PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Manjuelez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfie Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manjuelez comes to the ring accompanied by el Jarabe Tapatio. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Manjuelez
vs
Jackson

182 cm
27
200 lbs
9 - 13 - 0

177 cm
21
197 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pablo Manjuelez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alfie Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manjuelez misses with a wild combination.
Manjuelez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jackson back to the ropes. Manjuelez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Alfie Jackson has been cut.
Jackson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Manjuelez defends it nicely.
Jackson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Manjuelez counters by clinching up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manjuelez is trying to maintain a safe position but Jackson gets an underhook and turns Manjuelez into the ropes.

Manjuelez breaks the clinch.

Jackson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Manjuelez is trying to defend but Jackson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Jackson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Manjuelez is doing well to control the position and prevent Jackson from advancing to side control.
Manjuelez is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Hard Knocks Training, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Jackson wants to control but Manjuelez is keeping him busy.
Manjuelez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Manjuelez wants to control but Jackson is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Manjuelez tries to get to full guard but Jackson has control of the leg.
Manjuelez is in trouble now - Jackson has advanced to mount!
Manjuelez holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jackson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jackson avoids the attempt from Manjuelez to control.
Jackson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jackson with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manjuelez tries to hold on but Jackson pushes him away.
Jackson unloads with some shots from mount but Manjuelez bucks and avoids them well.
Manjuelez is squirming around, avoiding Jackson's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jackson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Manjuelez is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jackson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Manjuelez is looking to escape.
Jackson pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Jackson throws a strike there. Manjuelez manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Jackson prevents Manjuelez from standing back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jackson is keen to just control but Manjuelez is a slippery customer.
Manjuelez is trying to control but can't.
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 Pablo Manjuelez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alfie Jackson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Manjuelez manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Jackson on his heels. He'll look to pass Jackson's guard now, I'm sure.
Jackson wants to sweep but no luck.
Jackson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Manjuelez trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Manjuelez passes into half guard.
Manjuelez is looking to advance position but Jackson won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manjuelez is trying to control. Jackson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jackson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Manjuelez is working away from the top position though.
Alfie Jackson has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Manjuelez is working for a submission of some sort.
Manjuelez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jackson tries to roll over but Manjuelez keeps him under control.
Jackson trying to control but Manjuelez postures up.

Jackson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Manjuelez slips a nice elbow through Jackson's hands, connecting with Jackson's forehead.
Manjuelez is thwarting Jackson's attempts to control the position.
Manjuelez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jackson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jackson is trying to get back to full guard.
Manjuelez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Manjuelez uses his free foot to push down on Jackson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jackson.
Manjuelez tries to control but Jackson wriggling away.
Jackson is desperately trying to improve his position but Manjuelez has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manjuelez tries to control but Jackson wriggling away.
Manjuelez unloading with bombs!
Jackson wants to control but Manjuelez is having none of it.
Jackson is working to get back to half guard.
Manjuelez with the ground and pound from mount.

That has opened up Alfie Jackson's cut even more.
Jackson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Manjuelez trying to control but Jackson is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manjuelez misses with a head shot.
Jackson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Manjuelez controlling his opponent.
Manjuelez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Manjuelez dominating with strikes here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jackson tries to hold on but Manjuelez pushes him away.
Manjuelez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jackson blocking the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Manjuelez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alfie Jackson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Manjuelez slaps away a takedown attempt from Jackson, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Manjuelez has Jackson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Manjuelez lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.

The cut above Alfie Jackson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Manjuelez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Manjuelez lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jackson doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Manjuelez counters with a big takedown. That's hurt Jackson! Manjuelez smells blood and goes in for the kill. Serveral hard shots later and the ref calls an end to the fight by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Pablo Manjuelez!
Pablo Manjuelez thanked the fans post fight for their support.