PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Franklin Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Franklin's Theme Song. Patterson has chosen Ice Cream Paint Job as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Derek Patterson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Jackson
vs
Patterson

163 cm
28
148 lbs
8 - 11 - 1

179 cm
22
157 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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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 8 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Franklin Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Derek Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Patterson throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson tries to clinch but Patterson is having none of it.
Patterson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jackson throws a low kick, looking for Patterson's leg but Patterson calmly moves out of range.
Patterson throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Patterson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jackson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Derek Patterson has been cut.
Patterson moves out of range of the body kick from Jackson.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Patterson moves out of range.
Patterson lands a jab.
Jackson lands a front kick.
Patterson throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson tries a head kick but it misses.
Jackson cracks Patterson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jackson takes one to the side of the head.
Jackson is looking to clinch.
Jackson slips under a jab.
Patterson looks to land a combination. Jackson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Patterson moves out of range.
Jackson throws a push kick but Patterson slaps the foot to one side.
Patterson looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Patterson - just one landing.
Patterson missing with a left hand there. Jackson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decent striking displayed by Patterson there.

Jackson closes the distance and pushes Patterson back into the cage.
Jackson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jackson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jackson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patterson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jackson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Patterson.
Jackson scores with a shoulder strike.
Patterson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short body shot lands from Jackson as the two fighters clinch.
A short uppercut from Jackson.
Jackson misses with the head strike.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson lands an elbow inside.
Jackson lands a shoulder strike.
Jackson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Patterson shrugs off.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patterson blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jackson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a nice knee to the body.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Jackson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jackson.
Jackson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patterson is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pattersons head.
Patterson tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage.
Patterson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Jackson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Patterson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patterson is trying to break free.
Jackson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jackson lands a nice uppercut.
Patterson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Patterson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jackson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Jackson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jackson throws a punch but it's blocked by Patterson.
Jackson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Patterson's efforts to push away.
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A left hand lands to the body for Jackson.
Patterson is trying to push Jackson away but Jackson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Patterson's defenses.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Jackson pushes Patterson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jackson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jackson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Patterson breaks from the clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Patterson as he connects with a hook.
Derek Patterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Patterson.
Patterson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jackson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Patterson is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jackson throws a chopping leg kick but Patterson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Patterson enables Jackson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Patterson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Jackson throws a big right hand that misses.

Patterson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Jackson shoots in looking for a takedown. Patterson tries to sprawl out of it but Jackson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Patterson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Patterson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Patterson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.
Jab, jab by Patterson - just one landing.
Patterson scores with a jab.
Patterson lands with a straight right. Jackson didn't see that one coming.
Patterson scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Patterson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Patterson throws the left hand but Jackson avoids the punch easily.
Patterson throws a big shot that misses.
Patterson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Patterson throws a looping overhand right but Jackson ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franklin Jackson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Derek Patterson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Patterson scores with the left hand. Jackson knows he should have avoided that one.

Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Jackson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Jackson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Patterson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jackson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Patterson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Patterson blocks an uppercut.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson blocks an elbow strike.
Patterson blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Jackson.
Jackson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Patterson is trying to break free.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jackson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Patterson is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson gets through Patterson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Patterson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Patterson working hard to break the clinch.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Patterson blocking some punches.
Jackson lands with a light punch inside.
Patterson is trying to break free.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patterson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patterson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson misses with the head strike.
Jackson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Patterson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Patterson blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Jackson.
Jackson misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Patterson is trying to push Jackson away but Jackson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Patterson takes a shot to the head.
Jackson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jackson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patterson blocking some punches.
Jackson prevents Patterson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jackson gets through Patterson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jackson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jackson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Patterson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Patterson takes a knee right on the jaw!

Patterson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Patterson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Patterson with a jab.
Patterson misses with an uppercut. Jackson saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson scores with a hook.
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A jab lands there for Patterson.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Patterson, as that shot connected.
Patterson scores with a nice right hand.

Jackson is rocked!
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Patterson connects with a stiff jab that staggers Jackson - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Derek Patterson!