PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremiah Gilliam (ranked 7264 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Jackson (ranked 2633 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Gilliam
vs
Jackson

191 cm
24
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeremiah Gilliam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adam Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jackson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Gilliam bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Gilliam darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jackson scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Gilliam manages to mount him!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gilliam has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jackson's face.
Gilliam dominating with strikes here.
Gilliam landing punches.
Jackson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson prevents Gilliam from taking his back.
Gilliam sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilliam raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gilliam throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Gilliam with a couple of short strikes.
Gilliam avoids the attempt from Jackson to control.
Gilliam fails to advance to Jackson's back.
The referee warns Jackson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jackson working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilliam breaks from Jackson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jackson felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Gilliam throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jackson wants to control but Gilliam is having none of it.
Jackson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gilliam sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Gilliam punching from mount but Jackson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gilliam will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jackson is looking to get to half guard.
Jackson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jackson looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilliam landing shots from mount.
Jackson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jackson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Gilliam lands a heavy elbow.
Jackson can't escape the position.
Jackson wants to control but Gilliam is having none of it.
Gilliam wants to control the pace but Jackson is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilliam is landing with some decent strikes but Jackson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jackson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gilliam tries to control but Jackson wriggling away.
Gilliam is really struggling to control Jackson but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Gilliam fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gilliam looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jackson tries to hold on but Gilliam pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremiah Gilliam dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gilliam gets a takedown into half guard.
Jackson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gilliam is working away from the top position though.
Gilliam looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jackson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jeremiah Gilliam overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gilliam throws a strike but Jackson avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Gilliam working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson has control of Gilliam's left arm, preventing Gilliam from doing any damage.
Jackson wants to improve his position but instead Gilliam has moved into half guard.
Gilliam is thwarting Jackson's attempts to control the position.
Jackson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilliam sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jackson defending well though.
Jackson wants to control but Gilliam is keeping busy.
Jackson is trying to get back to full guard.
Jackson wants to control but Gilliam is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gilliam thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jackson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gilliam is working away from the top position though.
Jackson preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jackson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gilliam circles away.
Gilliam tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jackson manages to circle out of the way.
Jackson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gilliam seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jackson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gilliam swivels and escapes.
Jeremiah Gilliam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Jackson.

Gilliam dives in and scores a takedown into Jackson's guard.
Gilliam's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet but Gilliam is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gilliam scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilliam scoring with some ground and pound.
Gilliam throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gilliam has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gilliam postures up and lands a big shot to Jackson's brow.
Gilliam scoring with some ground and pound.
Jackson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gilliam working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jackson's head.
Gilliam trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Gilliam is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jackson is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Gilliam swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Gilliam tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jackson manages to circle out of the way.
Jackson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gilliam counters with a leg kick.
Gilliam checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jackson wants to clinch

and Gilliam counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jackson tries to improve position but can't.
Gilliam working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremiah Gilliam dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jackson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jackson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gilliam is not content to let Jackson control the position.
Gilliam is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilliam is looking to escape.

Gilliam is defending against the submission attempts here by Jackson.
Gilliam keeping hold of Jackson's head, controlling as best he can.
Gilliam wants to control but Jackson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gilliam wants to improve his position but Jackson is controlling well.
Gilliam controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gilliam looks like he's trying to stand up.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Gilliam throws a series of punches but Jackson avoids them all with ease.
Adam Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches up with Gilliam, looking for a takedown. Jackson pushes Gilliam against the cage but Gilliam circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gilliam leaves Jackson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A head kick from Gilliam lands but Jackson takes it in his stride.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gilliam sprawls well. Gilliam wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
Jeremiah Gilliam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Jackson.
Jackson darts in trying to clinch
and Gilliam counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gilliam defends it nicely.

Gilliam shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jackson's guard.
Gilliam lands a couple of digs.
Gilliam with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gilliam chips away with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilliam postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gilliam missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gilliam scoring with some ground and pound.
Gilliam trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gilliam working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jackson's head.
Adam Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson managing to control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jackson wants to get back to his feet but Gilliam is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremiah Gilliam showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gilliam has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremiah Gilliam!