PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patryk Ciechan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pete Jackson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Patryk Ciechan's chin.

Jackson
vs
Ciechan

183 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

190 cm
19
204 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Amber Swan*$15 Rec Supp*
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Pete Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Patryk Ciechan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ciechan tries to clinch up.

Ciechan has closed the distance and engaged Jackson in a clinch.

Ciechan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Ciechan.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ciechan.
Ciechan in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ciechan scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jackson to see if he's OK.
Jackson is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ciechan off and has taken his back!
Ciechan just trying to survive but Jackson is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

Jackson is looking for the choke from the back position but Ciechan is controlling his hands well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Ciechan trying to control the hands but Jackson breaks the grip.
Ciechan rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Ciechan is trying to stand up here but Jackson is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciechan is looking to improve his position.
Jackson wants to control but Ciechan is keeping him busy.

Ciechan is defending against the submission attempts here by Jackson.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ciechan shoots for a takedown but Jackson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Crunch! Ciechan slams his shin into Jackson's torso.
Ciechan tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson stuffs the takedown.
Ciechan shoots in for a takedown but Jackson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pete Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patryk Ciechan.
Jackson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ciechan is fending him off so far but Jackson persists. Nope, Ciechan circles away and we're back to standing.
Ciechan looks for a takedown but Jackson sprawls well.
Ciechan is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jackson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ciechan throws a half hearted mid kick.

Ciechan takes the fight into the clinch.
Ciechan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Ciechan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson fails to pull guard.
Ciechan landing knees to the head.
Ciechan lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Ciechan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Ciechan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Ciechan.
Ciechan thuds his shin into the meat of Jackson's side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciechan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jackson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Patryk Ciechan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jackson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ciechan did well to prevent Jackson getting side control.
Jackson trying to control the action but Ciechan is working from the bottom.
Ciechan won't allow Jackson to pass to mount.
Jackson prevents Ciechan from improving his position.
Jackson stops Ciechan from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ciechan is looking for a sweep. Jackson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jackson is trying to control. Ciechan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ciechan is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ciechan cracks a nice hook into Jackson's ribs.
Ciechan misses with a takedown attempt

and Jackson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ciechan!
Jackson wants to stand but Ciechan is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patryk Ciechan 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.

Ciechan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jackson's head.
Ciechan tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ciechan shoots in but no luck this time.
Ciechan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Ciechan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jackson, pushing him back against the cage.
Jackson wants to break free but Ciechan has control.
Ciechan lands a knee to the head.
Ciechan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Ciechan manages to break the clinch.
Ciechan fails with an attempt to clinch.

Ciechan closes the distance and pushes Jackson back into the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Ciechan.
Ciechan lands a body shot.

Ciechan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jackson is defended easily by Ciechan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Ciechan takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciechan tries for a takedown but Jackson manages to get underhooks.
Jackson trying to stall but Ciechan improves his position.
Ciechan working Jackson over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ciechan.

Ciechan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ciechan lands a head kick!

Ciechan gets the takedown into side control.
Ciechan throws an elbow but Jackson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Jackson tries to buck Ciechan off but Ciechan is having none of it.
Jackson struggling a bit here.
Ciechan has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Jackson tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciechan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jackson taking shots to the head.
Jackson wants to hold on but Ciechan pushes him away.
Ciechan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ciechan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jackson is looking to escape.
Ciechan prevents Jackson from getting the reversal.
Ciechan looking to finish with strikes here!
Ciechan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jackson because Ciechan loaded up on that one.
Ciechan punching from mount but Jackson doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciechan with the ground and pound from mount.

Ciechan working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Ciechan scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ciechan with good strikes from the mount here!
Ciechan dominating with strikes here.
Ciechan looking to control but Jackson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ciechan throwing strikes here but Jackson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Ciechan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jackson hang on?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ciechan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciechan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Ciechan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Ciechan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ciechan unloading with bombs!
Ciechan looking to finish with strikes here!
Jackson is desperately trying to improve his position but Ciechan has a good base and remains in mount.
Ciechan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ciechan working Jackson over with strikes here.
Jackson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ciechan thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patryk Ciechan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Ciechan shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed Ciechan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Ciechan closes the distance and pushes Jackson back into the cage.
Ciechan misses with a knee strike.
Ciechan is working Jackson over against the cage.
Ciechan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jackson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ciechan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Ciechan is controlling him.
Ciechan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ciechan just stands there and leans against the cage.

Jackson manages to pull guard.

Jackson throws his legs up looking for a submission but Ciechan uses it to pass to side control.
Jackson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ciechan grinds an elbow into Jackson's temple.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ciechan lands a few punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ciechan has hold of Jackson's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Jackson seems comfortable defending it but Ciechan has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Jackson is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Jackson is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Ciechan couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Patryk Ciechan!