PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barragan Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Servata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Like A Boss. Barragan Jackson had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
Servata

190 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 New York, Barragan Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Servata!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Servata avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Servata swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Servata scores with a takedown into Jackson's guard.
Servata is looking to advance position but Jackson has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Servata is looking to improve his position but Jackson isn't that keen on the idea.
Jackson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

It looks like Johnny Servata has been cut.
Servata throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jackson. What's that going to do exactly?
Jackson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Servata is looking to escape.
Jackson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Servata?
Jackson is landing with some decent strikes but Servata is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Servata is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Servata taking shots to the head.
Servata is still in real trouble! Can Jackson finish him?

The cut above Johnny Servata's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jackson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Servata because Jackson loaded up on that one.
Jackson unloads with some shots from mount but Servata bucks and avoids them well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson looking to ground and pound but Servata is blocking nicely.
Servata holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jackson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jackson throws some wild stikes that Servata manages to avoid easily.
Poor strikes thrown by Jackson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson unloads with some shots from mount but Servata bucks and avoids them well.
Jackson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jackson unloads with some shots from mount but Servata bucks and avoids them well.
Jackson throwing strikes here but Servata is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Servata holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jackson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Poor strikes thrown by Jackson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jackson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Servata because Jackson loaded up on that one.
Jackson punching from mount but Servata doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Jackson punching from mount but Servata doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Jackson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jackson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Servata holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jackson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Servata is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Servata wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jackson.
Servata avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jackson.
Jackson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Servata because Jackson loaded up on that one.
Jackson unloads with some shots from mount but Servata bucks and avoids them well.
Jackson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jackson looking to finish with strikes here!
Jackson throwing strikes here but Servata is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Servata holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jackson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jackson misses with a head shot.
Jackson throws some wild stikes that Servata manages to avoid easily.
Jackson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Jackson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Poor strikes thrown by Jackson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jackson throws some wild stikes that Servata manages to avoid easily.
Servata is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jackson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Servata seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Servata is looking to improve his position but Jackson isn't that keen on the idea.
Servata regains half guard.
Servata makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Servata.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Servata is on top in guard.
Servata wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
Servata is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Servata advances to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Servata winds up and cracks Jackson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Servata looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jackson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Servata frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jackson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jackson tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Servata raining down shots from the mount!
Jackson is looking to improve his position but Servata isn't that keen on the idea.
Jackson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Jackson is trying to escape the mount.
Servata scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Jackson is rocked!
Servata putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oh Jackson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
BOOM! Servata connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Servata is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jackson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Servata pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Servata with good strikes from the mount here!
Jackson is in a horrible position here. Servata smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Servata connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Servata dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Servata's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

(x)
A jab from Servata does it's job there.
Jackson seems to have got his legs back now.
Servata closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jackson circles away.
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jackson drives through and clinches with Servata against the cage.
Jackson tries for a takedown but Servata manages to get underhooks.
Jackson tries to stall but Servata uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jackson has Servata pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Servata manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jackson stops a takedown attempt from Servata.
Servata has Jackson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jackson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Barragan Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Servata.
Jackson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Servata just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jackson stalling in the clinch but Servata improves position.
Servata blocking some punches.
Jackson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jackson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Servata looking for a takedown.
Servata changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jackson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jackson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Servata in his tracks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Servata swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson slow jab from Servata misses its intended target.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Servata circles away.

Servata feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Servata with a flurry of punches that miss.
Servata working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Servata drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Jackson dives on top into guard.
Servata trying to strike off his back.

Servata has his feet on Jackson's thighs here. He's pushed Jackson off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Jackson screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johnny Servata!

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