PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Koli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jagger Jacques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Koli
vs
Jacques

190 cm
19
196 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

186 cm
26
188 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sam Koli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jagger Jacques!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacques is looking to clinch but Koli is avoiding it.
Jacques tries to clinch there but Koli circles away.
Koli has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Jacques gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jacques doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jacques struggles to land a body shot inside as Koli controls his hands.
Jacques misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koli.
Jacques fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jacques with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jacques struggles to land a body shot inside as Koli controls his hands.
Koli is trying to break the clinch but Jacques is controlling him.
Jacques swings wildly with an uppercut but Koli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koli blocking some punches.
Jacques is working Koli over against the cage.
Koli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jacques misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jacques tries a knee to the head but Koli blocks it.
Jacques tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koli avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koli wants to get back to striking at distance but Jacques won't allow it.
Koli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jacques.
Jacques's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Jacques's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Jacques throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Koli is trying to break the clinch but Jacques is controlling him.
Koli wants to stall.
Jacques lands a knee to the body.
Koli avoiding damage as Jacques throws knees to the body.
Koli blocks an elbow strike from Jacques.
Jacques pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Koli lands a shot to the body.
Koli is trying to push Jacques away but Jacques has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jacques lands an elbow just above Koli 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacques comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jacques tries a knee to the head but Koli blocks it.
Koli is trying to break the clinch but Jacques has him pressed against the cage.
Jacques looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jacques trying to land knees to the body.
Koli blocking some punches.
Koli is trying to push Jacques away but Jacques has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jacques tries a knee to the head but Koli blocks it.
Jacques working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jacques gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jacques can't find room to land a body shot as Koli controls the action.

Koli breaks from the clinch.

Jacques moves into the clinch.
Jacques misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koli managing to block the knees to the body from Jacques.
Jacques misses with an elbow strike.
Koli takes an elbow to the temple.
Jacques tries a body shot but Koli blocks it.
Koli blocking some punches.
Jacques prevents Koli from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jacques.
Koli blocks an elbow strike from Jacques.
Jacques misses with a hook to the ribs.
Koli has had enough of the clinch but Jacques keeps him there for the moment.
Koli wants to break the clinch but can't.
Koli trying to stall but Jacques improves his position.
Koli takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jacques is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koli is defending well for now.
Koli blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacques tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jacques struggles to land a body shot inside as Koli controls his hands.
Koli blocks an elbow strike.
Koli's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jacques misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jacques tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jacques tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koli avoids it.
Koli trying to stall but Jacques improves his position.
Jacques misses with a punch to the body.
Jacques misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koli blocks an elbow strike from Jacques.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jacques using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Koli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Koli dodges an elbow strike from Jacques.
Jacques tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koli's elbow.
Jacques misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jagger Jacques dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jacques fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jacques moves to clinch but Koli breaks away
and Koli counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jagger Jacques seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jacques keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koli.
Jacques fails in his attempt to clinch.

Jacques closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Koli is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Koli is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jacques tries to land knees in the clinch but Koli avoids the damage to the body.
Koli blocks a body shot from Jacques.
Jacques lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jacques goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jacques doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jacques misses with a body punch.
Jacques tries a body shot but Koli blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Jacques fails to land.
Jacques working aggressively here.
Jacques pushes off an throws an elbow but Koli leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Koli avoids the elbow strike from Jacques, against the cage.
Jacques tries a knee to the head but Koli blocks it.
Koli wants to get back to striking at distance but Jacques won't allow it.
Jacques fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jagger Jacques seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jacques swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Koli blocking some punches.
Koli is looking to break free of the clinch but Jacques has double underhooks.
Jacques misses with a punch to the body.
Jacques letting Koli take a breather here.
Jacques throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacques misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jacques trying to land knees to the body.
Jacques throws an elbow that misses.
Jacques throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jacques working aggressively here.
Koli blocks the elbow strike.
Jacques lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jacques throws a head punch that misses.
Jacques with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Koli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jacques.
Jacques looking to throw knees to the head but Koli is blocking nicely.
Jacques throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacques throws a head punch that misses.
Koli wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Koli prevents a body shot from Jacques.
Jacques tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koli avoids it.
Jacques has a couple of punches blocked by Koli.
Jacques tries to land knees in the clinch but Koli avoids the damage to the body.
Koli avoiding damage as Jacques throws knees to the body.
Jacques misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koli is trying to break the clinch but Jacques has him pressed against the cage.
Jacques tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koli avoids it.
Jacques tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koli's elbow.
Koli can't find room to land a body shot as Jacques controls the action.
Jacques misses with a body punch.
Koli blocks a body shot from Jacques.
Jacques struggles to land a body shot inside as Koli controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jacques.
Jacques trying to land knees to the body.
Jacques throws an elbow but it misses.
Jacques misses with a punch to the body.
Koli wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jacques working aggressively here.
Jacques misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Koli.
Jacques pushes Koli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jacques is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koli is defending well for now.
Jacques misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jacques lands a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jacques landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jacques lands a left hand that snaps the head of Koli backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jagger Jacques showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Jacques takes one to the side of the head.
Jacques tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Koli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koli connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Koli is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jacques is looking to clinch.
Koli uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jacques has time to react.
Sam Koli is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jacques moves to clinch but Koli breaks away
and Koli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Koli circles away from the clinch attempt

and Koli counters with a crisp one two that drops Jacques! Koli thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Jacques to his feet! Jacques is in big trouble!

Jacques is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jacques darts in trying to clinch
and Koli counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jacques is still on wobbly legs! Can Koli finish him?
Jacques tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Koli counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sam Koli!
Sam Koli thanked the fans post fight for their support.