PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin St Andre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson's entrance music is Tech N9ne - So Dope. A fine choice. St Andre has chosen When the Saints Go Marching In as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.

Jackson
vs
St Andre

170 cm
27
166 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

176 cm
33
160 lbs
30 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Just Fight (Everything 7$)

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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Teddy Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benjamin St Andre!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Andre throws a low kick but Jackson moves out of range easily.
Jackson is looking to clinch but St Andre is avoiding it.

Jackson gets a clinch.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that St Andre shrugs off.
St Andre blocks an elbow strike.
St Andre dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson scores a nice knee to the body.
St Andre wants to break free but Jackson has control.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
St Andre blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
St Andre blocks a body shot from Jackson.
Jackson scores with a hook to the body.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.
Jackson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite St Andre's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson is pressed up against the cage. St Andre has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jackson down to the mat. Jackson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
St Andre throws a leg kick but Jackson moved away.

Jackson closes the distance and pushes St Andre back into the cage.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
A short left from St Andre.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Andre digs a right hand into Jackson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jackson's gas tank.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.
St Andre wants to break free but Jackson has control.

St Andre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
St Andre darts in looking for a takedown but Jackson gets double underhooks and turns St Andre into the cage.
St Andre blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
St Andre blocks an elbow strike.
Jackson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.
St Andre blocks an elbow strike.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that St Andre shrugs off.
St Andre avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
St Andre tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that St Andre shrugs off.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jackson lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jackson lands an elbow just above St Andre 's eye.
St Andre avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Jackson lands an elbow that stopped St Andre in his tracks for a moment.
St Andre misses with a punch to the body.
St Andre has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jackson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if St Andre can turn it around.
St Andre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St Andre dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by St Andre.
Jackson struggles to land a body shot inside as St Andre controls his hands.
St Andre lands a nice uppercut.
St Andre goes for a takedown attempt but Jackson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Teddy Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benjamin St Andre.
Jackson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by St Andre. St Andre obviously looking to wear him down.
St Andre connects with a solid leg kick.
Jackson tries to clinch
and St Andre connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jackson takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson moves out of range as St Andre throws a body kick.
St Andre misses with a looping right.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Andre jabs Jackson right on the nose. Jackson blinks but takes it well.
Teddy Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. St Andre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Andre throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but St Andre pushes him off.
Jackson wants to clinch.
St Andre blocks a head kick by Jackson.
Jackson looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Jackson forces St Andre back against the cage and clinches.
St Andre lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St Andre.
St Andre makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
St Andre blocks the elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Andre throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.

St Andre manages to break the clinch.
Jackson looks to clinch
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A decent looking cross lands there for St Andre.
Crunch! St Andre slams his shin into Jackson's torso.
A looping hook to the body misses from St Andre. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
St Andre throws a body punch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Andre fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jackson is out of range.
Jackson wants to clinch
and St Andre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Andre throws a half hearted mid kick.

St Andre gets tackled into the cage by Jackson. Jackson maintains the clinch.
St Andre blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Teddy Jackson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jackson clinches up against the cage.
Jackson throws an elbow but it misses.
Jackson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.

St Andre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
St Andre connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jackson. Jackson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Jackson moves into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
St Andre lands with a light punch inside.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
St Andre throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
St Andre blocks an elbow strike.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jackson can't find room to land a body shot as St Andre controls the action.
St Andre scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.
Jackson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

St Andre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Andre swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Benjamin St Andre seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Andre is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Jackson darts in trying to clinch
and St Andre counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jackson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from St Andre.
St Andre misses with a body kick.
St Andre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackson.
The fighters circle momentarily. St Andre darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jackson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Jackson rushes St Andre and presses him up against the cage.
St Andre throws a head punch that misses.

St Andre decides to pull guard.
Jackson tries to stand but St Andre is controlling from the bottom.

St Andre is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jackson is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of St Andre is proving hard to escape from.
St Andre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jackson trying to stand up but can't free himself from St Andre's guard.

St Andre is looking to cinch up a triangle. Jackson throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to St Andre's body to avoid the submission. St Andre has instead reached around Jackson's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! St Andre arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Benjamin St Andre!
Our winner, Benjamin St Andre, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.