PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Percy Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sparky Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sparky Jackson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Evans
vs
Jackson

179 cm
25
155 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

183 cm
23
164 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Global MMA Gear

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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Percy Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jackson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Jackson throws out a loose jab but Evans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Evans throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jackson's waist but Jackson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Evans off to one side.
Evans shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jackson sprawls well. Jackson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Evans gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Percy Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson jabs at Evans's body.
Evans shoots for a takedown but Jackson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Evans moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
Evans shoots in but no luck this time.
Evans fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Evans tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jackson swivels and escapes.
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Evans is just out of range.
Evans shoots in for a takedown but Jackson shows good takedown defense.
Evans on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Jackson. Beautiful body shot.
Jackson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Evans.
Evans shoots in for a double leg but Jackson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Evans takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Evans fails with a takedown attempt.
Jackson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
Evans displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jackson throws out the jab.
Evans tries to clinch up.
Evans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
Evans moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Sparky Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jackson!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a half hearted mid kick.

Evans looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Evans wants to pass the guard but Jackson is keeping the position.
Jackson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Evans. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Evans thows a big elbow that misses.
Jackson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Evans throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Evans would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Evans postures up in Jackson's guard and throws a big left but Jackson blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jackson swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Evans moves out of range.
Jackson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jackson misses with a straight right.
Jackson looks to throw the jab but Evans is out of range.
Evans has a takedown stuffed.
A slow jab from Jackson misses its intended target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jackson.
Evans shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed Evans's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Evans shoots in for a double leg but Jackson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Evans takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jackson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Evans sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Evans fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jackson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jackson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evans.
Jackson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jackson slaps away a takedown attempt from Evans, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sparky Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Evans shoots in but Jackson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jackson lands with a shot to the body.
Evans is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jackson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A jab lands there for Jackson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sparky Jackson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Evans shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jackson sprawls well. Jackson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Evans gets slowly back to his feet.

Evans shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jackson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Evans tries to control but Jackson wriggling away.
Evans throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Evans 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.

Evans is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Evans shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed Evans's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson connects with a right hand. Evans shakes it off.
Jackson lands a nice shot that snaps Evans's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Jackson misses with a double jab.
Horrible takedown by Evans or perhaps it was just good defense by Jackson which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Percy Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson jabs at Evans's body.
Jackson swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
Evans fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Evans showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Evans shoots in looking for a takedown. Jackson tries to sprawl out of it but Evans keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jackson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two 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 changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson lands a slapping body shot.
Evans fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jackson avoids it really well and circles away.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Evans avoids it well.
Evans ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jackson throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.
Evans misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans shoots in for a takedown but Jackson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Percy Evans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Evans fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jackson, pushing him back against the cage.
Evans has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jackson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jackson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jackson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Evans.
Evans is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jackson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jackson working hard to break the clinch.
Jackson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Jackson stops a takedown attempt from Evans.

Jackson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jackson lands a nice hook to Evans's body. Evans takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Evans shoots in but no luck this time.
Evans avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Evans tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jackson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Evans somewhat.
Jackson scores with a nice strike.
Evans throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jackson's waist but Jackson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Evans off to one side.
Jackson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Evans's head.
Evans is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jackson.
Evans shoots in for a takedown but Jackson shows good takedown defense.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Evans looks for a takedown but Jackson sprawls well.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sparky Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jackson misses with a hook. Evans ducked under it nicely.
Evans fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Evans clinches up against the cage.
Evans goes for a takedown attempt but Jackson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evans misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Percy Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Jackson finds it's way through Evans's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Evans drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Evans drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Evans jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Evans prevents Jackson from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Evans jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Evans gets to his feet - Jackson follows without any prompting.
Evans changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jackson tries to avoid it but Evans manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jackson to the ground. Jackson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Evans moved out of range nicely.
Evans fails with a takedown attempt.
Jackson scores with a jab. Evans acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jackson cracks Evans with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jackson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Evans.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jackson thows a body shot but no joy.

Evans bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Evans landing strikes.
Evans misses with the ground and pound.
Jackson is pushing Evans's head away, looking to escape. Evans manages to hold on to the position though.

Evans tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Evans throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Evans is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jackson has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans prevents Jackson from escaping the position.
Evans lands some shots froms side control.

Evans tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Evans has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Evans in side control, throwing shots but Jackson defends.

Evans tries for a kimura but Jackson is defending well.
Evans prevents Jackson from escaping the position.
Percy Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Evans looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jackson is fending him off so far but Evans persists. Nope, Jackson circles away and we're back to standing.
Jackson lands with an uppercut that bounces Evans off the cage and back into rage.
Evans fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jackson throws a right hand that Evans ducks under and follows up with a left that Evans also avoids with ease.
Jackson scores with a hook to the body. Evans takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Evans's shoulder, as Evans tries to avoid the shot.
Evans lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Evans shoots in and drives through. Jackson sprawls well.
Evans moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson cracks a nice hook into Evans's ribs.
Evans throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!

And that's the end of the fight!
Percy Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jackson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29

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