PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andre Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milo Talon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Jackson
vs
Talon

177 cm
27
185 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
178 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andre Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Milo Talon!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Talon's head backwards.
Talon thumps Jackson with a low kick.
Talon tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Talon throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely.
Talon blocks a leg kick.
Talon tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
Talon throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
Talon tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson throws a hook but Talon blocks it.
Talon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Talon has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Talon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Talon misses with a wild body shot.
Talon looks to land a combination but Jackson avoids it well.
We've been hearing reports that Jackson has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Talon throws a head kick that misses.
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.
A cross from Jackson lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talon cracks Jackson with an open hand slap.
Jackson goes for a double leg but Talon avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Talon continues to drive forward.
Jackson scores with a shot to the side of Talon's head.
Talon lands a knee to the head.
Talon tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
Talon looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Talon trying to stall but Jackson improves his position.
Jackson blocks the elbow strike.

Jackson is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Talon can't fight it off and eventually Jackson manages to take the fight to the floor. Talon looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Talon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jackson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talon managing to control the position.
Talon looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Milo Talon was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Talon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jackson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Talon moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No joy there for Talon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Milo Talon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jackson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Talon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jackson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Talon throws a big shot that misses.
Talon misses with a hook

and Jackson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ground and pound from Jackson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Talon defending well though.
Jackson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jackson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Jackson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jackson looking to finish Talon with some ground and pound. This is bad for Talon!
Jackson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jackson prevents Talon from getting the reversal.
Talon manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Talon wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson thows a huge punch but Talon dodges it nicely.
Jackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jackson is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Andre Jackson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jackson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Talon napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Talon is looking to regain half guard here but Jackson keeps moving and retains side control.
Talon dodges the ground and pound from Jackson.
Talon dodges the ground and pound from Jackson.
The strikes coming from Jackson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Talon is looking to reverse the position.
Talon takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jackson throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Talon avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jackson.
Jackson lands some shots froms side control.
Jackson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Talon is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Jackson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jackson working the head and body with strikes.
Talon has hold of Jackson's hands but Jackson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Talon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jackson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jackson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Talon with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson trying to control from half guard but Talon is working away.
Jackson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Jackson is stalling here. Talon is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Jackson seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Talon has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Jackson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Jackson keeping control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is looking for a sweep. Talon is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jackson is holding on to half guard well.
Talon trying to control from half guard but Jackson is working away.
Jackson trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Talon thuds a left hand into Jackson's body.
Talon throws a nice looking combination but Jackson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jackson throws the left hand but Talon avoids the punch easily.
Talon misses with a few strikes there.
Jackson avoids the body shot from Talon.
Milo Talon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson throws a hook but Talon avoids it easily.
Jackson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Talon sprawls well. Talon wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
A big left from Jackson misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Talon lands with an uppercut that bounces Jackson off the ropes and back into range.
Talon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jackson's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Jackson dominated that second round.
That's time! Jackson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Talon tries to clinch there but Jackson circles away.
Talon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Talon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Talon as he avoids it easily.
Talon throws a right hand that Jackson ducks under and follows up with a left that Jackson also avoids with ease.
Jackson shoots in but Talon avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Talon throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Talon staying out of range there.

Jackson tries to keep at a distance but Talon has taken the fight into the clinch.
Talon cracks Jackson with a nice body shot.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike.
Talon misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talon just leaning against Jackson, taking a breather.
Talon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Talon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Talon tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
Jackson works on Talon's body with a couple of short punches.

Jackson gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Jackson trying to control the action but Talon is working from the bottom.
Jackson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Talon has hold of Jackson's hands but Jackson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Andre Jackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jackson trying to pass the guard but Talon defending well.
Talon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jackson.
Andre Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson controlling the action here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Talon won't allow Jackson to pass to mount.
Jackson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Andre Jackson just wasn't active enough.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Talon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talon thuds his shin into the meat of Jackson's side.
Talon avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Milo Talon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Talon is looking to clinch.
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Talon connects with a right hand. Jackson shakes it off.
Talon wants to clinch up but Jackson keeps it at a distance.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from Talon.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jackson is defended easily by Talon.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Talon doesn't manage to clinch there - Jackson circles away.
Talon misses with an uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Talon lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jackson doesn't seem phased though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Talon tries to clinch

and Jackson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Talon's guard.
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!
Jackson controlling from the top position.
Milo Talon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andre Jackson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jackson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andre Jackson!
A relieved looking Andre Jackson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.