PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yve Braud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Braud might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to "Here Comes the Hammer" by M.C. Hammer. Jacobs is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Come Out Swinging. This should be a great matchup!

Braud
vs
Jacobs

190 cm
19
221 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

198 cm
23
255 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Blueprint Clothing
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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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yve Braud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacobs misses with a few strikes there.

A big head kick from Jacobs and Braud is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Braud looking for a guillotine here but Jacobs defends easily.

Braud looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jacobs throws a big right hand that misses.
Braud throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Braud doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Braud tries to strike from the bottom.
Jacobs wants to control from the top but Braud keeps moving.
Braud looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jacobs is one step ahead there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jacobs connects with a high kick.
Braud is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs tries to bum rush Braud with a series of wild strikes but Braud uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jacobs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jacobs misses with a head kick.
Jacobs looks to land a left hand but Braud moved out of range nicely.
Jacobs misses with a double jab.
Jacobs throws a right hand that Braud ducks under and follows up with a left that Braud also avoids with ease.

Braud decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Braud works his foot free and advances to mount.
Braud sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jacobs flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jacobs tries to hold on but Braud postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs can't escape the position.
Braud raining down shots from the mount!
Braud misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jacobs is trying to stand up.
Braud looking to finish with strikes here!
Jacobs blocking the ground and pound.
Braud throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jacobs is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jacobs avoids a series of strikes thrown by Braud.
Braud throwing strikes here but Jacobs is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braud sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jacobs is working to get back to half guard.
Braud working Jacobs over with strikes here.
Braud scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Braud with the ground and pound from mount.
Braud landing strikes from the mount and Jacobs is in trouble!
Braud unloading with bombs!
Braud scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jacobs?
Jacobs wants to control but Braud is having none of it.
Braud fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jacobs is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jacobs is wriggling around trying to escape.
Braud landing shots from mount.

Braud looking for a guillotine from mount but Jacobs is having none of it.
Braud looking to finish Jacobs with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jacobs!
Braud with good strikes from the mount here!
Jacobs tries to hold on but Braud pushes him away.
Jacobs wants to try and get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Braud cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Braud putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
A nice elbow there by Braud.
Jacobs is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Jacobs dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jacobs swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jacobs cracks the inside of Braud's front leg.
Jacobs lands with a nice body punch.
A punch combination from Jacobs misses.
Braud shoots in looking for a takedown. Jacobs tries to sprawl out of it but Braud keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jacobs manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jacobs dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Braud steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jacobs. That one must have hurt.
Jacobs lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mark Jacobs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jacobs lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jacobs swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braud tries for a takedown but Jacobs sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Braud 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.
Braud wants to control from the top but Jacobs keeps moving.
Braud with a flurry of punches that miss.
Braud is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Braud scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jacobs is looking to stand up but Braud isn't so interested in that idea.
Braud throws a big right hand that misses.
Braud is looking to work some ground and pound but Jacobs has wrist control.
Braud is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jab by Jacobs.
Jacobs misses with a two punch combination.
Jacobs misses with a looping left.
Jacobs throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Braud shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jacobs blocking the ground and pound attempt from Braud.
Braud working over Jacobs with some ground and pound. Jacobs looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Braud is tying to control. Jacobs wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Braud passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jacobs!
Braud with shots to the head and body - Jacobs looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braud scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jacobs?
Jacobs tries to buck Braud off but he can't manage it.
Jacobs in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Braud is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jacobs can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Braud looking to finish Jacobs with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jacobs!
Braud 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.
Braud landing punches.
Jacobs is in a horrible position here. Braud smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Braud landing strikes, looking to finish!
Braud putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Braud postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jacobs looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
You get the feeling that Jacobs really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Braud unloading with bombs!
Braud avoids the attempt from Jacobs to control.
BOOM! Braud connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Braud scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Braud is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jacobs can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Braud lands a nice shot to the head.

Braud goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Jacobs turns into him and now he's in Braud's guard.
Jacobs tries to free his leg and advance position but Braud is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yve Braud dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Jacobs closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jacobs stuffs the takedown attempt from Braud. Braud gets slowly back to his feet.
Jacobs looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Braud showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jacobs.
Braud looks for a takedown but Jacobs sprawls well.
Jacobs tests Braud's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Jacobs. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jacobs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jacobs lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jacobs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jacobs misses with the combination.
A bone on bone clash there as Braud blocks the leg kick.
Jacobs throws a right hand that Braud ducks under and follows up with a left that Braud also avoids with ease.
Mark Jacobs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Braud avoids the head kick by Jacobs.
Jacobs ducks under a wild hook from Braud.
Jacobs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yve Braud is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jacobs throws a head kick but Braud moves out of range.
Jacobs throws a nice looking combination but Braud bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jacobs connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Braud fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jacobs, pushing him back against the cage.
Braud scores with a shot to the side of Jacobs's head.
Braud tries to pull guard but Jacobs holds him up against the cage and eventually Braud drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yve Braud. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Braud goes for a takedown attempt but Jacobs pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Braud showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jacobs.
Braud fails to land the takedown.
Jacobs tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Braud.

Braud takes the fight into the clinch.
Jacobs is looking to break free of the clinch but Braud has double underhooks.
Braud is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jacobs pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Braud has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jacobs is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Braud tries to pull guard but Jacobs won't allow it.
Jacobs wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jacobs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Braud has him pressed against the cage.

Jacobs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Braud avoids the body shot from Jacobs.
Jacobs displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Braud avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Braud avoids the head kick by Jacobs.
Jacobs throws a right and a left that both miss.
Braud fails with a takedown attempt.
Braud fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jacobs throws a nice head kick!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Braud darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Braud throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mark Jacobs.
I think Jacobs has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Jacobs!