PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Meytal Cohen - Toxicity. Riley has chosen Boom as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Jackson
vs
Riley

187 cm
29
220 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

190 cm
28
220 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrew Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Grant Riley!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson throws a body kick that misses.
Jackson tries a low kick but Riley avoids it.
Riley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Riley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Riley.
Some bone on bone action there as Riley checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Riley avoids the head kick by Jackson.
Riley scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Riley has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Riley throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson walks into a jab.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick
and Riley counters with a nice leg kick.
Riley wants to slow Jackson down by chopping away at his legs.
Riley tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jackson throws a head kick but Riley moves out of range.
Andrew Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson scores with a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Riley.
Riley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Riley. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson scores with a leg kick.
Riley connects with a crisp jab.
Jackson goes for a double leg but Riley avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Riley continues to drive forward.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jackson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Riley in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Riley struggles to land a body shot inside as Jackson controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riley's brow.
A right hand to the body from Riley.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Riley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Riley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice elbow from Jackson.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jackson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jackson.
A head punch on the inside from Riley fails to land.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
Jackson crunches a lovely knee into Riley's ribcage.
Riley looks winded!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Riley avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.
Riley blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Riley blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Riley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Riley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Riley avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Riley tries to work over Jackson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Riley - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Riley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters circling a little - Jackson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jackson throws a head kick that Riley semi-blocks.
Riley blocks a low kick nicely.
Riley is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Riley swinging wildly here.
Jackson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riley has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jackson.
A leg kick checked by Riley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Riley throws a body punch but Jackson moves out of range.
Riley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Grant Riley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Riley. That did some damage!
Riley checks a leg kick.
Jackson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Riley moves into the clinch.
Riley dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson keeps control of Riley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jackson lands an elbow just above Riley 's eye.
Riley working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Riley tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Riley back against the cage.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Jackson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jackson misses with a leg kick
and Riley counters with a big head kick but Jackson shrugs it off.
Jackson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Riley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jackson throws a head kick but Riley moves out of range.
Riley scoring well with a low kick there.
Jackson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Riley fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jackson is out of range.
Riley misses with a head kick.
Jackson misses with a head kick.
Jackson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jackson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jackson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Riley is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Jackson lands a few punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jackson has hold of Riley's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Riley tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Jackson cranks the arm and Riley screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Riley, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Andrew Jackson!
Andrew Jackson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Grant Riley had this to say: 'Well that didn't go as planned.'.