PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ben Liften Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakinek Jakinek (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.

Liften Jr
vs
Jakinek

175 cm
25
156 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

225 cm
26
155 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ben Liften Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jakinek Jakinek!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liften Jr closes the distance but Jakinek moves to the side
and Jakinek counters with a right hand to the body.
Liften Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Liften Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jakinek manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jakinek Jakinek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jakinek digs a good body shot into Liften Jr's ribs.
Liften Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jakinek just misses with a punch to the body.
Liften Jr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jakinek.
A combination from Jakinek does no damage.
Jakinek is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Liften Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Jakinek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liften Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jakinek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liften Jr wants to clinch up but Jakinek keeps it at a distance.
Jakinek scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Liften Jr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jakinek.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jakinek throws a head kick but Liften Jr moves out of range.
Jakinek lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Liften Jr at a distance.
Jakinek lands a jab-cross combination.

Liften Jr gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice elbow from Liften Jr.
Jakinek tries for a takedown but Liften Jr manages to get underhooks.
Liften Jr tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jakinek wants a takedown but no success here.
Liften Jr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Liften Jr landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Liften Jr.
Liften Jr lands a nice knee to the body.
Jakinek looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liften Jr landing knees to the body.
Jakinek takes an elbow to the forehead.
Liften Jr comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liften Jr lands a damaging elbow.
Liften Jr lands an elbow inside.
Jakinek takes an elbow to the forehead.
Liften Jr creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jakinek's defenses.
Liften Jr landing knees to the body.
Liften Jr comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Liften Jr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Liften Jr lands an elbow that stopped Jakinek in his tracks for a moment.

Liften Jr drops Jakinek with a big knee straight up the middle! Jakinek is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Jakinek is rocked!
Jakinek circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jakinek is still on wobbly legs! Can Liften Jr finish him?
Jakinek looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jakinek lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Liften Jr blocks a head kick by Jakinek.

Liften Jr has closed the distance and engaged Jakinek in a clinch.
Jakinek seems to have recovered his senses.
Liften Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Liften Jr lands an elbow that stopped Jakinek in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jakinek takes an elbow to the temple.
Liften Jr lands an elbow that stopped Jakinek in his tracks for a moment.
Liften Jr lands a damaging elbow.
Liften Jr lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Liften Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Liften Jr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Liften Jr lands an elbow just above Jakinek 's eye.
Liften Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. Jakinek won't want to take too many of those.
Liften Jr comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Liften Jr drops Jakinek with a big knee straight up the middle! Jakinek is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jakinek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liften Jr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jakinek throws a nice looking combination but Liften Jr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liften Jr wants to clinch up but Jakinek keeps it at a distance.
Liften Jr tries to clinch there but Jakinek circles away.
Liften Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liften Jr wants to clinch.
Liften Jr tries to clinch up
and Jakinek counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jakinek swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jakinek throws out a leg kick but Liften Jr moves out of range and Jakinek only half commits.

Liften Jr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Liften Jr.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Liften Jr.
Jakinek tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Liften Jr just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ben Liften Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jakinek Jakinek.
Liften Jr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Liften Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jakinek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Liften Jr dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Liften Jr. Jakinek does a little dance to reset his feet.

Liften Jr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Liften Jr gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Jakinek Jakinek has been cut.
Ben Liften Jr has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jakinek takes an elbow to the temple.
Liften Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. Jakinek won't want to take too many of those.
Liften Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Liften Jr lands an elbow just above Jakinek 's eye.
Liften Jr lands an elbow that stopped Jakinek in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liften Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jakinek lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Liften Jr lands an elbow just above Jakinek 's eye.
Liften Jr lands an elbow that stopped Jakinek in his tracks for a moment.
Liften Jr lands an elbow just above Jakinek 's eye.
Jakinek is breathing heavily.
Liften Jr lands an elbow inside.
Liften Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. Jakinek won't want to take too many of those.
Liften Jr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jakinek takes an elbow to the forehead.
Liften Jr scores a nice knee to the body.
Liften Jr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Liften Jr lands an elbow inside.
Liften Jr lands an elbow inside.

Liften Jr lands a vicious elbow to the side of Jakinek's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Liften Jr tries to finish him with strikes but Jakinek still seems able to defend himself so Liften Jr steps back and lets Jakinek get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Liften Jr darts in and clinches Jakinek up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Liften Jr obliges.
Liften Jr lands a big knee to the head and Jakinek goes down! Liften Jr pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Liften Jr!
Ben Liften Jr very nearly forgot to thank Ace of Spades Clothing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.