PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jakinek Ii Jakinek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Landen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Ii Jakinek
vs
Landen

225 cm
19
143 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
168 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jakinek Ii Jakinek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Landen!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jakinek explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jakinek looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Landen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Landen misses with a body kick.
Jakinek seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Jakinek digs a good body shot into Landen's ribs.
Landen lands a leg kick that knocks Jakinek off balance momentarily.
Jakinek takes a swing at Landen's ribcage but misses.
Jakinek sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Landen avoids a punch combination nicely.

Landen forces Jakinek back against the cage and clinches.
Nice elbow from Landen.

It looks like Jakinek Ii Jakinek has been cut.
A frustrated look appears on Jakinek's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jakinek avoiding damage as Landen throws knees to the body.
Landen lands a hook that snaps the head of Jakinek backwards.
Landen tries to land knees in the clinch but Jakinek avoids the damage to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Landen misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jakinek or not.
Jakinek blocks an elbow strike.
Jakinek dodges an elbow strike from Landen.
Landen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Landen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jakinek's brow.
Landen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Landen prevents Jakinek from breaking the clinch.
Landen lands with a short shot to the head.
Jakinek is trying to force a seperation but Landen has the dominant position.
Landen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jakineks head.
Jakinek avoids the elbow strike from Landen, against the cage.
Landen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Landen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jakinek has had enough of the clinch but Landen keeps him there for the moment.
Jakinek on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Landen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jakinek's brow.
Landen is working Jakinek over against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Landen throws an elbow but misses.
Landen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jakinek really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Landen tries to land a knee to the head but Jakinek blocks with his arms.
Jakinek blocks the elbow strike.
Landen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jakinek wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Landen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Landen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Landen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Landen.
Landen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jakinek avoids it.
Landen looking to throw knees to the head but Jakinek is blocking nicely.
Landen lands an elbow that stopped Jakinek in his tracks for a moment.
Landen missing with knees to the body.
Landen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Landen looking to throw knees to the head but Jakinek is blocking nicely.
Landen missing with knees to the body.
Landen misses with a knee strike.
Landen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jakinek is trying to break the clinch but Landen has him pressed against the cage.
Landen tries to land a knee to the head but Jakinek blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landen pushes off an throws an elbow but Jakinek leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jakinek blocks the elbow strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Landen.
Jakinek blocks an uppercut.
Jakinek avoids a wild elbow strike from Landen.
Landen is stalling here.
Jakinek avoiding damage as Landen throws knees to the body.
Jakinek can't break the clinch.
A short right from Landen.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Landen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Landen controlling the action here for a moment.
Landen has Jakinek pressed against the cage, preventing Jakinek from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Landen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jakinek Ii Jakinek's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Landen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Landen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jakinek throws a head kick that misses.
Landen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A nice inside leg kick there by Landen. That's going to slow Jakinek down.
Jakinek wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Landen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jakinek has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jakinek chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Landen can pounce on him.
Jakinek throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Landen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Landen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jakinek fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Landen scores with a spinning back kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Landen.
Jakinek has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Landen.
Landen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jakinek. That did some damage!
Landen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jakinek moves away.
Jakinek takes a swing at Landen's ribcage but misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Landen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Landen takes the fight into the clinch.
Paul Landen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Landen pushes off an throws an elbow but Jakinek leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Landen stalling against the cage.
Jakinek blocks the elbow strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jakinek has had enough of the clinch but Landen keeps him there for the moment.
Landen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Landen lands a left hand.
Jakinek is trying to push Landen away but Landen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A right hand to the body from Landen.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Landen lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jakinek blocks an elbow strike from Landen.
Landen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jakinek.
Landen tries to land knees in the clinch but Jakinek avoids the damage to the body.
Jakinek avoiding damage as Landen throws knees to the body.
Landen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right from Landen on the inside.
Landen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jakinek.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Landen throws an elbow but it misses.
Landen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Landen pushes Jakinek back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jakinek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Landen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jakinek dodges an elbow strike from Landen.
Landen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Landen throws an elbow but misses.
Landen tries a knee to the head but Jakinek blocks it.
Landen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Landen pushes off an throws an elbow but Jakinek leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Jakinek's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Landen throws an elbow but it misses.
Landen missing with knees to the body.
Jakinek dodges an elbow strike from Landen.
Jakinek can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jakinek avoids it.
Landen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jakinek's efforts to push away.
Landen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Landen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jakinek backwards.
Jakinek takes a shot to the head.
Landen digs a right hand into Jakinek's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jakinek's gas tank.
Jakinek avoids a wild elbow strike from Landen.
Jakinek working hard to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Landen.
A nice right hand lands inside from Landen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jakinek managing to block the knees to the body from Landen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Landen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jakinek Ii Jakinek's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Landen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Paul Landen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jakinek will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jakinek thuds his shin into the meat of Landen's side.
Landen avoids a kick to the body.
Jakinek scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jakinek misses with a series of wild punches.
Landen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jakinek was well out of range. Poor timing from Landen.
Landen lands a front kick.
Landen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Landen takes a swing at Jakinek's ribcage but misses.
Landen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Landen throws a hook but Jakinek blocks it.
Jakinek takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jakinek tries to bum rush Landen with a series of wild strikes but Landen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Good leg kick by Landen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jakinek lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landen throws a leg kick which misses Jakinek's front leg but catches the back leg as Jakinek tries to avoid it.
Landen throws a leg kick which misses Jakinek's front leg but catches the back leg as Jakinek tries to avoid it.
Jakinek avoids the body shot from Landen.
Paul Landen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Landen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jakinek throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Landen connects with a solid leg kick.
Landen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Landen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jakinek throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jakinek is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Landen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jakinek's sensitive parts.
Landen throws a body kick that misses.
Landen scores with a body shot.
Jakinek fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jakinek has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Landen.
Landen lands a slapping body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jakinek throws a one two combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Landen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jakinek.
Jakinek moves out of range of the body kick from Landen.
Landen misses with a looping right.
Jakinek Ii Jakinek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jakinek closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Landen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice body kick from Landen.

Landen moves into the clinch successfully.
Jakinek working hard to break the clinch.
Jakinek wants to break the clinch but can't.
Landen pushes off an throws an elbow but Jakinek leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Landen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jakinek backwards.
Landen tries to land knees in the clinch but Jakinek avoids the damage to the body.
Jakinek has had enough of the clinch but Landen keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landen tries a knee to the head but Jakinek blocks it.
Landen pushes Jakinek back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Landen lands an elbow just above Jakinek 's eye.
Jakinek is trying to push Landen away but Landen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Landen throws an elbow that misses.
Landen prevents Jakinek from breaking the clinch.
Jakinek is trying to break free.
Landen lands a hook that snaps the head of Jakinek backwards.
Landen trying to land knees to the body.
Jakinek is trying to force a seperation but Landen has the dominant position.
Jakinek is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jakinek is defending well for now.
Jakinek will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Landen tries to land a knee to the head but Jakinek blocks with his arms.
Landen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Landen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Landen taking a breather.
Jakinek wants to break free but Landen has control.
Landen lands an uppercut.
Landen stalling against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Landen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jakinek's efforts to push away.
Jakinek Ii Jakinek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paul Landen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jakinek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Landen's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Landen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Landen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Landen!