PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lipton Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Ortega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Manuel Ortega was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Jackson
vs
Ortega

182 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lipton Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Manuel Ortega!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Ortega.

Ortega darts in and clinches Jackson up against the ropes.
Jackson is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Ortega gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Jackson drags the fight down to the ground.
Jackson controlling Ortega's posture.
Ortegais looking to pass into half guard but Jackson pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Jackson is in guard.
Ortega looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ortega not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jackson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Ortega trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Jackson preventing the sweep.
Jackson controlling from the top position.
Ortega controls Jackson momentarily but Jackson frees himself.
Ortega is looking to sweep but instead, Jackson has passed into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ortega tries to get to full guard but Jackson has control of the leg.
Jackson controlling the pace.
Ortega trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ortega is looking to get back to is feet but Jackson passes into side control.
Ortega looks gassed!
Ortega looks to move to half guard but instead Jackson has passed into mount! Damn!
Jackson looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortega tries to reverse the position but Jackson maintains control.
Jackson controlling the position easily from mount.
Ortega tries to hold on but Jackson postures up.
Ortega is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ortega tries to hold on but Jackson pushes him away.
Jackson controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Jackson gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Jackson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ortega pinned against the cage. Ortega gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ortega should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Jackson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jackson jumps guard but Ortega stands there with Jackson around his waist. Jackson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lipton Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short uppercut from Ortega.

Ortega breaks from the clinch.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ortega but Ortega pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ortega will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ortega misses with a wild combination.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from Ortega.

Jackson moves into the clinch.
Ortega goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ortega tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ortega misses with a body punch.

Jackson pulls guard.
Jackson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ortega tries to free his leg and advance position but Jackson is retaining full guard.
Ortega postures up.
Ortega loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jackson is pulling down on Ortega's head to control his posture.
Jackson keeping moving, preventing Ortega from controlling successfully.
Ortega tries to free his leg and advance position but Jackson is retaining full guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ortega trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Jackson manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Ortega is trying to keep Jackson in close.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ortega wants to clinch

and Jackson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ortega is trying to get back to full guard.
Ortega is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jackson stalling.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ortega has a hand on Jackson's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Jackson takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Ortega reaches up to try and control the position but Jackson seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Ortega rolls and tries to escape and now Jackson has his back!
Ortega rolls, trying to escape but Jackson keeps control of the position.
Jackson biding his time, controlling Ortega.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ortega trying to control the action but Jackson just sinks the hooks in.
Jackson controlling the position well here. Ortega rolled but Jackson kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Ortega tries to break free.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jackson biding his time, looking for the opening.
I really don't envy Ortega right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lipton Jackson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jackson feints and as Ortega raises his hands in defense, Jackson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ortega trying to strike off his back.
Jackson stopping the sweep attempt from Ortega.
Jackson postures up.
Ortega looking for a sweep. Not yet Ortega, not yet.
Ortega is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jackson is not content to let Ortega control the position.
Ortega might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Jackson kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jackson's head.
Ortega not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jackson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ortega is thwarting Jackson's attempts to control the position.
Ortega missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ortega thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ortega falls off balance throwing a combination

and Jackson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jackson.
Ortega looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jackson is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortega working a defensive guard here.
Ortega looking for a sweep. Not yet Ortega, not yet.
Ortega is looking to sweep but instead, Jackson has passed into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jackson in particular looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortega is trying to control but can't.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jackson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ortega's waist but Jackson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jackson off to one side.
A combination from Ortega does no damage.
Jackson fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lipton Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson fails with the takedown.
Ortega wants to clinch.
Manuel Ortega is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ortega misses with a combination

and Jackson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Ortega has an active guard here but Jackson has managed to pass into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson stalling.
Ortega is holding on to half guard well.
Lipton Jackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ortega tries to get to full guard but Jackson has control of the leg.
Ortega trying to get back to full guard but Jackson takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Jackson controlling the position easily from mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ortega is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jackson controlling his opponent.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ortega looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jackson is riding his opponent, not letting Ortega buck him off.
Jackson is hanging on to Ortega's back as he tries to escape.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Good control from Jackson.
Ortega trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Ortega tries to roll but Jackson sticks to his back.
Ortega tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Ortega is looking to get to half guard.
Jackson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Jackson is working for a guillotine from mount but Ortega frees his head quite easily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jackson controlling from the full mount.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Lipton Jackson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Ortega misses with a combination

and Jackson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ortega's guard now.
Jackson content to stall in guard here.
Ortega tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ortega will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ortega working a defensive guard here.
Ortega thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Manuel Ortega has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson preventing the sweep.
Ortega tries to strike from the bottom.

Ortega throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Jackson escapes and throws Ortega's legs to the side, diving into side control!
A lull in the action here.
Jackson is looking to take a break and control but Ortega is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lipton Jackson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jackson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Lipton Jackson!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Lipton Jackson!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Lipton Jackson!

Lipton Jackson wins by unanimous decision!