PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Death King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacobs has chosen Welcome Home by Coheed & Cambria as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

King
vs
Jacobs

189 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Death King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ron Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King tries to clinch but Jacobs moves out of range.
King tries to clinch up.
King shoots in for a takedown but Jacobs shows good takedown defense.
Jacobs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Jacobs closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jacobs is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jacobs has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jacobs looking to control but King is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
King regains half guard.
King has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jacobs is working away from the top position though.
Jacobs has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
King pushes Jacobs off but Jacobs dives into side control.
King is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King wants to get back to his feet but Jacobs is dominant here and he's now got King's back!
Jacobs controlling the pace for now.
King tries to get back to half guard but can't.
King tries to buck Jacobs off but he can't manage it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jacobs avoids the attempt from King to control.
Jacobs lands with some strikes.
Jacobs scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Jacobs wants to finish this one by submission but King is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Jacobs.
Jacobs looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jacobs raining down shots from the mount!
King is bucking up trying to escape but Jacobs cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jacobs prevents King from getting the reversal.
King tries to hold on but Jacobs postures up.
King regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jacobs trying to stand up but can't free himself from King's guard.

Jacobs decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
King misses with a two punch combination.
King shoots and misses

and Jacobs counters with a shoot takedown. King fights it but they end up in guard.
Jacobs passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jacobs grinds an elbow into King's temple.
King gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs lands a big shot there that rocks King but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jacobs dominating with strikes here.
King keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jacobs postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. King looks a forlorn figure.
Jacobs controlling his opponent.
Jacobs in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jacobs cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Jacobs dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A right-left combo lands from Jacobs.
King tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Jacobs counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for King!
King is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Jacobs breaks from King's wrist control and lands an elbow.
King working to try and regain half guard.
King's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
King tries to hold on but Jacobs postures up.
Jacobs landing punches.
King is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
King is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
King is desperately trying to improve his position but Jacobs has a good base and remains in mount.
Ron Jacobs has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jacobs controlling his opponent.
King working to try and regain half guard.
Jacobs putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
King working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jacobs tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
King working to try and regain half guard.
Jacobs pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jacobs lands with some vicious ground and pound - can King hang on?
Jacobs scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jacobs sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

King defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Jacobs.
Jacobs with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs prevents King from getting the reversal.

Jacobs working for a submission but King is keeping him at bay.
Jacobs looking to control but King is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
King tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jacobs looking to finish King with some ground and pound. This is bad for King!
King tries to hold on but Jacobs pushes him away.
King is in a horrible position here. Jacobs smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jacobs looking to isolate an arm here. King doesn't see it coming and as Jacobs extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Jacobs!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ron Jacobs!