PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aeson Beckley (ranked 1529 p4p, 1940 weight class) and Jake Paulson (ranked 162 p4p, 201 weight class). Aeson Beckley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Beckley
vs
Paulson

175 cm
26
158
12 - 10 - 0

185 cm
24
167
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

KOMBAT KLOTHING
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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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aeson Beckley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Paulson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Paulson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beckley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Paulson.
Paulson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Paulson scores with a knee to the head.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Beckley blocks it.
Paulson landing knees to the head.
Our sources have told us that Beckley has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Beckley tries to land knees in the clinch but Paulson avoids the damage to the body.
Paulson gets through Beckley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Paulson stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Paulson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckley blocks a body shot from Paulson.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Paulson.
Beckley looking to throw knees to the head but Paulson is blocking nicely.
Beckley throws a punch but it's blocked by Paulson.
Beckley effectively controlling the action here.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Beckley is blocking nicely.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beckley content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beckley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beckley digs a right hand underneath Paulson's ribcage. Paulson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Beckley blocks it.
Paulson slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beckley tries to work over Paulson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but Beckley blocks with his arms.
Beckley crunches a lovely knee into Paulson's ribcage.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but Beckley blocks with his arms.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.
Beckley lands a knee to the body.

Beckley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paulson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paulson looks to land a right hand but Beckley moved out of range.
Paulson lands a body shot.
Paulson wants to clinch up but Beckley keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Paulson.

Paulson has closed the distance and engaged Beckley in a clinch.
Beckley looking to throw knees to the head but Paulson is blocking nicely.
Beckley pushes Paulson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.
Paulson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beckley misses with a punch to the body.
Paulson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Aeson Beckley has been cut.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beckley has Paulson pushed against the cage.
Beckley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Paulson avoids it.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beckley blocks it with crossed arms.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Beckley is blocking nicely.
Beckley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Beckley is trying to force a seperation but Paulson has the dominant position.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beckley blocks it with crossed arms.
Paulson tries to land knees in the clinch but Beckley avoids the damage to the body.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paulson prevents a body shot from Beckley.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beckley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paulson's brow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Paulson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aeson Beckley's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Paulson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Beckley counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Paulson clinches up against the cage.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson tries to stall but Beckley uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jake Paulson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Beckley is blocking nicely.
Paulson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Paulson landing knees to the head.

Beckley is rocked!
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beckley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oh Beckley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Beckley blocks it.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Paulson.
Paulson jerks Beckley's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Beckley drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Paulson goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Paulson because Beckley was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Jake Paulson!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Jake Paulson waved his t-shirt featuring Un-Kaged Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.