PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dakota Weston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quintonn Jacksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jacksson's choice of entrance music: Rampage entrance song. Quintonn Jacksson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dakota Weston's chin.

Weston
vs
Jacksson

190 cm
31
211 lbs
11 - 19 - 0

184 cm
39
205 lbs
11 - 18 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Soul Supremacy Nutrition
Cage Star

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dakota Weston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Quintonn Jacksson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jacksson scores with a takedown into Weston's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jacksson pushing down on Weston's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jacksson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Weston is looking to escape.
Jacksson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Weston is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at 11th Planet MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Jacksson prevents Weston from improving his position.
Jacksson trying to pass the guard but Weston defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jacksson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Weston is in trouble now - Jacksson has advanced to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weston tries to get back to half guard but can't.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jacksson working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Jacksson scoring with strikes but Weston is staying in there.

Jacksson goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Weston turns into him and now he's in Jacksson's guard.

Jacksson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Weston can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jacksson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Weston defends it easily.
Weston looking to sit in guard and control but Jacksson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Weston avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Weston keeping moving, preventing Jacksson from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jacksson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weston lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Weston wants to control from the top but Jacksson keeps moving.
Weston pushing down on Jacksson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jacksson is not content to let Weston control the position.
Weston throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Weston is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jacksson defends it well.
Weston wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weston scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Weston looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Weston is looking to take a break and control but Jacksson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jacksson is looking to get back to full guard here but Weston has managed to pass to side control instead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jacksson is trying to escape the position but Weston is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Quintonn Jacksson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jacksson.
Jacksson in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Jacksson 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.
Jacksson 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.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Jacksson 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.
Jacksson looking to control but instead Weston has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

Weston has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Jacksson is on him like a limpet, forcing Weston back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Weston ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Weston no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Jacksson looking to sit in guard and control but Weston gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Weston scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Weston is working Jacksson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Weston working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Weston is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Weston trying to control the position from guard on top but Jacksson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weston throwing strikes from guard but Jacksson blocks nicely.
Weston looking to sit in guard and control but Jacksson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Weston manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jacksson gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Jacksson wants to take a breather but Weston is having none of it.
Weston moves into full guard.
Jacksson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Weston is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weston utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jacksson with a nice head shot there.
Weston preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Weston keeping moving, preventing Jacksson from controlling successfully.
Quintonn Jacksson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jacksson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Jacksson throws a strike but Weston rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Weston accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weston wanted to stand there but Jacksson had control of the position.
Weston is working Jacksson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Weston with a nice head shot there.
Weston advances position into side control!
Weston lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Weston postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Weston has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Jacksson is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Weston yanks on the arm and Jacksson is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Weston.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dakota Weston!
Dakota Weston thanked the fans post fight for their support.