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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Jaccobson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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135 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Jaccobson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Grant!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant defending well as Jaccobson loads up on a big left hand.
Jaccobson shoots in and bounces Grant off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jaccobson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jaccobson is looking to work some ground and pound but Grant has wrist control.
Grant has momentary wrist control but Jaccobson slips an elbow through the middle.
Jaccobson throws a big right hand that misses.
Jaccobson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jaccobson scoring with some ground and pound.
Grant wants to get back to his feet but Jaccobson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jaccobson lands a couple of digs.
Jaccobson prevents Grant from getting back to his feet.
Jaccobson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jaccobson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaccobson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jaccobson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jaccobson throwing strikes from guard but Grant blocks nicely.
Grant wants to stand and escape but Jaccobson is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaccobson is working Grant over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jaccobson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Grant's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Grant wants to get back to his feet but Jaccobson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Grant is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Grant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jaccobson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Grant is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jaccobson connects with a decent elbow.
Jaccobson working the ground and pound.
Grant is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Grant taking a bit of punishment here - Jaccobson scoring with strikes.
Jaccobson is breathing heavily.
Check out the look on Jaccobson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant taking a bit of punishment here - Jaccobson scoring with strikes.
Jaccobson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Grant wants to get back to his feet.
Grant is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Jaccobson working the head with strikes.
Jaccobson is chipping away with strikes.
Grant is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Grant explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Grant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaccobson shoots in and gets a takedown into Grant's guard.
Jaccobson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grant works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jaccobson landing some decent shots from guard.
Grant pushes Jaccobson off and gets back to his feet.
Grant throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jaccobson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Grant quickly recovers to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grant is trying to stand.
Jaccobson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grant's head.
Jaccobson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Grant is trying to stand back up but Jaccobson is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Jaccobson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jaccobson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Grant misses with a low kick as Jaccobson jumps back.
Brian Jaccobson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaccobson scores with a sloppy right hand. Grant should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaccobson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jaccobson lands in his opponent's guard.
Grant pushes Jaccobson off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaccobson scores with a takedown into Grant's guard.
Jaccobson prevents Grant from getting back to his feet.
Jaccobson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jaccobson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jaccobson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jaccobson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jaccobson won't allow Grant to get back to his feet.
Brian Jaccobson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Grant avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaccobson is working Grant over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jaccobson landing some decent shots from guard.
Grant wants to stand and escape but Jaccobson is having none of it.
Grant has his feet on Jaccobson's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jaccobson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jaccobson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grant wants to stand up but Jaccobson is controlling him.
Jaccobson cracks Grant with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaccobson postures up in Grant's guard and throws a big left but Grant blocks it.
Jaccobson stops Grant from standing up.
Jaccobson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jaccobson postures up in Grant's guard and throws a big left but Grant blocks it.
Grant is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Grant has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Jaccobson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Jaccobson gets a takedown into half guard.
Jaccobson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Jaccobson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Grant looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grant dodges the ground and pound from Jaccobson.
Grant is trying to buck Jaccobson off.
Jaccobson landing a few strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jaccobson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Grant is avoiding damage well.
Jaccobson tries to score with some ground and pound. Grant controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jaccobson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Grant tries to escape but Jaccobson is in control.
Jaccobson lands some shots froms side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Jaccobson dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Grant misses with the combination.
Grant gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jaccobson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jaccobson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jaccobson stops Grant from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jaccobson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaccobson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jaccobson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jaccobson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jaccobson is looking to work some ground and pound but Grant has wrist control.
Jaccobson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jaccobson postures up and lands a big shot to Grant's brow.
Jaccobson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jaccobson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grant is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jaccobson is controlling him.
Grant pushes Jaccobson off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Grant lands a high kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaccobson 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.
Grant wants to stand and escape but Jaccobson is having none of it.
Jaccobson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grant wants to get back to his feet but Jaccobson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jaccobson cracks Grant with a solid left hand.
Grant kicks Jaccobson off and gets to his feet.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Jaccobson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jaccobson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jaccobson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ground and pound from Jaccobson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jaccobson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jaccobson prevents Grant from escaping the position.
Jaccobson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Grant wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Grant is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Grant is trying to get back to his feet.
Jaccobson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Grant some visible discomfort.
Jaccobson grinds an elbow into Grant's temple.
Grant is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Jaccobson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaccobson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Grant is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Jaccobson cracks Grant with a big elbow.
Grant wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Jaccobson landing a few strikes.
Jaccobson prevents Grant from escaping the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jaccobson scores with punches from side control.
An elbow from Jaccobson crashes against the mat.
Grant is pushing Jaccobson's head away, looking to escape. Jaccobson manages to hold on to the position though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Jaccobson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jaccobson, 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Jaccobson!
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energy
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RATING
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