PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy D (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wu Tang - Triumph. D has chosen do it as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
D

175 cm
26
165 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

182 cm
29
169 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rashad Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy D!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
D takes a swing at Jackson's ribcage but misses.
D throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That kick from Jackson tenderised D's leg. D is trying to keep his angry face on.
D misses with a body shot.
Jackson throws a quick inside leg kick.

Jackson rushes D and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
D swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson lands a hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Roy D has been cut.
Jackson works on D's body with a couple of short punches.
Jackson can't find room to land a body shot as D controls the action.
Stalling in the clinch from Jackson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jackson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Jackson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jackson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
D looks gassed!
D fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jackson lands a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jackson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jackson presses D against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jackson is struggling to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jackson - that landed with a thud.
D misses with a short punch on the inside.
D wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson lands with a short shot to the head.

Jackson gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, D regains guard.
Jackson advances to half guard.
Jackson slips a nice elbow through D's hands, connecting with D's forehead.
Jackson is trying to control. D wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jackson drops an elbow to the side of D's head.
D won't allow Jackson to pass to mount.

D actively working from the bottom here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jackson tries to pass the half guard into mount. D knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
D tries to get to full guard but Jackson has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson content to control rather than advance.
D has hold of Jackson's hands but Jackson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jackson drops an elbow to the side of D's head.
D is staying active underneath Jackson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jackson is looking to advance position but D won't allow it.

Jackson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and D defends it well.
D is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Jackson is working for a kimura but D is defending it quite comfortably.
D slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
D keeping full guard, as Jackson tries to pass.
Jackson scoring with some ground and pound.
D looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jackson is one step ahead there.
Jackson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jackson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jackson trying to control but D is working from the bottom.
D has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Jackson has passed into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
D tries to improve position but can't.

Jackson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jackson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jackson is looking to take a break and control but D is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
D tries to improve position but can't.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
D can't do much from the bottom here.
D is trying to escape the position but Jackson is controlling the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
D is looking for a sweep.
Jackson scoring with punches and elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rashad Jackson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy D's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sloppy strikes from D. Those never looked like landing.
Jackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as D throws out the jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from D is defended easily by Jackson.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
D is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackson.
D loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
D avoids the head kick by Jackson.
Jackson digs a good body shot into D's ribs.
Nice body punch from Jackson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. D does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from D.
D staying out of range there.
Jackson throws a jab when D was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
D lands a body shot.
Jackson pushes D away with a front kick.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from D.
A good leg kick by Jackson.
Jackson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt D.

Jackson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Jackson is trying to work for a kimura but D is defending well.
Jackson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jackson passes to side control.
Jackson landing a few strikes.
D tries to bench press Jackson off him but Jackson keeps the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson cracks D with a big elbow.
Jackson working the ground and pound.
Jackson trying to control the position but D is working away.
Rashad Jackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jackson moves into full mount!
D in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jackson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jackson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jackson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jackson raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jackson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as D is looking to escape.
D is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

D is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson lands a big elbow - D is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and D is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rashad Jackson!
Rashad Jackson decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.