PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jake Paulson (ranked 4405 p4p, 4987 weight class) and Thomas Locke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Locke will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Paulson
vs
Locke

185 cm
18
167
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
155
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Un-Kaged Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Paulson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thomas Locke!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Locke stuffs the takedown attempt from Paulson. Paulson gets slowly back to his feet.
Paulson fails with a takedown attempt.
Paulson keeps the fight on the outside.
Locke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Locke wants to clinch.
Paulson feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Locke tries to close the distance and clinch but Paulson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Locke.

Paulson clinches up with Locke and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson just leaning against Locke, taking a breather.
Paulson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Locke's face.
Locke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson throws a head punch that misses.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Locke blocks it with crossed arms.
Paulson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Paulson tries to land knees in the clinch but Locke avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Locke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson working aggressively here.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Locke blocks it.
Paulson slowing the pace effectively.
Paulson misses with a punch on the inside.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Locke looking to slow down the pace here.
Locke misses with some punches.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Locke blocks it with crossed arms.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Locke is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Paulson.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Locke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Paulson with a knee to the head.
Paulson misses with a punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Paulson.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Locke blocks it.
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Locke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but Locke blocks with his arms.
A bit of stalling here from Locke.
Paulson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Locke is defending well for now.
Locke is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Locke stalls.
Paulson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Locke blocks it with crossed arms.
Paulson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Locke is blocking nicely.
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Paulson tries to land knees in the clinch but Locke avoids the damage to the body.
Locke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Paulson dominated that round.
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.

Locke is looking to clinch but Paulson is avoiding it.
Paulson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Paulson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Locke shoots in for a takedown but Paulson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Locke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jake Paulson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Locke changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Paulson tries to avoid it but Locke manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Paulson to the ground. Paulson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jake Paulson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Locke.

Paulson gets a clinch.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Locke blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Locke can do to turn this around?
Paulson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Locke is blocking nicely.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but Locke blocks with his arms.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Locke blocks it.
Paulson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Locke up against the cage.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson dodges an elbow strike from Locke.
Paulson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Locke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Locke blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Locke tries for a takedown. No joy.
Paulson crunches a lovely knee into Locke's ribcage.
Paulson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Locke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jake Paulson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Locke blocks it.
Paulson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Locke is blocking nicely.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Locke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Locke is blocking nicely.
Locke controlling the action here for a moment.
Locke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Paulson avoids it.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Locke wants a takedown but no success here.
Paulson lands a knee to the head.
Locke misses with a punch to the body.
Locke blocking some punches.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Locke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paulson stops a takedown attempt from Locke.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Locke is blocking nicely.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson throws a head punch that misses.
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Locke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Paulson scores a nice knee to the body.
Paulson lands a knee to the head.
Paulson lands a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paulson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paulson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Paulson dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

No luck for Paulson with that takedown attempt.

Paulson takes the fight into the clinch.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Locke blocks it with crossed arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Locke is looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Locke blocks it with crossed arms.
Paulson connects with a knee to the head.
Paulson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.
Locke is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jake Paulson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Locke.
Locke tries to work over Paulson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Locke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Locke working aggressively here.
Locke managing to block the knees to the body from Paulson.
Paulson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Locke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Locke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Locke blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but Locke blocks with his arms.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but Locke blocks with his arms.
Locke looking to stall.
Paulson is pushing Locke up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Locke avoiding damage as Paulson throws knees to the body.
Paulson is pressed up against the cage. Locke has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Paulson down to the mat. Paulson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Paulson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Paulson wants to stand but Locke is controlling his arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Locke wants to get back to his feet.
Paulson tries to stand but Locke is controlling his head.
Paulson tries to get to his feet but Locke is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Paulson in his guard.
Locke is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Paulson is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Paulson wants to stand and escape but instead Locke has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Paulson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Locke is controlling him.
Paulson is wriggling around but Locke manages to pass to half guard.
Paulson scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Locke manages to mount him!
Thomas Locke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Locke punching from mount but Paulson doing a good job of avoiding damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Paulson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Paulson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:26
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:26
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Paulson!