PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Troy Jacobsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pakile Pike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troy Jacobsen is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Jacobsen
vs
Pike

188 cm
22
216 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
23
210 lbs
4 - 4 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Sun-Tzu
Spartan Nutrition

The Empire Clothing and Laundry

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Troy Jacobsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Pakile Pike!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pike pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jacobsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Pike takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jacobsen takes a swing at Pike's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Pike on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jacobsen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pike.
Jacobsen feinted with a counter takedown.
Pike takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jacobsen misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jacobsen. Pike does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pike misses the shot to the body.
Pike throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jacobsen throws a jab but it's blocked by Pike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pike misses with a body shot.
Jacobsen throws a leg kick but Pike sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jacobsen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pike is looking to land body kicks.
Jacobsen drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pike sprawls and moves away.
Pike on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pike wants to slow Jacobsen down by chopping away at his legs.
Pike throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pike looks to land a right hand but Jacobsen moved out of range.
Jacobsen tries to counter with a takedown but Pike is quick to defend against it.
Pike throws a leg kick but Jacobsen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jacobsen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Pike throws a push kick but Jacobsen slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobsen misses with a looping left.
Pike lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jacobsen misses with a lunging right hand
and Pike counters with a left to the body.
Jacobsen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pike. Jacobsen shrugs it off though.
Pike throws a solid leg kick but Jacobsen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pike.
Jacobsen feinted with a counter takedown.
Pike throws a push kick but Jacobsen slaps the foot to one side.
Pike avoids the body shot from Jacobsen.
Pike missing with a left hand there. Jacobsen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jacobsen tried to score with a low kick but Pike checks it.
Pike connects with the punch.

It looks like Troy Jacobsen has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobsen moves out of range as Pike strikes.
Pike displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jacobsen throws out the jab.
Jacobsen throws a body shot but no joy.
Pike tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jacobsen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pike avoids the body shot from Jacobsen.
Pike tries a head kick but it misses.
Jacobsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pike misses with a body kick.
Pike uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jacobsen.
Pike just misses with a punch to the body.
Jacobsen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Jacobsen checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pike misses with a double jab

and Jacobsen counters with a takedown into side control.
Pike struggling a bit here.
Pike parries the strikes from Jacobsen easily there. Jacobsen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Pike to escape.
Jacobsen tries to move into full mount but can't pass Pike's legs.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pike can do anything to dispel that myth.
You can see the frustration on Pike's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Jacobsen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jacobsen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jacobsen trying to control the position but Pike is working away.
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 Troy Jacobsen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Troy Jacobsen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pike throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jacobsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jacobsen defending well as Pike loads up on a big left hand.
Jacobsen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pike throws a head kick but Jacobsen moves out of range.
Jacobsen blocks a head kick by Pike.
Pike slips under a jab from Jacobsen.
Pike throws a big counter head kick but Jacobsen avoids it with no problem.
Pakile Pike seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jacobsen lands a glancing blow to the side of Pike's head.
Jacobsen fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pike tries to bum rush Jacobsen with a series of wild strikes but Jacobsen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pike throws a head kick but Jacobsen moves out of range.
Jacobsen moves out of range as Pike throws a body kick.
A left lands for Jacobsen.
Jacobsen catches Pike with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pike misses with a body shot.
Jacobsen feinted with a counter takedown.
Pakile Pike is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pike displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jacobsen.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Jacobsen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jacobsen misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobsen lands with an overhand left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pike. Jacobsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jacobsen misses with a low kick.
Pakile Pike seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jacobsen throws a lazy right hand but Pike sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pike throws a head kick but Jacobsen moves out of range.
Pike scores with a head kick. Jacobsen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jacobsen throws a leg kick
and Pike counters with a one-two to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pike tries to land a leg kick but Jacobsen saw it coming and moves away.
Jacobsen changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Pike misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jacobsen scores with a nice strike.
Pike has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jacobsen finds it's way round the side to connect with Pike's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobsen misses with a straight right.
Jacobsen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pike.
Pike misses with a hook. Jacobsen ducked under it nicely.
Jacobsen throws a right hand that misses
and Pike counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jacobsen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pike under the eye.
Pike throws a body shot but no joy.
Pike misses with a body shot.
Jacobsen changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Pike misses with a head kick.
Jacobsen moves out of range of the body kick from Pike.
Pike tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pike has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobsen misses with a body shot.
Despite the aggression on Pike's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Jacobsen misses with a leg kick.
Good exchange - Pike coming out on top.
Nice defenses there by Jacobsen.
Jacobsen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Pike goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jacobsen attempts a counter takedown but Pike avoids it well and moves away.
Pike fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jacobsen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jacobsen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pike.
Jacobsen changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Jacobsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pike moves away.
Jacobsen blocks a jab.
Pike will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pakile Pike showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Troy Jacobsen'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pike throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jacobsen.
A slow jab from Jacobsen misses its intended target.
Jacobsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pike looks for the body kick but Jacobsen saw that one coming.
Pike finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Pike.
Jacobsen tries to counter with a takedown but Pike is quick to defend against it.
Pike uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jacobsen.
Pike is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jacobsen rather than just go for the knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jacobsen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pike.
Pike looks to land a body kick but Jacobsen moved away.
Pike on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jacobsen. Jacobsen obviously looking to wear him down.
Pike takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Jacobsen misses.
Good work by Pike as he checks the leg kick.
Jacobsen blocks a head kick by Pike.
Pike on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jacobsen. Jacobsen obviously looking to wear him down.
Jacobsen takes a kick to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Jacobsen misses its intended target.
Pike will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Pike clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobsen is looking to control Pike's arms but Pike gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jacobsen has his back to the cage.
Pike blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jacobsen blocks a body shot from Pike.
Pike goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jacobsen taking a breather.
Jacobsen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jacobsen misses with the head strike.
Jacobsen goes for a takedown attempt but Pike pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pike blocks a jab.
Jacobsen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pike throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jacobsen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pike counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jacobsen misses with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Pike is just out of range.
Jacobsen thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed right hand from Jacobsen misses the target.
And Pike responds with a good body kick, but Jacobsen manages to step out the way in time.
Pike leaves Jacobsen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A little jabbing left from Pike on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pike throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jacobsen checks a leg kick.
Jacobsen changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Pike throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pike on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pike misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pike moves out of range of the strikes.
Pike tries to land a front kick but Jacobsen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jacobsen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pike was well out of range. Poor timing from Jacobsen.
Pike throws a head kick that misses.
Jacobsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jacobsen blocks a leg kick.
Pike tries to land a front kick but Jacobsen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pike moves out of range of the strikes.
Jacobsen misses with a hook. Pike ducked under it nicely.

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 Troy Jacobsen.
I think Jacobsen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!