PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nico World Citizen (ranked 2596 p4p, 4054 weight class) and Mark Jackacy (ranked 0 p4p, 396 weight class). World Citizen comes to the cage accompanied by Rich Bitch. Jackacy has chosen Nkolo Akosunga - Lokua Kanza as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

World Citizen
vs
Jackacy

160 cm
55
145
30 - 21 - 3

178 cm
20
160
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 21 - 3, fighting out of London, Nico World Citizen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Jackacy!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackacy throws a quick head kick that skims the top of World Citizen's head.
Jackacy lands a glancing blow to the side of World Citizen's head.
World Citizen takes one to the side of the head.
World Citizen could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Jackacy closes the distance and clinches.
World Citizen misses with a body punch.
Jackacy gets through World Citizen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jackacy lands a nice uppercut.
Jackacy scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Jackacy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
World Citizen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from World Citizen fails to land.
World Citizen has a couple of punches blocked by Jackacy.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jackacy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jackacy cracks World Citizen with a nice body shot.
Jackacy scores with a shoulder strike.
Jackacy lands a nice uppercut.
Jackacy lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackacy cracks World Citizen with a nice body shot.
World Citizen misses with a punch to the body.
Jackacy cracks World Citizen with a nice body shot.
Jackacy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
World Citizen is breathing heavily.
Jackacy gets through World Citizen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
World Citizen working aggressively here.

Jackacy lands a takedown into guard.
Jackacy connects with a couple of short punches.
Jackacy postures up and lands a big shot to World Citizen's brow.
Jackacy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Let's hope that Jackacy has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackacy throwing strikes from guard but World Citizen blocks nicely.
World Citizen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jackacy sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Jackacy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackacy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed World Citizen's guard.
Jackacy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
World Citizen on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if World Citizen tries to get out of the position.
World Citizen is looking to control Jackacy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can World Citizen avoid being mounted?
Jackacy controlling the pace.
We've been informed that Jackacy has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Jackacy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackacy trying to control the pace.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
World Citizen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Jackacy dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

World Citizen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
World Citizen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jackacy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Jackacy shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jackacy showed some decent athleticism there.
Jackacy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Jackacy is sneakily working for an arm triangle but World Citizen sees it coming and defends easily.
Jackacy slows the pace down in half guard.
Jackacy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yet more stalling tactics from Jackacy.
World Citizen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jackacy on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackacy works his foot free and advances to mount.
Jackacy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Jackacy is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. World Citizen can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Jackacy looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Jackacy lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackacy lands a nice shot to the head.
Jackacy controlling the position easily from mount.
World Citizen is looking to improve his position but Jackacy isn't that keen on the idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackacy scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish World Citizen?
Jackacy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackacy controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jackacy looking for a guillotine from mount but World Citizen is having none of it.
Jackacy is landing with some decent strikes but World Citizen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jackacy lands a nice shot to the head.
Mark Jackacy has got the better of the ground game so far.
World Citizen is bucking up trying to escape but Jackacy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jackacy controlling the position easily from mount.
Jackacy is continuing to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackacy raining down shots from the mount!
Jackacy breaks from World Citizen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
World Citizen is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jackacy cracks World Citizen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackacy prevents World Citizen from getting the reversal.
Jackacy lands a couple of good shots and World Citizen has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

World Citizen is rocked!
Jackacy landing with strikes.
Oh World Citizen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jackacy lands a massive shot to the side of World Citizen 's head and he's out cold! Jackacy jumps to his feet and milks the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mark Jackacy!
A relieved looking Mark Jackacy thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.