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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ross Jacob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross Jacob has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 cm
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155 lbs
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167 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ross Jacob! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jordan Roberts! The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jacob circles away from the clinch attempt.
Roberts wants to clinch. Roberts doesn't manage to clinch there - Jacob circles away.
Roberts moves in looking to clinch but Jacob pushes him off. Roberts tries to clinch there but Jacob circles away.
Roberts is looking to clinch but Jacob is avoiding it.
Roberts is looking to clinch but Jacob is avoiding it.
Jacob throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Roberts's waist but Roberts gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jacob off to one side. Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Jacob swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jacob paws at him with a jab and circles away. Horrible takedown by Jacob or perhaps it was just good defense by Roberts which made him look bad. Danga de danga de dang - Roberts scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Ross Jacob has been cut. Jacob closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jacob lands in his opponent's guard. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's one minute gone in the round. Jacob drops back looking for a leg! Roberts is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Roberts manages to kick Jacob off! Jacob jumps back into Roberts's guard. Jacob thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Roberts has his foot on Jacob's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jacob works his way back into a safe position though. Jacob wants to pass the guard but Roberts is keeping the position. Jacob thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Roberts working for a triangle but Jacob defends it easily.
Roberts really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jacob. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Roberts looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Roberts is looking for a triangle but Jacob pushes his legs off easily.
Roberts looks gassed!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. A nice combination there by Roberts.
Jacob really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jacob drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Jacob thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Roberts tries to improve position but can't. Jacob tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jacob has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Jacob looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Roberts wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land. Roberts wants to get back to his feet but Jacob drags him back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Roberts gets back to half guard. Roberts tries to kick Jacob off but Jacob keeps his base steady and stays in half guard. Jacob is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Roberts gets back to full guard.
Jacob drops back looking for a leg! Roberts is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Roberts manages to kick Jacob off! Jacob jumps back into Roberts's guard. Jacob trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Roberts is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Roberts looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jacob drops back looking for a leg! Roberts is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Roberts manages to kick Jacob off! Jacob jumps back into Roberts's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Roberts working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jacob doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jacob manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Jacob passes into half guard. Jacob is trying to work for a kimura but Roberts is defending well.
Jacob is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jacob is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Roberts doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jacob. Roberts works his way to full guard. Good work. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ross Jacob dominated that round. The cut man is working on Ross Jacob's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roberts looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Jacob fails with a takedown attempt. Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Jacob swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Roberts is looking to clinch. Roberts fails in his attempt to clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jacob fails with a takedown attempt. Roberts fails in his attempt to clinch. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Roberts tries to clinch but Jacob moves out of range. Jacob will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ross Jacob. That's going to take a lot out of him. Roberts scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jacob is rocked! Jacob avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roberts tries to clinch there but Jacob circles away.
Jacob swats away the attempt to clinch by Roberts. Ross Jacob is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Jacob avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roberts looks to land a combination but Jacob avoids it well. Roberts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Jacob shoots in but no luck this time. Roberts goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Roberts tries to clinch but Jacob is having none of it. Roberts tries to clinch but Jacob is having none of it. Roberts scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Oh Jacob is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Roberts wants to clinch. Jacob seems to have got his legs back now. Jacob avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roberts throws a nice looking combination but Jacob bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jacob swats him away and circles back towards the center. Roberts tries to clinch there but Jacob circles away.
Roberts throws a series of punches but Jacob avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jacob shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jacob was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Jacob working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Roberts looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Jacob! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ross Jacob!
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hype
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