PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quinton Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior dos Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jackson
vs
dos Santos

185 cm
25
240 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

193 cm
25
240 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Quinton Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junior dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson lands with a kick to the ribs.
dos Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
dos Santos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
dos Santos looks gassed!
Some wild striking there from dos Santos.
Jackson throws a shot to the body.
Jackson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on dos Santos if he has to take too many more of those.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jackson scores with a head kick.
Jackson thuds a left hand into dos Santos's body.
Jackson swinging wildly here.
Decent striking displayed by Jackson there.
Jackson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jackson throws a combination. dos Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jackson could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Jackson lands with a kick to the temple. dos Santos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jackson digs a good body shot into dos Santos's ribs.
Jackson throws a head kick that half lands.
Jackson keeps dos Santos at a distance using the push kick.
dos Santos blocks a head kick by Jackson.
Jackson connects with a body shot that sends dos Santos's belly button to the back.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Jackson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling dos Santos to score with a decent uppercut.

Jackson tries to keep at a distance but dos Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

dos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
dos Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jackson.
dos Santos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
dos Santos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Donk. dos Santos catches Jackson right on the button with a cross.
Jackson takes one to the chin there.
dos Santos throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Jackson throws a head kick but dos Santos moves out of range.

dos Santos instigates a clinch.
Jackson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from dos Santos.
Jackson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but dos Santos gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Jackson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Jackson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson keeping moving, preventing dos Santos from controlling successfully.

dos Santos stands up and waves to Jackson to follow him.

dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
dos Santos tries to pull guard but Jackson won't allow it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
dos Santos wants a takedown.
Quinton Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior dos Santos.
dos Santos is trying to force a seperation but Jackson has the dominant position.

Jackson manages to break the clinch.
Jackson tries to bum rush dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson scores with a nice strike.
Jackson tries to move into range but dos Santos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a leg kick which misses dos Santos's front leg but catches the back leg as dos Santos tries to avoid it.
dos Santos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
dos Santos tries to bum rush Jackson with a series of wild strikes but Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from dos Santos. Those never looked like landing.
dos Santos blocks a head kick by Jackson.
dos Santos looks to land a combination but Jackson avoids it well.
Jackson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jackson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. dos Santos eats them both and turns towards Jackson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jackson walks into a left hand.
Jackson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. dos Santos doesn't seem bothered though.
dos Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
dos Santos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
dos Santos tries to bum rush Jackson with a series of wild strikes but Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jackson is looking to wear down dos Santos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jackson throws a head kick but dos Santos moves out of range.
Jackson misses the shot to the body.
dos Santos scores with a three punch combo!
Jackson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by dos Santos.
dos Santos is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jackson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
dos Santos's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and dos Santos duly obliges.
Jackson scores with a head kick.
dos Santos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jackson on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a nice looking kick to the body. dos Santos takes a step back to recover.
A combination from dos Santos does no damage.
dos Santos misses with a wild combination.
Jackson throws a head kick but dos Santos moves out of range.
dos Santos getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
dos Santos cracks Jackson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jackson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jackson is looking to land body kicks.
Jackson throws a series of punches but dos Santos moves out of range.

dos Santos drives through and clinches with Jackson against the cage.

dos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
dos Santos clobbers Jackson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jackson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from dos Santos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
dos Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
dos Santos lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Good leg kick by Jackson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jackson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton Jackson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

dos Santos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jackson.
dos Santos misses with the combination.
Jackson cracks a nice hook into dos Santos's ribs.
Jackson tries to bum rush dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jackson is looking to land body kicks.
dos Santos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
dos Santos lands a body shot.
A combination from dos Santos does no damage.
dos Santos scores with a nice right hand.
Some wild striking there from dos Santos.
dos Santos avoids the head kick by Jackson.
Jackson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but dos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
dos Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on dos Santos. That did some damage!
Jackson takes one to the chin there.
dos Santos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jackson eats them both and turns towards dos Santos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
dos Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jackson.
dos Santos's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and dos Santos duly obliges.
dos Santos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
dos Santos lands with an uppercut that bounces Jackson off the cage and back into rage.
dos Santos has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jackson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jackson scores with a head kick. dos Santos tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
dos Santos has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
dos Santos punishes Jackson's body with a nice straight punch.
dos Santos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
dos Santos blocks a head kick by Jackson.
dos Santos throws a nice looking combination but Jackson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
dos Santos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Quinton Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jackson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
dos Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jackson jabs dos Santos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
dos Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Jackson circles away.
Jackson lands with a nice body punch.
dos Santos misses with the combination.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jackson.
Jackson's corner calls for a 1-2. Jackson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
dos Santos connects with the punch.
Jackson fails to land with a series of punches.
dos Santos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jackson eats them both and turns towards dos Santos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jackson looks to land a body kick but dos Santos moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jackson!
dos Santos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jackson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jackson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
dos Santos might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jackson lands a jab to the head.
dos Santos blocks a head kick by Jackson.
dos Santos throws a one two combo.
Jackson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
dos Santos is working the combinations to good effect here.
dos Santos lands a nice shot that snaps Jackson's head back.
dos Santos slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
Jackson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jackson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
dos Santos thuds a left hand into Jackson's body.
dos Santos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jackson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Quinton Jackson is winning the standup battle so far.
Jackson scores with a punch to the head.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
dos Santos jabs at Jackson's body.
Jackson feints a jab promting dos Santos to slip. Jackson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. dos Santos slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jackson throws a front kick that sends dos Santos stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jackson misses with a two punch combination.
dos Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jackson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jackson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jackson moves forwards but dos Santos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jackson thuds a left hand into dos Santos's body.
Jackson throws a one two combo.
dos Santos throws a one two combo.
Jackson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Donk. dos Santos catches Jackson right on the button with a cross.
dos Santos throws a series of punches but Jackson avoids them all with ease.
dos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jackson throws a series of punches but dos Santos moves out of range.
Jackson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to dos Santos's calf.
A punch combination from dos Santos misses.
Jackson throws a nice looking combination but dos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
dos Santos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jackson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from dos Santos.
Jackson lands a right hook to the body.
dos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
dos Santos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by dos Santos - just one landing.
Jackson scores with a head kick.
A left and a right from dos Santos both land. Nice combination.
Jackson throws a series of punches but dos Santos avoids them all with ease.
dos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jackson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from dos Santos.
Jackson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent dos Santos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
dos Santos throws a nice looking combination but Jackson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jackson keeps dos Santos at a distance using the push kick.
Jackson misses with a head kick.
Jackson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
dos Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jackson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but dos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
dos Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
dos Santos with a jab.
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by dos Santos.
Jackson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. dos Santos doesn't seem bothered though.

dos Santos forces Jackson back against the cage and clinches.
dos Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks.
dos Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Junior dos Santos will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A left and a right from dos Santos both land. Nice combination.
dos Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jackson misses with a two punch combination.
dos Santos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jackson tries to move into range but dos Santos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
dos Santos with a nice cross.
Jackson lands with a good body shot.
Jackson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Some wild striking there from dos Santos.
Jackson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A cross from dos Santos lands.
Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
dos Santos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
dos Santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Jackson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab lands there for dos Santos.
Jackson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
dos Santos scores with a one two! Jackson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
dos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throws a series of punches but dos Santos moves out of range.
Jackson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jackson misses with the combination.
dos Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
dos Santos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jackson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jackson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps dos Santos's head backwards.
Jackson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jackson.
dos Santos lands a slapping body shot.
dos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackson throws a head kick but dos Santos moves out of range.
dos Santos blocks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Jackson.
dos Santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jackson digs a good hook to dos Santos's body.
dos Santos pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jackson back to the cage. dos Santos follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
dos Santos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jackson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jackson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
dos Santos throws a nice looking combination but Jackson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jackson lands a two punch combo.
A combination from dos Santos does no damage.
dos Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Jackson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
dos Santos scores with a nice strike.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jackson swings for the body but dos Santos moves out of range.
dos Santos connects with a single shot there.
dos Santos lands a two punch combo.
Jackson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jackson scores with a head kick.
dos Santos cracks Jackson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jackson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from dos Santos.
Jackson misses with the combination.
dos Santos needs to keep his hands up - Jackson had a free shot at his head there.

dos Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jackson keeps control of dos Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
dos Santos punishes Jackson's body with a nice straight punch.
dos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.

dos Santos clinches.

dos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from dos Santos.
Jackson throws a quick inside leg kick.
dos Santos slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
Jackson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from dos Santos.
Jackson lands a jab to dos Santos's midsection.
dos Santos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jackson backs up against the cage.
Jackson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jackson connects with an inside leg kick.
Jackson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
dos Santos blocks a head kick by Jackson.
dos Santos scores with a nice right hand.
dos Santos moves out of range of the body kick.
dos Santos tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jackson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
dos Santos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jackson connects with a high kick.
dos Santos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jackson can pounce on him.
dos Santos getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
dos Santos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice shot lands for dos Santos.
dos Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jackson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jackson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
dos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from dos Santos.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jackson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces dos Santos back to the cage. Jackson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jackson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
dos Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Jackson moves away from the strike by dos Santos.
Jackson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Left hook, right uppercut from dos Santos.
dos Santos digs a good hook to Jackson's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Junior dos Santos.
I think dos Santos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior dos Santos!