PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Jackons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackons has chosen Dream On as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cook
vs
Jackons

175 cm
25
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jorge Jackons!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackons tries to clinch but Cook is having none of it.
Jorge Jackons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackons tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jackons tries to clinch there but Cook circles away.

Cook is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jackons's half guard.
Cook drops an elbow to the side of Jackons's head.
Cook misses with a head shot. Jackons uses the momentum to regain guard.
Cook slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cook throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cook wants to pass the guard but Jackons is keeping the position.
Cook with a nice head shot there.
Jackons wants to stand up but Cook is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cook trying to control but Jackons is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cook tries to free his leg and advance position but Jackons is retaining full guard.
Jackons working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cook.
Jackons keeping full guard, as Cook tries to pass.
Cook is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cook's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Jason Cook just wasn't active enough.
Jackons is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jackons tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cook swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Cook closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jackons to the mat! Jackons manages to get full guard.
Jackons looks gassed!
Cook advances position into side control!
Cook lands a decent elbow from side control.
Cook wants to control but Jackons is keeping him busy.
Cook is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Cook scoring with punches from side control.
Cook has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Cook is landing with some decent strikes but Jackons is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cook pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cook lands a nice shot to the head.
Cook controlling from the full mount.
Cook with good strikes from the mount here!
Jackons in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Jackons that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cook lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cook in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cook is landing with some decent strikes but Jackons is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cook trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook working the ground and pound effectively.
Cook lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cook landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cook controlling his opponent.
Cook is trying to control here but Jackons has managed to regain half guard.
Cook with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Cook dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cook gets a takedown into half guard.
Cook works his way into full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cook cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cook tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cook dominating with strikes here.
Cook with the ground and pound from mount.
Jackons is breathing heavily.
Cook unloading with bombs!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook controlling the position easily from mount.
Cook with shots to the head and body - Jackons looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cook can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jackons is looking to escape.
Cook controlling his opponent.
Cook lands a heavy elbow.
Cook landing strikes from the mount and Jackons is in trouble!
Cook trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook scoring with strikes but Jackons is staying in there.
Cook controlling from the full mount.
Cook looking to finish Jackons with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jackons!
Cook lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook trying to control but Jackons is having none of it.
Jackons is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Jackons in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Cook tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cook scoring with strikes but Jackons is staying in there.
Cook lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cook can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jackons is looking to escape.
Cook landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook tries to control but Jackons wriggling away.
Cook scoring with strikes but Jackons is staying in there.
Cook lands with some strikes.
Cook landing strikes from the mount and Jackons is in trouble!
Cook raining down hammerfists from mount.
Cook unloading with bombs!
Cook looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cook raining down shots from the mount!
Cook wants to control the pace but Jackons is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Cook dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Cook shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cook connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cook lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cook with shots to the head and body - Jackons looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cook wants to control the pace but Jackons is squirming around nicely.
Cook postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jackons looks a forlorn figure.
Cook lands a big shot there that rocks Jackons but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jackons takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cook scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jackons?
Cook has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jackons's face.
Cook unloading with bombs!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook raining down shots from the mount!
Cook with shots to the head and body - Jackons looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cook tries to control but Jackons wriggling away.
Cook with shots to the head and body - Jackons looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cook is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackons can do to turn this around?
The referee warns Jackons that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cook lands a heavy elbow.
Cook scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jackons?
Cook scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cook looking to finish Jackons with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jackons!
Cook pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cook punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Cook lands a big elbow.
Cook working the ground and pound effectively.
Cook trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cook looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cook is landing with some decent strikes but Jackons is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cook putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cook takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Cook trying to control but Jackons is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook unloading with bombs!
Cook can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jackons is looking to escape.
Jorge Jackons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cook lands a big elbow.
Cook trying to control but Jackons is having none of it.
Cook is really struggling to control Jackons but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cook with a couple of short strikes.
Cook lands a heavy elbow.
Cook is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cook looking to finish Jackons with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jackons!
Cook has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jackons's face.
Cook takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Cook landing strikes from the mount and Jackons is in trouble!
Cook looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Cook showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cook 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:25
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Cook!