PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Colin Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bad News (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Let me clear my throat. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jack
vs
News

190 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Attliction
BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Colin Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bad News!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Alyssa Summers and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
News tries to clinch but Jack moves out of range.
News fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Jack closes the distance and clinches.
News tries to score a body lock takedown but Jack shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jack leaning his opponent against the cage.
News tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Colin Jack has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bad News.

Jack breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Jack clinches up against the cage.
Jack manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
News misses with an elbow strike.
Jack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Jack jumps guard.
Jack has a closed guard, preventing News from standing up.
News pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jack is keeping the position for now.

Jack looking for submissions from the bottom but instead News passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

News wants to work for an arm triangle but Jack is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
News wants to stand up but Jack is controlling the position.

News is looking for a kimura here.
News looks gassed!
News prevents Jack from standing back up.
Jack missing with punches from the bottom.
Jack tries to roll over but News keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jack holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jack is refusing to be controlled, as News sits in half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Jack darts in and clinches News up against the cage.

Jack wants the takedown. News is fighting it off but Jack persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in News's guard against the cage.
Jack controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack breaks News's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
News looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jack is one step ahead there.

Jack gets to his feet. News looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jack tries a head kick but it misses.
Jack wants to clinch.
News tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jack swivels and escapes.
News tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jack paws at him with a jab and circles away.
News fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
News tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jack paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jack keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jack has managed to clinch.
News can't break the clinch.

Jack manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Jack looking to hit a scissor sweep but News is one step ahead there.
Jack is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
News forces his way into half guard.

News is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Jack has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jack is refusing to be controlled, as News sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colin Jack dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jack misses with a head kick.

News tries to keep at a distance but Jack has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jack blocking some punches.
News trying to land knees to the body.
News tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jack smiles and moves away.
News tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Danga de danga de dang - Jack scores with a four punch combination!
Jack tries a head kick but it misses.

Jack clinches with his opponent.
News tries to pull guard but Jack holds him up against the cage and eventually News drops back down to his feet.
News fails to pull guard.
Colin Jack has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bad News.

Jack manages to pull guard.
Jack wants to get back to his feet but News is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jack lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for News!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jack tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
News is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jack looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jack seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down News for as long as he can get away with.
Jack scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish News?
News bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jack is pulling down on News's head. It's preventing any offense from News, at least for the moment.
Jack looking for a sweep. Not yet Jack, not yet.
News stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jack swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jack controlling News's posture.
Jack keeping moving, preventing News from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack pulls News in close to his closed guard and prevents News from doing any damage or advancing position.
Jack is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst News is controlling him.
Jack is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
News wants to control from the top but Jack keeps moving.
Jack working a defensive guard here.
Jack looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but News puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Jack wants to get back to full guard.

That's four 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.
News wants to stand up but Jack has a hold of him and won't allow it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Jack will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Jack takes the fight into the clinch.
News tries to score a body lock takedown but Jack shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jack tries for a takedown but News manages to get underhooks.

Jack manages to pull guard.
Jack thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
News wants to get up but he can't break Jack's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Jack seems keen to control News's posture.
News trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jack's guard.
Jack pulls News in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colin Jack dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Jack scores with a takedown into News's guard.

News has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jack can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jack looking to pass the guard.
Jack trying to control the position from guard on top but News is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jack looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jack won't allow News to sweep him here.

Jack gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Jack does no damage.
Jack misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jack fails with the takedown.

News scores a takedown into full mount!
Jack wants to control but News is having none of it.

News has control of Jack's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jack regains control of the situation pretty easily.
News throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jack is trying desperately to improve position.
Jack regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

News is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Jack regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jack is controlling News's posture.
News won't allow Jack to get back to his feet.

Jack pushes News off and scrambles back to his feet.

News gets caught flat footed, as Jack shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jack slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jack trying to control the position from guard on top but News is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Jack stands up from News's guard - Jack perhaps looking for a knockout.
Jack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

News gets caught flat footed, as Jack shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Jack gets to his feet. News looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Jack drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
News is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jack stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Jack shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jack showed some decent athleticism there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
News moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

News had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Jack is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. News Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Jack's back instead.
Jack manages to reverse the position and now he's in News's guard. Nice work there by Jack.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
News can't keep his opponent in guard - Jack advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Bad News has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jack controlling the action here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Colin Jack showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jack 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colin Jack!