PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonis Papageorgiou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Jackson
vs
Papageorgiou

188 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

187 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonis Papageorgiou!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Papageorgiou shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jackson looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Papageorgiou unloading with bombs!
Papageorgiou pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Papageorgiou cracks Jackson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Jackson is rocked!
Papageorgiou has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.Papageorgiou raining down shots from the mount!
Oh Jackson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Papageorgiou looking for a guillotine from mount but Jackson is having none of it.
Jackson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Papageorgiou.
Jackson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Papageorgiou tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Papageorgiou working for a guillotine from mount but Jackson is in no mood to give up.
Papageorgiou thowing shots but they're missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Papageorgiou there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Papageorgiou throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Papageorgiou throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jackson because Papageorgiou loaded up on that one.
Papageorgiou throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Papageorgiou throwing strikes here but Jackson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jackson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Papageorgiou tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Papageorgiou thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Jackson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Papageorgiou thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Papageorgiou working for a guillotine from mount but Jackson is in no mood to give up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Papageorgiou thowing shots but they're missing.
Jackson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Papageorgiou.
Papageorgiou throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jackson because Papageorgiou loaded up on that one.
Papageorgiou throwing strikes here but Jackson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Papageorgiou throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Papageorgiou misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Papageorgiou thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Papageorgiou misses with a head shot.
Papageorgiou throwing strikes here but Jackson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papageorgiou thowing shots but they're missing.
Papageorgiou misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

Papageorgiou looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Papageorgiou punching from mount but Jackson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Jackson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Papageorgiou tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Papageorgiou throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jackson because Papageorgiou loaded up on that one.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Papageorgiou throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Papageorgiou looking to ground and pound but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Papageorgiou unloads with some shots from mount but Jackson bucks and avoids them well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jackson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Papageorgiou.
Jackson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jackson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Papageorgiou.

Papageorgiou has hold of Jackson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Jackson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Poor strikes thrown by Papageorgiou there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jackson seems to have got his legs back now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papageorgiou with shots to the head and body - Jackson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Papageorgiou pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jackson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Papageorgiou wants to control the pace but Jackson is squirming around nicely.
Papageorgiou might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Jackson kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Jackson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Papageorgiou fakes the body blow, causing Jackson to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Jackson goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Antonis Papageorgiou!