but Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Riley looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackson is just out of range.
Riley thows a body shot but no joy.
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Riley in a clinch.
Jackson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Riley's face.
Riley works on Jackson's body with a couple of short punches.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Riley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Jackson.
Jackson keeps control of Riley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Riley misses with a body punch.
Riley tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage.
Riley has had enough of the clinch but Jackson keeps him there for the moment.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jackson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jackson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riley is defending well for now.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Riley.
Riley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jackson misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson keeps control of Riley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Riley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Riley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Riley blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Riley jumps guard but Jackson stands there with Riley around his waist. Riley gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Riley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jackson crunches a lovely knee into Riley's ribcage.
Riley is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson lands a nice elbow.
Riley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jackson lands an elbow that stopped Riley in his tracks for a moment.
Riley can't break the clinch.
Jackson lands a nice elbow.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Riley avoids the damage to the body.
Riley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jackson takes a shot to the head.
Arthur Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Riley blocks with his arms.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Riley blocks it with crossed arms.
Riley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Riley looking to slow down the pace here.
Riley has had enough of the clinch but Jackson keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riley's defenses.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Riley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Riley's face.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riley's brow.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Riley is blocking nicely.
Riley blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.

Riley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Riley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Riley lands with a nice body punch.
Jackson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Jackson clinches up against the cage.
Riley has had enough of the clinch but Jackson keeps him there for the moment.
Riley blocks the elbow strike.
Bogan Riley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riley stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Riley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Riley throws a head punch that misses.
Riley misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bogan Riley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jackson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28

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