PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quinton Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pinned Down (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jackson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rampage. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jackson
vs
Down

187 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Quinton Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pinned Down!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Donatello Bradman and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Down fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Down lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Down shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jackson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Down scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jackson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Nice strikes from Jackson there.
Jackson is looking to take a break and control but Down is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Down tries to kick Jackson off but Jackson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Jackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jackson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Down is staying active underneath Jackson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jackson lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Down trying to control from the bottom.
Jackson is trying to control. Down wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jackson throwing shots but Down is blocking nicely.
Jackson misses with a head shot. Down uses the momentum to regain guard.
Jackson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jackson lands a couple of digs.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Down keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jackson drops back, looking for a kneebar! Down looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Down looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Down!
Down working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson can't do much from the bottom here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Down has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Jackson misses with a takedown

and Down counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jackson won't be happy with that.
Down trying to control the action but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Down looks gassed!
Down landing a few strikes.
Jackson is trying to control Down's posture but Down avoids it.
Jackson throws a couple of elbows from the bottom.
Down throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to control Down's posture but Down avoids it.
Jackson tries to bench press Down off him but Down keeps the position.
Jackson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Down on the ground.
Down avoids the strikes from the bottom by Jackson.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Down fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Jackson throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Jackson tries to buck Down off but Down is having none of it.
Down in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jackson is looking to reverse the position.
Down has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Down cracks Jackson with a big elbow.
Jackson tries to buck Down off but Down is having none of it.
Down is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Jackson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

Jackson bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Down as he jumps to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Down scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Down instigates a clinch.
Down is pressed up against the cage. Jackson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Down down to the mat. Down avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quinton Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Down tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jackson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Down lands a nice hook to Jackson's body. Jackson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Down shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Down is looking to stall here but Jackson recovers full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Down throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jackson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice takedown defense from Jackson. No joy for Down on that attempt.
Down keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Down fails with the takedown

and Jackson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Down!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Down can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jackson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jackson looking to finish Down with some ground and pound. This is bad for Down!
Jackson raining down shots from the mount!
The referee warns Down that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson working Down over with strikes here.
Jackson landing punches.
Down taking shots to the head.
Jackson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Down is looking to escape.
Down is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jackson scoring with strikes but Down is staying in there.
Down in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Quinton Jackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
BOOM! Jackson connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson working Down over with strikes here.
Jackson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Down's face.
Jackson raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the head.
A nice elbow there by Jackson.
Jackson with shots to the head and body - Down looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jackson with shots to the head and body - Down looks very uncomfortable down there.

Down is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jackson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Down is still in real trouble! Can Jackson finish him?
Jackson is landing with some decent strikes but Down is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Down bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Jackson and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quinton Jackson!