PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quintion Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson's entrance music is Diamond Eyes. A fine choice. Hernandez has chosen Whos In The House as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
Hernandez

220 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
27
198 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Quintion Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gabriel Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Jackson tries to land a front kick but Hernandez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jackson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jackson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Hernandez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jackson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hernandez.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hernandez postures up.
Hernandez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jackson's head.
Hernandez distracts Jackson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hernandez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hernandez lands a couple of digs.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hernandez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hernandez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jackson's head.
Jackson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jackson landing shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez is working to get back to half guard.
Jackson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hernandez swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Hernandez swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jackson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hernandez is in all sorts of trouble here.
The referee warns Hernandez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hernandez throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jackson. What's that going to do exactly?
Hernandez is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hernandez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hernandez throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jackson. What's that going to do exactly?
Hernandez throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Hernandez is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hernandez swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Hernandez is desperately trying to improve his position but Jackson has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jackson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hernandez regains half guard.
Hernandez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jackson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hernandez throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Jackson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hernandez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hernandez looks gassed!
Jackson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hernandez throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jackson. What's that going to do exactly?
Hernandez is desperately trying to improve his position but Jackson has a good base and remains in mount.
Jackson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hernandez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hernandez throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jackson. What's that going to do exactly?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hernandez flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jackson cracks Hernandez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Jackson is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Hernandez is surviving well by controlling Jackson's body position as best he can.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jackson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hernandez sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Jackson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jackson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hernandez looks a forlorn figure.
Hernandez regains half guard.
Hernandez punching from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hernandez tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Jackson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hernandez defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hernandez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hernandez flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Hernandez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jackson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hernandez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nice strikes from Jackson there.
Jackson drops an elbow to the side of Hernandez's head.

Hernandez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jackson lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Hernandez actively working from the bottom here.

Hernandez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Jackson is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gabriel Hernandez will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jackson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jackson duly obliges.
Jackson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jackson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jackson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Hernandez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jackson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Hernandez working the head with strikes.
Hernandez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jackson down.
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.
Hernandez is chipping away with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez cracks Jackson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Jackson is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hernandez off and has taken his back!
Hernandez breaks Jackson's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Hernandez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jackson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jackson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jackson has momentary wrist control but Hernandez slips an elbow through the middle.
Jackson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Hernandez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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.
Hernandez missing with punches from the bottom.
Jackson working Hernandez over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jackson throwing shots but Hernandez is blocking nicely.
Jackson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Hernandez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jackson blocks the strikes from Hernandez.
Hernandez works his way to full guard. Good work.

Hernandez isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Jackson stacks Hernandez on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Jackson!
Jackson cracks Hernandez with a big right hand but Hernandez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hernandez tries to bench press Jackson off him but Jackson keeps the position.
Jackson scoring with punches and elbows.
Hernandez gets back to half guard.

Hernandez actively working from the bottom here.
Jackson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jackson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hernandez throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Gabriel Hernandez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hernandez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jackson.

Hernandez looking for submissions off his back.

Jackson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hernandez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jackson scores with a couple of nice shots.

Jackson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Jackson seems to be working for a kimura but Hernandez defends the submission attempt.

Hernandez actively working from the bottom here.

Hernandez looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jackson seems to be looking for submissions.

Hernandez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Jackson seems to be working for a kimura but Hernandez defends the submission attempt.
Hernandez striking from half guard on the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hernandez missing with punches from the bottom.
Hernandez is looking to improve his position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gabriel Hernandez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Jackson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jackson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Hernandez.
Hernandez landing strikes.
Hernandez working the head with strikes.
Jackson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hernandez lands a decent elbow from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson is trying to improve his position.
Hernandez scoring with punches from side control.
Hernandez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jackson is looking to regain half guard here but Hernandez keeps moving and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez scores with punches from side control.
Hernandez working the ground and pound.
Jackson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
You can see the frustration on Jackson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jackson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hernandez landing strikes.
Hernandez is working Jackson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jackson gets back to half guard.
Jackson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hernandez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jackson gets back to full guard.
Jackson wants to sweep here but Hernandez controlling him for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hernandez works over Jackson with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hernandez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hernandez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jackson's head.
Jackson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jackson controls Hernandez momentarily but Hernandez frees himself.
Hernandez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hernandez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jackson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jackson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hernandez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jackson trying to control the position.

Jackson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jackson has momentary wrist control but Hernandez slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hernandez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hernandez cracks Jackson with a solid left hand.
Hernandez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hernandez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hernandez won't allow Jackson to sweep him here.
Jackson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hernandez lands a couple of digs.
Hernandez connects with a couple of short punches.
Hernandez stands up over Jackson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hernandez is in close to Jackson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hernandez wants to pass the guard but Jackson is keeping the position.
Hernandez throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jackson is keeping the position for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hernandez stopping the sweep attempt from Jackson.
Jackson has momentary wrist control but Hernandez slips an elbow through the middle.
Hernandez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Hernandez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jackson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hernandez has managed to get both his arms back between Jackson's legs - danger averted.
Hernandez chips away with some ground and pound.
Hernandez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jackson's head.
Hernandez preventing the sweep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson looking to control.
Hernandez connects with a couple of short punches.
Quintion Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hernandez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jackson lands a couple of shots from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Hernandez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hernandez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Gabriel Hernandez!