PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roddy Finnan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Jacobs struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Finnan
vs
Jacobs

176 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
168 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roddy Finnan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finnan wants to clinch.
Jacobs shoots for a double leg takedown but Finnan sprawls well. He's pushed Jacobs's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Finnan wants to clinch.
Finnan moves in looking to clinch but Jacobs pushes him off.
Jacobs tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Finnan swivels and escapes.

Jacobs drives through with a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jacobs accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jacobs prevents Finnan from getting back to his feet.
Finnan trying to keep a closed guard but Jacobs is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jacobs keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Finnan's head.
Jacobs wants to pass the guard but Finnan is keeping the position.
Jacobs wants to control from the top but Finnan keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jacobs looking to pass the guard.
Jacobs is in close to Finnan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jacobs looking to sit in guard and control but Finnan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jacobs has Finnan pulled in close to control his posture.
Finnan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jacobs controlling the position.

Despite being in the dominant position, Ryan Jacobs just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Finnan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jacobs swats away the attempt to clinch by Finnan.
Finnan is breathing heavily.
Finnan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jacobs closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Finnan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jacobs controls the position from side control.
Finnan can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnan wants to get back to his feet but Jacobs drags him back down.
Finnan takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Jacobs is looking to take a break and control but Finnan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jacobs has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jacobs cracks Finnan with a big right hand but Finnan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Jacobs remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Jacobs works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The referee asks Jacobs politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Jacobs prefers to stall for the moment though.
Jacobs looks up at the clock and then as Finnan takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jacobs smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Finnan is trying to improve his position.
Jacobs with the ground and pound but Finnan regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Finnan is trying to stand back up but Jacobs is controlling him
Jacobs is keen to just control but Finnan is a slippery customer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jacobs shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Finnan as he avoids it easily.
Roddy Finnan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Jacobs.
Finnan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Good shot there by Finnan.
Finnan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jacobs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Finnan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Finnan tries to clinch up.
Finnan wants to clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jacobs.
Finnan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Finnan is trying to get back to half guard.
Jacobs is looking to take a break and control but Finnan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sloppy strikes there by Jacobs.
Finnan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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 prevents Finnan from escaping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs lands an elbow.
Finnan is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Jacobs gets the takedown into side control.
Finnan is trying to buck Jacobs off.
Finnan wants to control but Jacobs postures up.
Finnan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jacobs works to advance to full mount. Finnan defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Jacobs trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Finnan's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Poor strikes thrown by Jacobs there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs with good strikes from the mount here!
Finnan is looking to get to half guard.
Finnan taking shots to the head.
Jacobs scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jacobs fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Finnan trying desperately to get to his feet.
Jacobs working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Finnan is trying to stand.
Jacobs wants to control but Finnan has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Finnan wants to control but Jacobs is keeping busy.
Finnan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jacobs scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs prevents Finnan from standing back up.
Jacobs is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jacobs lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jacobs working Finnan over with strikes.
Jacobs missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jacobs performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jacobs slips a nice elbow through Finnan's hands, connecting with Finnan's forehead.
Jacobs is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs is thwarting Finnan's attempts to control the position.
Jacobs performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Finnan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jacobs controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Jacobs showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Finnan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Jacobs 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.
Finnan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jacobs is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Finnan wants to stand but Jacobs is controlling the position.
Finnan looking to control.

Finnan uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Jacobs swats away the attempt to clinch by Finnan.
Finnan misses with the combination.
Jacobs fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jacobs keeps the fight on the outside.
Jacobs takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Finnan tries to clinch up but Jacobs circles away and keeps his distance.
Finnan tries to clinch up but Jacobs circles away and keeps his distance.
Finnan tries to clinch but Jacobs is having none of it.
Finnan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Finnan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jacobs drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Finnan wants to get back to his feet but Jacobs drags him back down.
Jacobs lands an elbow.
Jacobs cracks Finnan with a big right hand but Finnan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Jacobs tries to move into full mount but can't pass Finnan's legs.
Jacobs trying to control the action but Finnan is working from the bottom.
Jacobs in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The strikes coming from Jacobs are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jacobs wants to lay and pray for a moment but Finnan keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs working the head with strikes.
Jacobs working the head with strikes.
Finnan wants to get back to his feet.
Jacobs scoring with punches and elbows.
Jacobs is looking to take a break and control but Finnan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Finnan is trying to escape the position but Jacobs is controlling the position.
Jacobs working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Finnan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Finnan tries to escape but Jacobs is in control.
Jacobs cracks Finnan with a big elbow.
Jacobs is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnan is looking for a sweep.
Finnan taking a bit of punishment here - Jacobs scoring with strikes.
Jacobs lands some shots froms side control.
Finnan tries to buck Jacobs off but Jacobs is having none of it.
Jacobs wants to control but Finnan is keeping him busy.
Finnan gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Roddy Finnan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jacobs throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jacobs trying to pass the guard but Finnan defending well.
Finnan trying to control here.
Jacobs throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Finnan wants to control but Jacobs is keeping busy.
Jacobs drops an elbow to the side of Finnan's head.
Jacobs wants to take a breather but Finnan is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Jacobs comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jacobs winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Jacobs!