PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Simon Jacobsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Mcpaene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Jacobsen
vs
Mcpaene

185 cm
21
185 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

183 cm
21
184 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Simon Jacobsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Mcpaene!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jacobsen rushes Mcpaene and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Jacobsen lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Joe Mcpaene has been cut.
Jacobsen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mcpaene takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mcpaene takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jacobsen landing knees to the body.
Mcpaene takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice body punch from Jacobsen.
Jacobsen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jacobsen gets through Mcpaene's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jacobsen scores with a knee to the head.

Jacobsen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mcpaene.
Jacobsen doesn't manage to clinch there - Mcpaene circles away.
Jacobsen misses with a hook.
Jacobsen thows a body shot but no joy.
Mcpaene missing with a left hand there. Jacobsen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jacobsen misses with a two punch combination.
Mcpaene takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobsen lands a front kick.
Jacobsen throws a head kick that half lands.

Jacobsen has managed to clinch.
Jacobsen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mcpaene takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jacobsen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jacobsen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mcpaene looks gassed!
Mcpaene is trying to stall.
Nice elbow from Jacobsen.
Jacobsen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mcpaene or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jacobsen lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcpaene won't want to take too many of those.
Jacobsen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Joe Mcpaene's cut even more.

Jacobsen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jacobsen lands a head kick. Mcpaene smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A jab from Jacobsen does it's job there.
Jacobsen's corner calls for a 1-2. Jacobsen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobsen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jacobsen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jacobsen lands a nice looking body shot.
Jacobsen swinging wildly here.
Both fighters circling a little - Jacobsen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Jacobsen closes the distance and clinches.

Jacobsen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Jacobsen.
Jacobsen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mcpaene tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jacobsen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobsen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jacobsen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Jacobsen instigates a clinch.
Jacobsen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jacobsen lands a shot to the body.
Jacobsen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Jacobsen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mcpaene takes one to the side of the head.

The cut above Joe Mcpaene's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jacobsen.
Jacobsen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcpaene gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jacobsen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jacobsen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jacobsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jacobsen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jacobsen sizes up Mcpaene with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Joe Mcpaene's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Mcpaene looks to clinch

and Jacobsen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jacobsen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jacobsen lands a nice shot to the body.
Jacobsen lands a shot to the body.
Jacobsen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcpaene's face.
Still in the clinch, Jacobsen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jacobsen lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Jacobsen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Mcpaene's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jacobsen lands a head shot.
Mcpaene clinches but Jacobsen breaks the clinch
and Jacobsen counters with a nice uppercut.

Mcpaene is rocked!
Jacobsen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mcpaene can do to turn this around?
Jacobsen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jacobsen.
Jacobsen tests Mcpaene's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Jacobsen darts in and clinches Mcpaene up against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Jacobsen.
Still in the clinch, Jacobsen scores with a nice short uppercut.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Joe Mcpaene's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Simon Jacobsen!