PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Janko Zwyzke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Zwyzke might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Primal Concrete Sledge. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zwyzke
vs
Jackson

175 cm
20
264 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
274 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Pacheco Labratories Inc

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Janko Zwyzke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jamie Jackson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Zwyzke takes a swing at Jackson's ribcage but misses.
Zwyzke shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jackson as he avoids it easily.
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zwyzke swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Jackson moves into the clinch successfully.
Zwyzke jumps guard but Jackson stands there with Zwyzke around his waist. Zwyzke gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Janko Zwyzke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zwyzke tries to pull guard but Jackson won't allow it.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Zwyzke holds him up against the cage and eventually Jackson drops back down to his feet.
Jackson wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Zwyzke.
Zwyzke scores with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zwyzke tries to pull guard but Jackson holds him up against the cage and eventually Zwyzke drops back down to his feet.
Zwyzke lands a nice shot to the body.
Zwyzke tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jackson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Zwyzke wants a takedown.
Zwyzke really is a fat lump.
Jackson prevents the takedown attempt.
Zwyzke effectively controlling the action here.
Zwyzke is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Zwyzke has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jackson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Zwyzke jumps guard.
Jackson stopping the sweep attempt from Zwyzke.
Zwyzke keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zwyzke working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zwyzke wants to sweep here but Jackson controlling him for the moment.

Zwyzke pushes Jackson off and gets back to his feet.
Zwyzke fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches up with Zwyzke, looking for a takedown. Jackson pushes Zwyzke against the cage but Zwyzke circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jackson swinging wilding here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zwyzke rushes Jackson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zwyzke is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jackson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Zwyzke has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Jackson is trying to keep an underhook but Zwyzke manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet.
Jackson trying to control from the bottom.
Zwyzke working Jackson over with strikes.
Jackson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zwyzke scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jackson is trying to stand back up but Zwyzke is controlling him
Jackson looks gassed!
Zwyzke is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jackson is looking to control Zwyzke's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jackson avoid being mounted?
Jackson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zwyzke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Zwyzke stands up out of the half guard.
Jab from Zwyzke.

It looks like Jamie Jackson has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson darts in trying to clinch

and Zwyzke counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Zwyzke has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Zwyzke controlling from the top position.
Zwyzke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jackson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Zwyzke gets to his feet. Jackson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jackson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Zwyzke's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Janko Zwyzke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamie Jackson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Zwyzke fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Jackson or perhaps it was just good defense by Zwyzke which made him look bad.
Zwyzke lands a nice hook to Jackson's body. Jackson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice sprawl there from Jackson as Zwyzke shoots in.
Zwyzke shoots in for a double leg but Jackson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Janko Zwyzke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson tries to clinch but Zwyzke moves away

and Zwyzke counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jackson's guard now.
Jackson keeping moving, preventing Zwyzke from controlling successfully.
Zwyzke is looking to work some ground and pound but Jackson has wrist control.
Zwyzke trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson controls Zwyzke momentarily but Zwyzke frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zwyzke is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Zwyzke wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
Jackson is trying to control the position but Zwyzke postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jackson stuffs the takedown attempt from Zwyzke. Zwyzke gets slowly back to his feet.
Zwyzke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zwyzke swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zwyzke stuffs the takedown.
Jackson tries to clinch but Zwyzke moves away
and Zwyzke counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Zwyzke moves into the clinch successfully.
Zwyzke wants a takedown.
Zwyzke drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jackson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Zwyzke avoiding damage.
Jackson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jackson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zwyzke is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jackson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Zwyzke changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jackson fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson looks to clinch

and Zwyzke counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Zwyzke is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jackson pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Zwyzke successfully pulls guard.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Zwyzke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jackson advances to half guard.
Jackson passes the guard and advances to mount!

Jackson wants to finish this one by submission but Zwyzke is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Jackson.
Zwyzke tries to hold on but Jackson postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zwyzke is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Zwyzke is desperately trying to improve his position but Jackson has a good base and remains in mount.
Zwyzke gets back to half guard.
Zwyzke wants to get back to full guard but Jackson has passed into side control.

Jackson is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Zwyzke is looking to wear down Jackson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Horrible takedown by Zwyzke or perhaps it was just good defense by Jackson which made him look bad.
Zwyzke lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Janko Zwyzke dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jamie Jackson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jackson wants to clinch.

Jackson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jackson gets underhooks to prevent Zwyzke's takedown attempt.
Jackson blocks the elbow strike.

Zwyzke manages to pull guard.
Zwyzke wants to sweep here but Jackson controlling him for the moment.
Jackson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Zwyzke's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zwyzke pulls Jackson in close to prevent any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson tries to stand but Zwyzke is controlling from the bottom.
Jackson forces his way into half guard.

Zwyzke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zwyzke is trying to stand.
Zwyzke is looking to control Jackson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Zwyzke avoid being mounted?

That's two 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.
Jackson tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Zwyzke.
Jackson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Zwyzke knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Jackson is looking for a kimura here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Zwyzke shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jackson but Jackson pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zwyzke misses with a head kick.
Jackson tries to clinch up
and Zwyzke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Zwyzke has closed the distance and engaged Jackson in a clinch.
Jackson stalling in the clinch but Zwyzke improves position.
Zwyzke can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Janko Zwyzke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zwyzke wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zwyzke tries to pull guard but Jackson holds him up against the cage and eventually Zwyzke drops back down to his feet.
Zwyzke wants a takedown.
Zwyzke has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jackson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jackson prevents Zwyzke from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zwyzke tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jackson smiles and moves away.
Jackson tries to clinch but Zwyzke moves away

and Zwyzke holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Zwyzke fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jackson misses with some punches.
Jackson can't break the clinch.

Zwyzke pulls guard successfully.
Jackson slips nicely into half guard.
Zwyzke keeping hold of Jackson's head, controlling as best he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jackson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Zwyzke!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Janko Zwyzke.
Well Zwyzke has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Janko Zwyzke!