PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eric Jacquin (ranked 1021 p4p, 2533 weight class) and Broder Alert (ranked 131 p4p, 284 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Broder Alert enters the cage!

Jacquin
vs
Alert

170 cm
26
165
7 - 0 - 0

186 cm
26
161
4 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

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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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eric Jacquin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Broder Alert!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacquin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And Alert tries to counter it with a takedown but Jacquin pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Alert shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jacquin sprawls well. Jacquin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Alert gets slowly back to his feet.
Alert moves out of range of the strikes.
Jacquin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Alert counters with a takedown into side control.
Jacquin wants to control but Alert postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Alert thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Alert tries for a kimura but Jacquin is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jacquin is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Alert off and has taken his back!
Jacquin thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacquin has the hooks in. Alert is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Alert keeps trying to improve his position.
Jacquin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jacquin is riding his opponent, not letting Alert buck him off.
Alert is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Jacquin somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Jacquin seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Alert just trying to survive but Jacquin is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Jacquin trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Jacquin missing with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jacquin patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Jacquin is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Jacquin gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Jacquin gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Jacquin apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Jacquin misses the shot to the body.
Jacquin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Alert.
Jacquin tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Alert defends well and Jacquin ends up having to push Alert into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Jacquin decides to pull guard.
Alert won't allow Jacquin to sweep him here.
Alert wants to control from the top but Jacquin keeps moving.
Alert tries to free his leg and advance position but Jacquin is retaining full guard.
Alert is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Alert is still trying to improve position.
Alert wants to control from the top but Jacquin keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacquin wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Jacquin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alert is one step ahead there.

Jacquin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Alert defends it easily.

Jacquin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Alert wants to pass the guard but Jacquin is keeping the position.
Jacquin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Jacquin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Alert gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacquin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Alert tries to free his leg and advance position but Jacquin is retaining full guard.
Jacquin wants to improve his position but instead Alert has moved into half guard.
Alert prevents Jacquin from improving his position.
Jacquin is not content to let Alert control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alert uses his free foot to push down on Jacquin's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jacquin.

Alert with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Jacquin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jacquin gets a takedown into half guard.
Alert keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Alert trying to control but Jacquin postures up.
Jacquin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Alert keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jacquin passes the guard and advances to mount!
Alert tries to improve his position but instead Jacquin has taken his back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alert has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Jacquin.
Jacquin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alert can do to turn this around?

Jacquin has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Alert trying to control the position but Jacquin manages to sink in the hooks.
Jacquin misses with a punch to the head.

Jacquin patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

Alert is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Jacquin gets his way!
Jacquin is trying to control but Alert is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacquin throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Alert really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jacquin moves to back control.
Alert covering up well under a barage of strikes.

Alert defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Alert is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Jacquin off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Will Jacquin go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

Jacquin patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alert looking very determined here, making life difficult for Jacquin.
Jacquin avoiding Alert 's attempts to control his hands.
A lull in the action here.
Jacquin throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.

Jacquin looking to break Alert's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Alert remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Jacquin will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Alert looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jacquin throws strikes from the back but Alert rolls nicely and manages to end up in full guard. Nice work by Alert.
Jacquin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacquin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jacquin postures up in Alert's guard and throws a big left but Alert blocks it.

Alert is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jacquin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alert is keeping the position for now.
Alert can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jacquin controls the pace.

Alert had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jacquin defends it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Alert looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Jacquin dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jacquin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jacquin misses with a body shot.

Jacquin closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Alert quickly recovers to half guard.
Jacquin is looking to advance position but Alert won't allow it.
Alert trying to control from the bottom.
Alert is trying to control but Jacquin passes into side control!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alert avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jacquin.
You can see the frustration on Alert's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacquin wants to control but Alert is keeping him busy.
Jacquin advances nicely into full mount.
Alert is squirming around, avoiding Jacquin's attempts to control the action.
Alert wants to hold on but Jacquin pushes him away.
Broder Alert has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alert is squirming around, avoiding Jacquin's attempts to control the action.
Jacquin misses with some ground and pound and Alert recovers position to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacquin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jacquin is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Jacquin looking to sit in guard and control but Alert gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Jacquin looking for a sweep. Not yet Jacquin, not yet.
Jacquin keeping full guard, as Alert tries to pass.
Eric Jacquin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Jacquin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jacquin trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alert stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jacquin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Alert with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jacquin controlling Alert's posture.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jacquin is on top in guard.

Alert utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jacquin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Alert has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jacquin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jacquin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jacquin throws a strike but Alert rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Jacquin pulls Alert in close to prevent any damage.
Jacquin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jacquin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alert is one step ahead there.
Alert postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Eric Jacquin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alert must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jacquin looking for a sweep. Not yet Jacquin, not yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Jacquin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jacquin 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Jacquin!