PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Trinckelton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marvin Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Trinckelton
vs
Jackson

190 cm
21
213 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

195 cm
27
215 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Tony Trinckelton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Marvin Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trinckelton tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jackson misses with a double jab
and Trinckelton counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jackson thinking.
Trinckelton throws a head kick but Jackson moves out of range.
Trinckelton tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Trinckelton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackson misses with an uppercut
and Trinckelton counters with a right hand to the body.
Trinckelton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jackson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trinckelton shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jackson sprawls well. Jackson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Trinckelton gets slowly back to his feet.
Jackson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Trinckelton counters with a one-two to the body.
Trinckelton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Trinckelton tries a head kick but it misses.
Marvin Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trinckelton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Trinckelton moves into the clinch.

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

Trinckelton closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Trinckelton lands in his opponent's guard.
Trinckelton thows a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trinckelton is working Jackson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jackson wants to stand up but Trinckelton is controlling him.
Trinckelton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Trinckelton wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
Trinckelton advances position into side control!

Trinckelton decides to stand back up.
Trinckelton throws a right hand that Jackson ducks under and follows up with a left that Jackson also avoids with ease.
Jackson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Trinckelton counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Trinckelton throws a big right hand that misses.
Jackson keeping moving, preventing Trinckelton from controlling successfully.

Trinckelton decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jackson, up you get!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trinckelton throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Trinckelton.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Trinckelton tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trinckelton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Trinckelton tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
Trinckelton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jackson tries to avoid it but Trinckelton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jackson to the ground. Jackson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Trinckelton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.
Trinckelton tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Trinckelton throws a body punch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
Trinckelton is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trinckelton connects with a looping right hand.
Jackson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a right hand that Trinckelton ducks under and follows up with a left that Trinckelton also avoids with ease.
Trinckelton misses with a two punch combination.
Trinckelton tries to clinch up.
Trinckelton lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jackson backs up against the cage.
Jackson swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Trinckelton to counter with a crisp jab.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Trinckelton.
Jackson misses with a double jab.
Trinckelton pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jackson back to the cage. Trinckelton follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Trinckelton instigates a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trinckelton.
Jackson lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Jackson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Trinckelton.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
Trinckelton digs a good body shot into Jackson's ribs.
Jackson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Trinckelton lands a high kick!
Trinckelton is looking to wear down Jackson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jackson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Trinckelton holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trinckelton is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Trinckelton has him pressed against the cage.
Trinckelton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trinckelton wants to break free but Jackson has control.
Trinckelton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Trinckelton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Trinckelton stalling in the clinch.

Jackson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Trinckelton.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Trinckelton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trinckelton wants to clinch but Jackson slips to the side
and Jackson counters with a left and a right that stings Trinckelton.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson swings for the body but Trinckelton moves out of range.
Trinckelton connects with an inside leg kick.
Jackson misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trinckelton is looking to clinch.
Jackson misses with a combination
and Trinckelton counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jackson thinking.
Trinckelton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jackson's sensitive parts.
Trinckelton jabs at Jackson's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Trinckelton moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Trinckelton throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jackson.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
Trinckelton swinging wildly here.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Jackson misses with a combination

and Trinckelton counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Trinckelton.
Jackson keeping moving, preventing Trinckelton from controlling successfully.
Trinckelton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Trinckelton throwing strikes from guard but Jackson blocks nicely.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet but Trinckelton is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Trinckelton trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson wants to stand but Trinckelton is controlling the position.
Trinckelton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jackson's head.
Trinckelton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jackson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jackson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Jackson is working an open guard so Trinckelton takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Jackson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Trinckelton counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Trinckelton looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A jab from Trinckelton finds it's way through Jackson's defenses.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses

and Trinckelton holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Jackson breaks from the clinch.

Trinckelton closes the distance and pushes Jackson back into the cage.
Jackson working hard to break the clinch.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Trinckelton has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Jackson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Trinckelton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Trinckelton working hard to break the clinch.
Trinckelton is trying to force a seperation but Jackson has the dominant position.
Trinckelton gets through Jackson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Jackson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Trinckelton counter with a right hand.
Trinckelton avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jackson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trinckelton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Trinckelton lands with a straight right. Jackson didn't see that one coming.
Trinckelton lands a nice looking body shot.

Trinckelton rushes Jackson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Trinckelton trying to land knees to the body.

Trinckelton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Trinckelton lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jackson checks a leg kick.
Jackson avoids the body shot from Trinckelton.
Jackson misses with a double jab
and Trinckelton counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jackson misses with a double jab
and Trinckelton counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Trinckelton closes the distance and pushes Jackson back into the cage.
Trinckelton wants to break the clinch but can't.

Trinckelton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trinckelton tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.
Trinckelton displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jackson throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Trinckelton counter with a right hand.
Jackson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tony Trinckelton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Trinckelton tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trinckelton throws a nice looking combination but Jackson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jackson throws a nice looking combination but Trinckelton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Trinckelton instigates a clinch.
Trinckelton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Trinckelton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Trinckelton breaks the clinch.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Trinckelton shoots in and bounces Jackson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Trinckelton throws a big right hand that misses.
Trinckelton with a nice head shot there.
Trinckelton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jackson's head.
Trinckelton postures up in Jackson's guard and throws a big left but Jackson blocks it.
Trinckelton throws a strike but Jackson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Trinckelton wants to stand and escape but Jackson is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Trinckelton dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jackson looks to land a combination but Trinckelton avoids it well.
Trinckelton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Trinckelton throws a head kick that misses.
Trinckelton fails to land with a series of punches.
Jackson misses with a combination

and Trinckelton counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Trinckelton.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jackson misses with a combination
and Trinckelton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jackson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Trinckelton tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
Jackson misses with a combination
and Trinckelton counters with a two punch combo.
Trinckelton scores with a hook to the body. Jackson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Trinckelton thuds a left hand into Jackson's body.
Jackson falls off balance throwing a combination

so Trinckelton counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trinckelton is looking to work some ground and pound but Jackson has wrist control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trinckelton stands and throws Jackson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Trinckelton working the head and body with strikes.
Trinckelton in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Jackson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Trinckelton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Trinckelton landing strikes.
Jackson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Trinckelton is controlling him well.
Trinckelton trying to control the action but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Trinckelton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Trinckelton working the head with strikes.
Trinckelton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jackson keeps working.
Jackson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trinckelton throws a strike aimed at the side of Jackson's head but Jackson avoids it well.
Trinckelton trying to control the action but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Jackson is trying to buck Trinckelton off.
Tony Trinckelton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Trinckelton lands some shots froms side control.
Trinckelton fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Trinckelton creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Jackson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Trinckelton misses with the ground and pound.
Jackson regains half guard, as Trinckelton was trying to land strikes.
Trinckelton wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.
Tony Trinckelton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Trinckelton working Jackson over with strikes.
Trinckelton working the head and body with strikes.
Trinckelton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Trinckelton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jackson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Trinckelton.
Trinckelton 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 avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Trinckelton.
Jackson is trying to stand up here but Trinckelton is controlling him well.
Trinckelton throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Trinckelton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marvin Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trinckelton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet.
Trinckelton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jackson is trying to stand up here but Trinckelton is controlling him well.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Trinckelton perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Trinckelton is trying to control. Jackson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Trinckelton stalling.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Trinckelton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Trinckelton 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Trinckelton!