PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nick Ghirardi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blanket Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ghirardi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to go to sleep. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ghirardi
vs
Jackson

225 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Ghirardi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blanket Jackson!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghirardi tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ghirardi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ghirardi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ghirardi shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed Ghirardi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ghirardi shoots in for a double leg but Jackson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ghirardi shoots in for a takedown but Jackson shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Ghirardi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown by Ghirardi or perhaps it was just good defense by Jackson which made him look bad.
Ghirardi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ghirardi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghirardi shoots in and drives through. Jackson sprawls well.
Ghirardi moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.

Ghirardi instigates a clinch.
Ghirardi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jackson tries to score a body lock takedown but Ghirardi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ghirardi fails to pull guard.
Ghirardi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Ghirardi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ghirardi shoots in and drives through. Jackson sprawls well.
Ghirardi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ghirardi is breathing heavily.
Ghirardi fails with a takedown attempt.

Jackson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jackson is working for a submission of some sort.
Ghirardi really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Jackson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jackson is looking to advance position but Ghirardi won't allow it.
Ghirardi is trying to stand back up but Jackson is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jackson seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Ghirardi is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Blanket Jackson!