PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adam Jensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnold Jacksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacksson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Volbeat - Evelyn Live feat Petrov kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Jensen
vs
Jacksson

182 cm
23
180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
185 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

[CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam Jensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Arnold Jacksson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacksson dives in and grabs Jensen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jensen pushes down on Jacksson's head and hops out.
Jacksson tries to clinch up but Jensen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jensen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jensen tries to clinch but Jacksson moves out of range.
Jensen lands a right hook to the body.
Jensen slips a jab and a cross from Jacksson.
A big right from Jensen misses.
Jacksson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jacksson.
Adam Jensen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnold Jacksson.

Jacksson has managed to clinch.
Jensen works on Jacksson's body with a couple of short punches.
Jensen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jensen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jacksson lands an elbow that stopped Jensen in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Adam Jensen has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen throws a head punch that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jacksson jumps guard but Jensen stands there with Jacksson around his waist. Jacksson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jensen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jacksson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jensen's brow.
Jensen stalling against the cage.
Jacksson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jensen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jensen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jacksson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adam Jensen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jensen throws an overhand right that lands on Jacksson's shoulder, as Jacksson tries to avoid the shot.
Jacksson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Jensen moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Jacksson.
Jensen lands with a left to the head.
Jacksson blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Jensen.

It looks like Arnold Jacksson has been cut.

Jensen has hold of one of Jacksson's legs. Jacksson is fighting the takedown attempt but Jensen gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Jacksson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jacksson keeping moving, preventing Jensen from controlling successfully.
Jacksson has a closed guard, preventing Jensen from standing up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Jacksson holds on and takes a little breather.
Jensen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jacksson working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jensen throwing strikes from guard but Jacksson blocks nicely.
Jacksson trying to keep a closed guard but Jensen is proving a slippery customer.

Arnold Jacksson has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jensen throws a nice looking combination but Jacksson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jacksson wants to clinch.
Jacksson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jensen sprawls well. Jensen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jacksson gets slowly back to his feet.
Jensen misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacksson shoots in looking for a takedown. Jensen tries to sprawl out of it but Jacksson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jensen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jacksson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jensen counters with a straight right hand.
Jacksson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice cross by Jensen.
Jacksson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Jensen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Jensen.
Jacksson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jacksson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jensen smiles and moves away.
Jensen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jensen instigates a clinch.
Jacksson is trying to break the clinch but Jensen has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Jensen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jacksson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jacksson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jensen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jacksson's head backwards.
Jensen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jensen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jacksson.
Jensen lands a body shot.

Jensen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jensen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jacksson on the ground.

Jensen decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jacksson.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jensen.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jensen gets caught flat footed, as Jacksson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jacksson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jacksson preventing the sweep.
Jensen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jacksson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jensen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jacksson is one step ahead there.
Jacksson cracks Jensen with a solid left hand.
Jacksson wants to pass the guard but Jensen is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Jensen holds on and takes a little breather.
Jacksson wants to control from the top but Jensen keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Jacksson throwing strikes but missing.
Jensen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jacksson wants to control from the top but Jensen keeps moving.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jensen looks to land a body kick but Jacksson moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jensen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jacksson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jensen tries to avoid it but Jacksson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jensen to the ground. Jensen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Adam Jensen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnold Jacksson.

Jacksson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jensen sprawls well initially but Jacksson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Arnold Jacksson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jensen is in trouble now - Jacksson has advanced to mount!
Jacksson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jensen tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Jacksson looking to secure an arm triangle but Jensen defends it well.
Jacksson throws a sloppy strike and Jensen uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Jensen has ended up in Jacksson's guard.

Jacksson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jensen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jacksson's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jensen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jacksson trying to control the position.
Jensen wants to control from the top but Jacksson keeps moving.
Jensen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jacksson has his foot on Jensen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jensen works his way back into a safe position though.

Jacksson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jensen defends well.
Jensen won't allow Jacksson to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Adam Jensen will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Jacksson shoots and misses
and Jensen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jacksson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jensen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jacksson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jensen misses with a low kick.
Jacksson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jensen circles away.
Jacksson moves in looking to clinch but Jensen pushes him off.

Jacksson clinches up against the cage.
Good body shot from Jensen.
Jacksson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jensen is defending well for now.
Jacksson being controlled against the cage.
Jacksson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A shot in the inside from Jensen.
Jensen controlling the action here for a moment.
Jacksson tries to score a body lock takedown but Jensen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Adam Jensen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnold Jacksson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen lands with a right to the head.
Jacksson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jensen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jensen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jacksson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jensen stuns Jacksson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jensen. That's going to slow Jacksson down.

Jacksson gets tackled into the cage by Jensen. Jensen maintains the clinch.

Jensen has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Jacksson regains guard immediately.
Jacksson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jensen is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen is trying to control but can't.
Jensen is looking for a sweep. Jacksson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jensen is trying is best to control the position here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jensen trying to control from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jacksson works his way into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jacksson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jensen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Jacksson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jacksson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jensen dodges the ground and pound from Jacksson.
Jacksson is looking to take a break and control but Jensen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

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.

Jacksson goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Jensen rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Jacksson's guard! Nice work there by Jensen!
Jacksson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jensen distracts Jacksson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jensen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jensen preventing the sweep.
Jacksson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Jacksson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Jensen off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Arnold Jacksson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adam Jensen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jensen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Jensen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jensen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Jensen!