PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clyde Cayman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cayman
vs
Jackson

175 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
23
170 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clyde Cayman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Jackson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jackson moves into the clinch.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cayman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cayman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cayman jumps guard but Jackson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Cayman is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jackson is defending well.
Cayman tries to score a body lock takedown but Jackson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clyde Cayman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jackson has Cayman pressed against the cage, preventing Cayman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cayman is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jackson to keep the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cayman wants to get back to striking at distance but Jackson won't allow it.
Cayman avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
Cayman goes for a takedown attempt but Jackson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Cayman dives in and scores a takedown into Jackson's guard.
Cayman content to stall in guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cayman's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Cayman forces his way into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cayman connects with a nice short shot to Jackson's temple.
Cayman slips a nice elbow through Jackson's hands, connecting with Jackson's forehead.
Cayman working Jackson over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cayman lands with a punch from half guard.
Cayman seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Jackson looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Cayman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Cayman postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Jackson to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cayman shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Cayman showed some decent athleticism there.
Jackson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cayman scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jackson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cayman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Cayman is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jackson is trying to stand up here but Cayman is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cayman is nestled in close to Jackson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cayman with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Cayman is trying for a kimura here. Jackson looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Cayman wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Clyde Cayman!
During a confident post fight interview, Clyde Cayman thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.