PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sean O Malley (ranked 574 p4p, 686 weight class) and Nick Jackson (ranked 39 p4p, 51 weight class). O Malley comes to the cage accompanied by Goat Talk- Sugar Sean. Sean O Malley could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nick Jackson's chin.

O Malley
vs
Jackson

181 cm
32
145
21 - 15 - 1

155 cm
29
133
13 - 10 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean O Malley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Malley just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from O Malley misses.
And Jackson tries to counter it with a takedown but O Malley pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Jackson with a nice cross.

Jackson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for O Malley!
Jackson in side control, throwing shots but O Malley defends.
O Malley takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson scoring with punches and elbows.
O Malley is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jackson is controlling him well.
Jackson working the ground and pound from side control.
Jackson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The strikes coming from Jackson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes there by Jackson.
The ground and pound from Jackson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
O Malley wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jackson.
O Malley is trying to get back to his feet.
The strikes coming from Jackson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
O Malley is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Jackson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but O Malley is avoiding damage well.
O Malley is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jackson connects with a decent elbow.
O Malley is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Jackson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Jackson working the strikes but O Malley uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley wants to get back to his feet.
Jackson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed O Malley's head.
O Malley wants to get back to his feet.
Jackson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
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. Jackson connects with a nice short shot to O Malley's temple.
Jackson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
O Malley pushes Jackson off looking to stand but Jackson dives back in and keeps control.
Jackson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jackson lands with a punch from half guard.
Jackson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jackson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks O Malley with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Jackson.
Jackson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jackson working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Jackson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. O Malley defending well though.

O Malley pushes Jackson off and gets back to his feet.
Nice shot by Jackson.
Jackson blocks a head kick by O Malley.
Jackson misses with an uppercut.
Jackson throws a jab when O Malley was well out of range.
O Malley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Malley.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson throws a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by O Malley.

It looks like Nick Jackson has been cut.
Jackson cracks O Malley with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from O Malley misses the target.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Malley fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
O Malley looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Malley.
O Malley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Malley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
O Malley throws a right hand that misses

and Jackson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jackson landing with the ground and pound.
Jackson trying to control but O Malley is working from the bottom.
Jackson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Jackson throwing strikes from guard but O Malley blocks nicely.
O Malley wants to get back to his feet but Jackson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Jackson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick 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.

Jackson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
O Malley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson is looking to work some ground and pound but O Malley has wrist control.
O Malley wants to stand but Jackson is controlling the position.
Jackson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson looking to sit in guard and control but O Malley gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Jackson is looking for a triangle but O Malley pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson looking to hit a scissor sweep but O Malley is one step ahead there.

Jackson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. O Malley is aware though and is defending well.
Nick Jackson has got the better of the ground game so far.

Jackson is working an open guard so O Malley takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Jackson misses with a leg kick.
O Malley throws a big counter combination but Jackson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Jackson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
O Malley tries to escape but Jackson is in control.
Jackson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Jackson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Jackson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Malley wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley parries the strikes from Jackson easily there. Jackson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable O Malley to escape.
The ground and pound from Jackson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jackson landing strikes.
Jackson grinds an elbow into O Malley's temple.
Jackson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
O Malley on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson scoring with punches from side control.
Jackson working the ground and pound.
Jackson fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson cracks O Malley with a big elbow.
Jackson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
O Malley regains half guard, as Jackson was trying to land strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jackson lands a nice short elbow.
Jackson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jackson wants to take a breather but O Malley is having none of it.
Jackson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jackson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed O Malley's head.
Jackson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson drops an elbow to the side of O Malley's head.
Jackson uses his free foot to push down on O Malley's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for O Malley.
O Malley is bucking up trying to escape but Jackson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
O Malley taking shots to the head.
O Malley blocking the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson cracks O Malley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
O Malley in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

O Malley is rocked!
BOOM! Jackson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh O Malley is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jackson drops a big elbow. That's hurt O Malley! More shots from Jackson and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Jackson!
Nick Jackson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.