PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick van Greeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes into the arena with Highway Star by Deep Purple blaring out of the sound system. van Greeven is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Tom Waits - Telephone call from Istanbul. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jackson
vs
van Greeven

190 cm
25
256 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

205 cm
38
284 lbs
37 - 31 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 31 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick van Greeven!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

van Greeven closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jackson to the mat! Jackson manages to get full guard.
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.
Jackson trying to control the position here.
Jackson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
van Greeven seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Jackson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in van Greeven's guard.
Jackson stays in close to van Greeven's body and controls the position.
van Greeven has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

van Greeven working for a triangle but Jackson defends it easily.
Jackson controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jackson lands a right hook to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jackson, right into the meat.
Jeremy Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson connects with a right hand. van Greeven shakes it off.
Jackson is looking to clinch but van Greeven is avoiding it.
Jackson stuffs the takedown attempt from van Greeven. van Greeven gets slowly back to his feet.
van Greeven circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jackson clinches up against the cage.
van Greeven can't get the takedown.
Jackson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven takes a knee to the side of the body.
van Greeven looks winded!
Jackson lands a shot to the body.
Jackson lands a good knee to the midsection. van Greeven won't want to take too many of those.
A right hook to the body lands for Jackson.
Jackson taking a breather.

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

Jackson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but van Greeven blocks it with crossed arms.
Jackson lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Dick van Greeven has been cut.
Jackson lands a good knee to the midsection. van Greeven won't want to take too many of those.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section. van Greeven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jackson lands a good knee to the midsection. van Greeven won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson digs a right hand into van Greeven's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on van Greeven's gas tank.
Jackson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jackson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van Greeven takes an elbow to the temple.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through van Greeven's defenses.
Jackson lands with a left to the head.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jackson is leaning against van Greeven and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson lands an elbow inside.
Jackson landing knees to the body.
van Greeven takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jackson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
van Greeven is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jeremy Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick van Greeven.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Jackson.
van Greeven takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jackson just leaning against van Greeven, taking a breather.
A right hand to the body from Jackson.
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has van Greeven in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jackson displaying some good clinch control by pressing van Greeven up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Jackson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Jackson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dick van Greeven's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jackson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jackson lands a left hand.
van Greeven blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and van Greeven avoids it.
van Greeven has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Jackson after a bit of a struggle.
Jackson lands a body shot.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section. van Greeven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jackson obliges.
Jackson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jackson can't find room to land a body shot as van Greeven controls the action.
van Greeven takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jackson stalls.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by van Greeven as Jackson tries to tie him up.
van Greeven is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson lands a nice elbow.
Jackson stops a takedown attempt from van Greeven.
Jackson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through van Greeven's defenses.
Jackson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

van Greeven is rocked!
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 jerks van Greeven's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! van Greeven drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Jackson goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Jackson because van Greeven was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Jeremy Jackson!
Jeremy Jackson took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sparta Fightware for their support in the buildup to the fight.