PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cody Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emil Xoraj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
Xoraj

192 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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 Las Vegas, Cody Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Emil Xoraj!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson misses with the combination.
Xoraj fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jackson on the side of the head.
Jackson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Xoraj.
Jackson misses with a takedown attempt - Xoraj sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Xoraj throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Xoraj lands with a nice combination. Jackson backs away looking to recover.

Jackson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jackson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jackson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Xoraj is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Jackson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Xoraj wants to get back to his feet.
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.
Xoraj takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jackson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Xoraj down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Xoraj defending against the ground and pound.

Jackson stands up and beckons Xoraj to his feet.
Jackson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xoraj is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches up with Xoraj, looking for a takedown. Jackson pushes Xoraj against the cage but Xoraj circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jackson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Xoraj displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jackson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Xoraj is fending him off so far but Jackson persists. Nope, Xoraj circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cody Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson shoots in but no luck this time.
Jackson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Xoraj's waist but Xoraj gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jackson off to one side.

Jackson has taken the fight to the clinch.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jackson misses with a double jab.
Xoraj goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Xoraj keeps the fight on the outside.
Xoraj connects with a solid leg kick.
Xoraj lands a glancing blow to the side of Jackson's head.

Jackson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Xoraj really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jackson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jackson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Xoraj is avoiding damage well.
Xoraj wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Xoraj wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Xoraj is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Xoraj tries to escape but Jackson is in control.
Jackson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Jackson in side control lands a decent elbow.
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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson throws an elbow but Xoraj slips to the side and avoids it well.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Xoraj connects with a solid leg kick.

Xoraj gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jackson forces his way into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Xoraj with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson working over Xoraj with some ground and pound. Xoraj looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Jackson there.
Jackson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jackson drops an elbow to the side of Xoraj's head.
Jackson slips a nice elbow through Xoraj's hands, connecting with Xoraj's forehead.
Xoraj is trying to get back to full guard.
Jackson trying to control the action but Xoraj is working from the bottom.

Jackson decides to return to a standing position.
Xoraj looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Xoraj circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xoraj lands a head shot.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Xoraj lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Xoraj cracks Jackson with a good jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jackson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Xoraj - the referee stops the clock and Jackson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Xoraj. Jackson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Xoraj circles away and keeps his distance.
Emil Xoraj is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Xoraj scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Xoraj looks to land a combination. Jackson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Xoraj cracks a nice hook into Jackson's ribs.
Xoraj scores with a leg kick.
Xoraj keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Jackson has Xoraj up against the cage in a clinch.
Xoraj lands a nice knee to the body.
Xoraj wants to break free but Jackson has control.

Jackson lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Jackson stands up from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Xoraj throws a leg kick which misses Jackson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jackson tries to avoid it.
Xoraj with a poor takedown

and Jackson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Xoraj tries to kick Jackson off but Jackson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Jackson drops an elbow to the side of Xoraj's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Jackson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Xoraj lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jackson's sensitive parts.
A jab from Xoraj does it's job there.
Xoraj throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Jackson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jackson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Xoraj circles away.
A nice combination there by Xoraj.
Xoraj moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A jab lands there for Xoraj.
Jackson tries for a takedown but Xoraj sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Xoraj moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Xoraj misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Xoraj, right into the meat.
Cody Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jackson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Jackson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jackson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Xoraj keeps working.
Xoraj taking a bit of punishment here - Jackson scoring with strikes.
Jackson moves into full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Xoraj in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Jackson.

Xoraj is rocked!
Jackson with a couple of short strikes.
Xoraj is still on wobbly legs! Can Jackson finish him?
Xoraj really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Xoraj seems to have recovered his senses.
Jackson lands with some strikes.
Xoraj is trying to stand up.
Jackson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Xoraj can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
BOOM! Jackson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Xoraj working to try and regain half guard.
Jackson landing strikes from the mount and Xoraj is in trouble!

It looks like Emil Xoraj has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jackson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jackson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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 landing punches.
Jackson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Xoraj looks a forlorn figure.
Jackson is landing with some decent strikes but Xoraj is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jackson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jackson with good strikes from the mount here!
Jackson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Xoraj can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jackson landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Jackson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns Xoraj that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jackson looking to control but Xoraj is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jackson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jackson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jackson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jackson working Xoraj over with strikes here.
Jackson is landing with some decent strikes but Xoraj is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The referee warns Xoraj that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jackson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jackson is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jackson is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Xoraj is surviving well by controlling Jackson's body position as best he can.
Xoraj wants to hold on but Jackson pushes him away.
Xoraj tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Xoraj wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Jackson with a couple of short strikes.
Jackson dominating with strikes here.
Jackson cracks Xoraj with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cody Jackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jackson raining down shots from the mount!
Jackson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Jackson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Emil Xoraj's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Jackson tries for a takedown but Xoraj sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Emil Xoraj seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Jackson shoots in for a takedown. SLAM! Brutal! Xoraj is out cold and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Cody Jackson!