PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rashad jacksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chi Tin Ho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chi Tin Ho acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

jacksson
vs
Tin Ho

180 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rashad jacksson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chi Tin Ho!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
jacksson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ho as he jumps to the side.
jacksson shoots in but no luck this time.

Ho gets a clinch.
Ho taking a breather.

jacksson drags the fight down to the ground.

Ho drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ho jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ho sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ho must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Ho drops back looking for a leg! jacksson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and jacksson manages to kick Ho off! Ho jumps back into jacksson's guard.
jacksson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ho stands up over jacksson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ho is pushing down on jacksson's leg trying to pass to half guard. jacksson is fighting to maintain full guard but Ho has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
jacksson wants to get back to full guard.

Ho is working for a kimura but jacksson is defending it quite comfortably.
jacksson is trying to get back to full guard.
Ho is taking a breather. jacksson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
jacksson is looking to improve his position.

Ho is sneakily working for an arm triangle but jacksson sees it coming and defends easily.
Ho looks gassed!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
jacksson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ho's waist but Ho gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing jacksson off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rashad jacksson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Ho shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
jacksson wants to improve his position but Ho is controlling well.
jacksson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for jacksson.
jacksson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ho's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
jacksson wants to control from the top but Ho keeps moving.
jacksson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ho is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
jacksson with a flurry of punches that miss.

Ho looking for a guillotine here but jacksson defends easily.
jacksson trying to control but Ho is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
jacksson slips nicely into half guard.

jacksson in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Ho tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from jacksson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rashad jacksson!