PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sungwon Jung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph Jackson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Jung
vs
Jackson

182 cm
28
174 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

180 cm
24
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sungwon Jung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joseph Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Jung keeps it at a distance.
Jung half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Jung lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jackson tries to clinch but Jung is having none of it.
Jackson defending well as Jung loads up on a big left hand.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Jung moves out of range.
Jung slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
A jab from Jackson does it's job there.
Jung scores with a decent looking hook.
Jung jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Jung pushes him off.
Jung misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.
Jung feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jacksons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Jung takes the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson is trying to push Jung away but Jung has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Jung fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jung.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jung tries a body shot but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Jung.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jung.
Jung tries a body shot but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jung working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jung tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Jung has the dominant position.
A short left from Jung.
Jung lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jung has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Jung throws a head punch that misses.
Jung tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Jung back against the cage.
Jung tries to work over Jackson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jung has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Jung.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jung tries a body shot but Jackson blocks it.
Jung misses with the head strike.
Jung misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jung misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jung tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jung has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jung lands a right hand.
A short right from Jung.
Jung tries a body shot but Jackson blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Jung fails to land.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Jung won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jung.
Jung misses with a punch on the inside.
Jung tries a body shot but Jackson blocks it.
Jung misses with the head strike.
Jung goes for a takedown attempt but Jackson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jung changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Jung lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jung throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Jung swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jung appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Jackson has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jackson connects with a looping right hand.
Jackson is looking to clinch.

Jackson takes the fight into the clinch.
Jung misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Jung fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jung tries to work over Jackson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jung throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
Jung swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jung lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Jung lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sungwon Jung dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jung misses with a takedown attempt - Jackson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jackson tries to clinch but Jung is having none of it.
Jackson takes a swing at Jung's ribcage but misses.
Jung is looking to counter the offense by Jackson and move into the clinch.

Jackson gets tackled into the cage by Jung. Jung maintains the clinch.
Jung tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jung lands with a light punch inside.
Jung lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jackson or not.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jung misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jung throws a head punch that misses.
Jung can't find room to land a body shot as Jackson controls the action.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Jung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jung swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jung misses with a body punch.
Jung lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jung gets through Jackson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jung.
Jung is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Jung has Jackson pressed against the cage.
Jung keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jung prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jung has Jackson pressed against the cage, preventing Jackson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jackson takes a shot to the head.
Jung tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jung is stalling here.
Jung swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jung misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Jung on the inside.
Jung misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jung lands a nice shot to the body.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jung - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jung throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jacksons head.
Jung misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jung misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson wants to break free but Jung has control.

Jung manages to pull guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jung is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jackson looking for submissions off his back.
Jung is looking to take a break and control but Jackson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Jung wants to work for an arm triangle but Jackson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Jackson has one foot on Jung's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jung instigates a clinch.
Jung lands a shoulder strike.
Jackson is trying to push Jung away but Jung has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Jung.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Jung doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Jung.
Jung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jung misses with a punch to the body.
Jung swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Jung fails to land.
Jung misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sungwon Jung dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Jung pushes him off.
Jung shoots in but Jackson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jung uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jung misses the shot to the body.
Jackson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jung attempts a counter takedown but Jackson avoids it well and moves away.
Jackson moves away from the strike by Jung.
Jung takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Jung avoids them all with ease.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jung clinches up against the cage.
Jung goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jung misses with a body punch.
Jung softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Jung won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jung digs a right hand into Jackson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jackson's gas tank.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Jung scores with a shoulder strike.
Jung goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Jung keeps him there for the moment.
Jung is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jackson to keep the fight standing.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jung.
Jackson is pressed up against the cage. Jung has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jackson down to the mat. Jackson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sungwon Jung. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Jung feinted with a counter takedown.
Jung looks to land a combination. Jackson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jung shoots in but no luck this time.

Jung clinches up with Jackson and pushes him back against the cage.
Jung doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jung.
A short body shot lands from Jung as the two fighters clinch.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jung has him pressed against the cage.
Jung tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Jung back against the cage.
Jung tries to work over Jackson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jung doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jung lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jung swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jung swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Jung.
Jackson blocks a body shot from Jung.
Jung misses with the head strike.
Jung tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Joseph Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jung can't find room to land a body shot as Jackson controls the action.
Jung has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Jung tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Jung can't find room to land a body shot as Jackson controls the action.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Jung is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jung struggles to land a body shot inside as Jackson controls his hands.
Jung misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jackson takes a shot to the head.
Jung doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Jung lands with a right to the head.
A right hand to the body from Jackson.
Jung misses with a punch on the inside.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jung has him pressed against the cage.
Jung lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jung working aggressively here.
Jung is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Jung blocks with his arms.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sungwon Jung showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jung 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sungwon Jung!
Sungwon Jung took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Thank you so much, thank you for coming.'.