PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sam Hain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hain comes to the cage accompanied by Time Frame by Dom and Roland. Arthur Jackson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sam Hain's chin.

Hain
vs
Jackson

174 cm
26
167 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
167 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

White Gorilla Nutrition
White Gorilla Nutrition

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Hain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hain will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hain paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hain paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Hain shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jackson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hain works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Hain looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hain with the ground and pound but Jackson uses the opportunity to regain guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hain lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hain throws a big right hand that misses.
Hain with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hain trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jackson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hain wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
Hain connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hain slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hain 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.
Jackson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jackson dodges the ground and pound from Hain.
Hain is chipping away with strikes.
An elbow from Hain crashes against the mat.
Hain wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.
Hain tries to advance to mount but Jackson denies him.
Hain sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Jackson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hain working the ground and pound but Jackson is defending the strikes.
Hain working the ground and pound from side control.
Hain throws an elbow but Jackson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Jackson is trying to improve his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Hain is avoiding it.
Hain swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Hain lands a nice shot that snaps Jackson's head back.

Jackson moves into the clinch.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Hain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Hain has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Jackson regains guard immediately.
Hain stopping the sweep attempt from Jackson.
Hain postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hain throwing strikes but missing.
Hain wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
Hain throws a strike but Jackson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Hain dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jackson tries to clinch up but Hain circles away and keeps his distance.

Jackson gets caught flat footed, as Hain shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jackson is trying to keep Hain in close.
Hain trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hain is in close to Jackson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hain missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hain tries to free his leg and advance position but Jackson is retaining full guard.
Hain in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jackson is trying to control the position but Hain postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jackson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jackson wants to clinch.

Hain shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hain showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hain lands a nice short elbow.

Hain is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jackson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hain is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jackson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jackson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hain.
Hain working over Jackson with some ground and pound. Jackson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hain works his way into full mount!
Hain looking to ground and pound but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Hain pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hain avoids the attempt from Jackson to control.
Jackson working to try and regain half guard.
Hain looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hain looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jackson is in a horrible position here. Hain smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Jackson is rocked!
Hain lands a nice shot to the head.
Jackson is still in real trouble! Can Hain finish him?
Hain lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hain lands a big shot to the head and Jackson winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sam Hain!