PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Beto Ribeiro (ranked 1066 p4p, 385 weight class) and Jon Jackson (ranked 143 p4p, 52 weight class). Jon Jackson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ribeiro
vs
Jackson

175 cm
27
180
11 - 5 - 0

187 cm
27
180
11 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Beto Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jon Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ribeiro rushes Jackson and presses him up against the cage.
Ribeiro swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ribeiro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Ribeiro misses with a knee strike.
Ribeiro scores with a shot to the side of Jackson's head.
Ribeiro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Jon Jackson has been cut.
Ribeiro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ribeiro swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Ribeiro definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ribeiro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.

Ribeiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jackson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Jackson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
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!
Ribeiro wants to control but Jackson postures up.
Ribeiro is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro wants to get back to his feet but Jackson drags him back down.

Jackson has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Ribeiro is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Jackson yanks on the arm and Ribeiro is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Jackson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jon Jackson!
Jon Jackson decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.