PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urho Paakku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Wu Tang - Triumph. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
Paakku

175 cm
21
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
24
158 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rashad Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Urho Paakku!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paakku tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Paakku darts in and clinches Jackson up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Jackson.
Paakku misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paakku lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Paakku.
Paakku misses with a punch to the body.

Jackson has clasped his hands together around Paakku's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Paakku is trying to get back to his feet.
Jackson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jackson landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson looks up at the clock and then as Paakku takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jackson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Jackson is putting a hurting on Paakku here, landing some big shots from side control.
Paakku takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Paakku on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Jackson working the ground and pound.
Jackson prevents Paakku from escaping the position.
Jackson trying to control the action but Paakku is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson taking a breather here.
Paakku is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Jackson has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Jackson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Paakku is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Jackson 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.
Paakku takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jackson lands a few punches from side control.
Jackson is putting a hurting on Paakku here, landing some big shots from side control.
Jackson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Paakku takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Paakku wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jackson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Paakku takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paakku on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Jackson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jackson scoring with punches from side control.
Paakku wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Jackson is chipping away with strikes.
Jackson cracks Paakku with a big elbow.
Paakku is pushing Jackson's head away, looking to escape. Jackson manages to hold on to the position though.
Paakku looks gassed!
Jackson landing a few strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson cracks Paakku with a big elbow.
Paakku takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jackson prevents Paakku from escaping the position.
Jackson working the head and body with strikes.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Jackson working the head with strikes.
Paakku takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Paakku is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Jackson working the head with strikes.
Paakku is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Jackson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paakku is pushing Jackson's head away, looking to escape. Jackson manages to hold on to the position though.
Jackson scoring with punches and elbows.
Paakku on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Check out the look on Jackson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jackson lands an elbow.
Jackson trying to control the action but Paakku is working from the bottom.
Paakku wants to get back to his feet.
Jackson lands a decent elbow from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paakku is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Jackson landing a few strikes.
Jackson grinds an elbow into Paakku's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rashad Jackson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Paakku misses with the combination.
Jackson jabs at Paakku's body.

Jackson scores a takedown into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Paakku bucks up and throws Jackson to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jackson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Paakku tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Paakku doesn't seem bothered though.
Paakku throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Paakku is breathing heavily.
Jackson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson keeps the fight on the outside.
Jackson misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jackson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paakku looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Paakku wants to clinch.

Jackson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jackson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jackson cracks Paakku with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Paakku is bucking up trying to escape but Jackson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Paakku takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jackson looking to finish Paakku with some ground and pound. This is bad for Paakku!
Jackson with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson lands with some strikes.

Paakku is rocked!
Paakku is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Jackson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Paakku squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

Jackson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Paakku is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Jackson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jackson with good strikes from the mount here!
Paakku is trying to stand up.
Paakku is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the head.
Jackson working Paakku over with strikes here.
Jackson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the head.
Jackson lands a heavy elbow.
Paakku is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Jackson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jackson is landing with some decent strikes but Paakku is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Paakku wants to get back to his feet.
Jackson landing punches.
Jackson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jackson lands a big shot there that rocks Paakku but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jackson working Paakku over with strikes here.
Jackson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Paakku is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson landing punches.
Jackson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Paakku?
Paakku takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Paakku takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jackson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Paakku hang on?
Rashad Jackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Paakku wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Jackson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jackson lands with some strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson cracks Paakku with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jackson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Paakku squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Jackson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rashad Jackson dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jackson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jackson keeps the fight on the outside.
Paakku keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Urho Paakku is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Paakku sprawls well. Paakku wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
Jackson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Paakku does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paakku throws a series of punches but Jackson moves out of range.
Paakku moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jackson!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paakku looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Paakku tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paakku tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paakku tries to clinch up.
Paakku ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jackson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paakku can do to turn this around?
Paakku doesn't manage to clinch there - Jackson circles away.
Paakku throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Jackson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Paakku to the mat! Paakku manages to get full guard.
Jackson landing some decent shots from guard.
Paakku is looking to stand up but Jackson isn't so interested in that idea.
Jackson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Paakku is wriggling around but Jackson manages to pass to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson winds up and cracks Paakku with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jackson is trying to control the action in half guard but Paakku is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jackson prevents Paakku from standing back up.
Jackson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jackson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rashad Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paakku is trying to stand.
Jackson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jackson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Paakku has one foot on Jackson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Jackson scores with a jab. Paakku acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Paakku tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jackson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Jackson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jackson lands in his opponent's guard.
Paakku is looking to stand up but Jackson isn't so interested in that idea.
Jackson with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paakku has momentary wrist control but Jackson slips an elbow through the middle.
Jackson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Jackson prevents Paakku from getting back to his feet.
Urho Paakku has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Rashad Jackson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Jackson has a takedown stuffed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rashad Jackson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jackson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:25
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:25
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:26

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