PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Umaru Usman (ranked 4878 p4p, 4427 weight class) and Jason Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Usman
vs
Jackson

189 cm
18
190
1 - 1 - 0

184 cm
23
196
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Umaru Usman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jackson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Usman keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Jackson advances to half guard.

Usman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Usman is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jackson pulls his head out easily.
Usman on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jackson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jackson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ground and pound from Jackson.
Usman taking some punishment here, with Jackson in his half guard.
Jackson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jackson working over Usman with some ground and pound. Usman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Usman is rocked!
Jackson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Oh Usman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Usman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Usman is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jackson pulls his head out easily.
Usman seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Usman has hold of Jackson's hands but Jackson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Usman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jackson works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Usman is looking to improve his position but Jackson isn't that keen on the idea.
Usman is working hard here to advance position.

Jackson looking to secure an arm triangle but Usman defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson prevents Usman from getting the reversal.
Jackson landing shots from mount.
Usman keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jackson landing punches.
BOOM! Jackson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Usman tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jackson is working for a guillotine from mount but Usman frees his head quite easily.
Usman tries to reverse the position but Jackson maintains control.
Jackson content just to control the position here.

Jackson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Usman manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Usman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Usman is looking for a sweep.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson trying to control the action but Usman is working from the bottom.
Usman tries to buck Jackson off but Jackson is having none of it.

Jackson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jackson trying to control the action but Usman is working from the bottom.
Jackson moves into full mount!
Jackson looking to finish Usman with some ground and pound. This is bad for Usman!
Usman is working to get back to half guard.
Jackson with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Usman is working to get back to half guard.
Jackson trying to control but Usman is having none of it.
Usman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Usman tries to get out of the position.
Jackson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jackson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jackson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Usman is desperately trying to improve his position but Jackson has a good base and remains in mount.
Jackson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the head.
Usman slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jackson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jackson looks winded!

Usman is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jackson pulls his head out easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Jackson dominated that 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.

Jackson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Usman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jackson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jason Jackson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jackson drops an elbow to the side of Usman's head.
Usman taking some punishment here, with Jackson in his half guard.

Usman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Usman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Usman is trying to get back to full guard.

Jackson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jackson lands a couple of good shots and Usman has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson keeps control of the position as Usman tries to break free.

Jackson tightening his grip on Usman, looking for the choke.
Usman rolls, trying to escape but Jackson keeps control of the position.
Jackson connects with a big shot to the side of Usman's head.
Jackson has Usman flattened out and is raining down punches.
Jackson lands a series of strikes from the back and Usman goes limp! The ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Jackson!