PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russell Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Aerts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacobs's entrance music is WhiteRabbit-Percussion Gun. A fine choice. Peter Aerts told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Jacobs
vs
Aerts

190 cm
24
259 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

192 cm
23
240 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Russell Jacobs!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Aerts!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aerts misses with a wild body shot.
Aerts misses with a body shot.
Aerts closes the distance but Jacobs moves to the side
and Jacobs counters with a left to the body.
Aerts throws a quick inside leg kick.
Aerts lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jacobs will feel that in the morning.
Aerts throws a half hearted mid kick.
Peter Aerts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aerts tries to land a front kick but Jacobs steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Aerts swings widly with a right hand
and Jacobs counters with an inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Aerts.
A telegraphed right hand from Aerts misses the target.
Jacobs throws a shot to the body.
Jacobs ducks under a wild hook from Aerts.
Jacobs tests Aerts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jacobs moves out of range as Aerts throws a body kick.
Jacobs throws a jab when Aerts was well out of range.
Aerts throws a leg kick but Jacobs checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs drops his hands momentarily and Aerts takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Aerts lands a body shot.
Aerts throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jacobs counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Aerts throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Aerts throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jacobs swings for the body but Aerts moves out of range.
Jacobs tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Aerts swivels and escapes.
Jacobs avoids a kick to the body.
Jacobs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aerts looks for the body kick but Jacobs saw that one coming.
Jacobs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jacobs shoots for a takedown but Aerts saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Aerts misses with a body punch
and Jacobs counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Aerts looks to land a body kick but Jacobs moved away.
Jacobs is trying hard to land a takedown here. Aerts sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Russell Jacobs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aerts misses with a low kick.
Aerts throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aerts tries to land a body kick
and Jacobs counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aerts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jacobs manages to avoid it.
Peter Aerts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aerts throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Jacobs counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Jacobs throwing shots but Aerts is blocking nicely.
Jacobs not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Aerts is looking for a sweep. Jacobs is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jacobs tries to pass to full mount but Aerts defends it.

Jacobs is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Jacobs trying to advance position but Aerts counters by regaining guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Aerts swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jacobs throws and elbow that misses. Aerts uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jacobs's guard. Nice move by Aerts!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Jacobs pulls Aerts in to control the position.
Aerts really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jacobs. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jacobs looking for a sweep. Not yet Jacobs, not yet.

Jacobs throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Aerts wanted to stand there but Jacobs had control of the position.
Jacobs is looking to stand up but Aerts isn't so interested in that idea.
Aerts stopping the sweep attempt from Jacobs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russell Jacobs dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jacobs has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Aerts.
Jacobs scores with a shot to the body.
Aerts throws a nice head kick!

Jacobs drives through with a takedown into Aerts's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Jacobs trying to control but Aerts is working from the bottom.
Jacobs prevents Aerts from getting back to his feet.
Aerts is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Aerts is pulling down on Jacobs's head. It's preventing any offense from Jacobs, at least for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jacobs wants to control from the top but Aerts keeps moving.

Russell Jacobs has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Aerts swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jacobs counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jacobs misses with a takedown attempt - Aerts sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jacobs is looking to wear down Aerts with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A punch combination from Aerts misses.
Jacobs lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Aerts finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Aerts throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Aerts thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jacobs if he has to take too many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aerts is looking to land body kicks.
Aerts doesn't manage to clinch there - Jacobs circles away.
Aerts throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jacobs.
Aerts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aerts is looking to land body kicks.
Jacobs slips under a jab from Aerts.
A lazy body kick from Aerts
and Jacobs counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jacobs shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Aerts as he jumps to the side.
Aerts throws a half hearted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aerts. Jacobs does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aerts tries to clinch up
and Jacobs counters with a one-two to the body.
Donk. Jacobs catches Aerts right on the button with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A big right from Jacobs misses.
Aerts with a nice cross.
A punch lands to the side of Jacobs 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice jab there from Jacobs.
Aerts swings widly with a right hand
and Jacobs counters with a nice body shot.
Aerts throws a sloppy head kick and Jacobs moves out of range easily.
Aerts misses with a hook

and Jacobs counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jacobs looking to pass the guard.
Jacobs throwing strikes from guard but Aerts blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jacobs wants to pass the guard but Aerts is keeping the position.
Jacobs slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Aerts tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aerts wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russell Jacobs dominated that second 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.

Jacobs fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Aerts misses with a hook

and Jacobs counters with a nice double leg into side control. Aerts won't be happy with that.
Jacobs in side control, throwing shots but Aerts defends.
Jacobs looks up at the clock and then as Aerts takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jacobs smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Jacobs tries for a kimura but Aerts is defending well.
Jacobs lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Jacobs is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Aerts is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aerts is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jacobs is controlling him well.
The strikes coming from Jacobs are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Aerts parries the strikes from Jacobs easily there. Jacobs is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Aerts to escape.

Jacobs thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jacobs landing a few strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Jacobs seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jacobs lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jacobs cracks Aerts with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Jacobs tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Aerts can't do much from the bottom here.
Jacobs scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jacobs throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jacobs wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Aerts, who protects the arm well.
Jacobs tries to score with some ground and pound. Aerts controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Jacobs is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Aerts has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Aerts is trying to control Jacobs's posture but Jacobs avoids it.
Jacobs sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Aerts is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Aerts is looking for a sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jacobs throws a strike aimed at the side of Aerts's head but Aerts avoids it well.
Jacobs tries to advance to mount but Aerts denies him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russell Jacobs clearly takes 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.

Jacobs gets the takedown into side control.
Jacobs has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Aerts parries the strikes from Jacobs easily there. Jacobs is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Aerts to escape.
Jacobs scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Aerts to see if he's OK.
Jacobs working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Jacobs tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jacobs has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Aerts is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aerts pushes Jacobs away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Jacobs gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Jacobs throws a strike aimed at the side of Aerts's head but Aerts avoids it well.
An elbow from Jacobs crashes against the mat.
Jacobs creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Jacobs working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Jacobs trying to control the action but Aerts is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jacobs postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jacobs scores with a couple of short elbows.
Jacobs wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aerts keeps working.
Jacobs misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jacobs tries to score with some ground and pound. Aerts controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aerts defending against the ground and pound.
Jacobs lands a few punches from side control.
Jacobs taking a break here but Aerts is having none of it and regains half guard.
Jacobs works his way into side control.
Jacobs is working Aerts over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs misses with the ground and pound.
Jacobs creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Aerts sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Jacobs grinds an elbow into Aerts's temple.
Jacobs postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jacobs lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Aerts down.
Jacobs tries to advance to mount but can't.
Jacobs wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aerts keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russell Jacobs had his way with Peter Aerts in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jacobs takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Aerts throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Jacobs counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Aerts!
Jacobs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aerts can do to turn this around?
Jacobs in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jacobs scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jacobs with shots to the head and body - Aerts looks very uncomfortable down there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jacobs working Aerts over with strikes here.
Jacobs punching from mount but Aerts doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Aerts is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jacobs landing shots from mount.
Aerts is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs lands a big shot there that rocks Aerts but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jacobs 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.
Jacobs trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jacobs throws some wild stikes that Aerts manages to avoid easily.
Aerts is in a horrible position here. Jacobs smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jacobs throwing strikes here but Aerts is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jacobs thowing shots but they're missing.
Aerts working to try and regain half guard.
Jacobs connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs thowing shots but they're missing.
Jacobs throws some wild stikes that Aerts manages to avoid easily.
Jacobs working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jacobs looking to ground and pound but Aerts is blocking nicely.
Jacobs looking to ground and pound but Aerts is blocking nicely.
Jacobs looking to ground and pound but Aerts is blocking nicely.
Aerts wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jacobs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs landing punches.
Russell Jacobs overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jacobs dominating with strikes here.
Peter Aerts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jacobs throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Aerts is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jacobs fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

And that's the end of the fight!
Russell Jacobs showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jacobs has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 50:43
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 50:43
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 50:43

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Russell Jacobs!
Russell Jacobs retains his heavyweight title!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
75%

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