PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon The Professional (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Wu Tang - Triumph. The Professional has chosen Chop 'em Down as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Jackson
vs
The Professional

175 cm
23
165 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

183 cm
27
161 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rashad Jackson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leon The Professional!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from The Professional.
Jackson motions for The Professional to come forward. Jackson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jackson closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Professional circles away.
The Professional swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Professional keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jackson takes one to the chin there.
Jackson misses the jab.
The Professional ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
The Professional looks to clinch

and Jackson counters with a shoot takedown. The Professional fights it but they end up in guard.
Jacksonis looking to pass into half guard but The Professional pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now The Professional is in guard.

Jackson working for a triangle but The Professional defends it easily.
The Professional wants to pass the guard but Jackson is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson trying to keep a closed guard but The Professional is proving a slippery customer.
The Professional must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The Professional trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.

Jackson working for a triangle but The Professional defends it easily.
The Professional wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The Professional not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Leon The Professional wasn't active enough on the ground.
The Professional fakes the leg kick and cracks Jackson in the body.

Jackson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jackson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Jackson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jackson working away.
The Professional takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The strikes coming from Jackson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson has knee on belly momentarily but The Professional bucks him off and regains half guard.
Ground and pound from Jackson.
Jackson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jackson working over The Professional with some ground and pound. The Professional looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jackson 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.
Jackson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jackson looking to control but The Professional is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jackson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jackson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Jackson is going oldschool here, as he tries to force The Professional to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so The Professional shrugs it off.
Jackson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rashad Jackson dominated that round.
That's time! Jackson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Professional keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jackson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but The Professional swivels and escapes.
A swing and a miss from Jackson.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but The Professional moved out of range nicely.

Jackson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. The Professional quickly recovers to half guard.
Jackson trying to control from half guard but The Professional is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jackson wants to control but The Professional is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Jackson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The Professional keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jackson trying to pass the guard but The Professional defending well.
The Professional blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jackson.
Jackson trying to pass the guard but The Professional defending well.
The Professional desperately trying to maintain half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A low kick from The Professional is predictable there
and Jackson counters with a thumping low kick.

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.
The Professional tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Leon The Professional seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Professional misses with a head kick.
Leon The Professional is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson lands with a shot to the body.

The Professional gets caught flat footed, as Jackson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The Professional wants to sweep here but Jackson controlling him for the moment.
Jackson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Professional is keeping the position for now.
The Professional controls Jackson momentarily but Jackson frees himself.
Jackson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Professional swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson content to stall in guard here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Rashad Jackson has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Jackson walks into a straight right hand from The Professional.
Jackson misses with the combination.

Jackson gets the takedown into side control.
The Professional tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jackson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jackson is trying to get an arm triangle but The Professional is defending well.
Jackson has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for The Professional!
Rashad Jackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Jackson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Jackson controlling the position easily from mount.
The Professional wants to control but Jackson is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rashad Jackson dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The Professional keeps Jackson at a distance using the push kick.
The Professional throws a chopping leg kick but Jackson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jackson moves out of range of the leg kick from The Professional.
Good leg kick by The Professional there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The Professional throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jackson blocks a leg kick.
Jackson checks a leg kick nicely.

Jackson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The Professional is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jackson scores with a couple of nice shots.
The Professional has hold of Jackson's hands but Jackson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jackson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed The Professional's head.
The Professional keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jackson throwing shots but The Professional is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Professional is refusing to be controlled, as Jackson sits in half guard.
Jackson stalling.

Jackson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Jackson is taking a breather. The Professional 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.

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.
Jackson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. The Professional defending well though.
Jackson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jackson wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Professional keeps working.
Jackson wants to free his trapped foot but The Professional is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Jackson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Jackson with the ground and pound but The Professional uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Jackson trying to control but The Professional is working from the bottom.
Jackson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jackson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The Professional is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The Professional trying to control the pace.
Jackson manages to get to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson wants to sweep here but The Professional controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jackson has The Professional pulled in close to control his posture.
The Professional trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rashad Jackson clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The Professional connects with a solid leg kick.
The Professional throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from The Professional.
The Professional misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A lazy body kick from The Professional
and Jackson counters with a left to the body.
The Professional pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The Professional fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Professional leaves Jackson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The Professional throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jackson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with The Professional but The Professional pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown but The Professional shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rashad Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown but The Professional shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jackson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The Professional stuffs the takedown attempt from Jackson. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
Jackson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Jackson lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Professional doesn't seem phased though.

The Professional closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The Professional cracks Jackson with a nice body shot.
The Professional looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Jackson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Professional swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson working aggressively here.
The Professional lands a left hand.
Jackson has The Professional pressed against the cage, preventing The Professional from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The Professional has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
The Professional fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Professional lands a knee to the body.
The Professional utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The Professional tries to land a knee to the head but Jackson blocks with his arms.
The Professional blocking some punches.
The Professional tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Professional using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Professional connects with a knee to the head.
The Professional prevents a takedown attempt there.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The Professional is trying to push Jackson away but Jackson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The Professional connects with a knee to the head.
The Professional misses with a knee strike.
The Professional is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jackson is defending well for now.
The Professional throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from The Professional.
Jackson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Jackson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The Professional trying to control the position.
The Professional avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The Professional is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson wants to control from the top but The Professional keeps moving.
Jackson throwing strikes from guard but The Professional blocks nicely.
Jackson wants to control from the top but The Professional keeps moving.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Jackson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Jackson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Professional wants to control but Jackson is keeping busy.
Jackson trying to control the action but The Professional is working from the bottom.
Jackson working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on The Professional's thigh. The Professional counters though and makes it back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon The Professional dominated that fourth 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. And we move into the final round!

Jackson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but The Professional swivels and escapes.
The Professional displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jackson throws out the jab.
Jackson thows a body shot but no joy.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Professional thows a leg kick but Jackson checks it
and Jackson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Professional throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Professional throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The Professional throws a leg kick but Jackson moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The Professional thows a leg kick but Jackson checks it
and Jackson counters with a nice uppercut.
The Professional tries to land a front kick but Jackson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The Professional tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.
The Professional looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackson is just out of range.
Jackson checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The Professional looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A clash of legs there as Jackson blocks the low kick.
The Professional throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jackson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Professional motions for Jackson to come forward. The Professional throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The Professional throws a nice inside leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Jackson or perhaps it was just good defense by The Professional which made him look bad.

Jackson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. The Professional looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jackson with the ground and pound but The Professional regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Jackson tries to pass the half guard into mount. The Professional knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Leon The Professional has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson stalling.
The Professional won't allow Jackson to pass to mount.
The Professional moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jackson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Jackson trying to control but The Professional is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rashad Jackson wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Jackson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jackson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Jackson wants to take a breather but The Professional is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to pass to full mount but The Professional defends it.
The Professional is looking to control Jackson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can The Professional avoid being mounted?
Jackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The Professional throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The Professional trying to hold on to Jackson's head to control him but Jackson postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Professional taking some punishment here, with Jackson in his half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rashad Jackson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jackson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 49:46
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 49:46
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rashad Jackson!
Rashad Jackson retains his lightweight title!