PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jes Justiniano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vic Mackey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vic Mackey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Justiniano
vs
Mackey

179 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jes Justiniano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vic Mackey!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justiniano shoots in but Mackey avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mackey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Justiniano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mackey misses with a few strikes there.

Justiniano feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Justiniano prevents Mackey from getting back to his feet.

Mackey has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Justiniano off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Justiniano throws a jab when Mackey was well out of range.

Justiniano shoots in and gets a takedown into Mackey's guard.
Justiniano is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Justiniano seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Mackey for as long as he can get away with.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justiniano's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Justiniano wants to stand but Mackey is controlling his posture from full guard.

We're going to have a standup here because Jes Justiniano wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A nice combination there by Mackey.
Mackey scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mackey lands a jab-cross combination.
Justiniano misses the body punch
and Mackey counters with a three punch combo that has Justiniano backing up. Justiniano nods at Mackey to acknowledge the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justiniano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mackey lands a jab to Justiniano's midsection.
Justiniano connects with a leg kick. Mackey looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vic Mackey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justiniano walks into a straight right hand from Mackey.
A nice combination there by Mackey.
Justiniano misses with a hook to the body
and Mackey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A combination from Mackey does no damage.
Mackey scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Justiniano shoots for a takedown but Mackey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Justiniano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mackey.
Justiniano shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jes Justiniano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mackey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Justiniano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mackey lands a jab-cross combination.
Mackey looks to land a combination. Justiniano sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mackey throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mackey looks gassed!
Mackey avoids the body shot from Justiniano.
Vic Mackey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mackey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Justiniano bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Mackey is letting Justiniano control him for a moment.

Justiniano decides to stand up, so the ref orders Mackey to his feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Justiniano.
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.
Mackey pushes Justiniano away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Justiniano gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Justiniano decides to stand up, so the ref orders Mackey to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mackey gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Justiniano to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Mackey is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Justiniano is controlling him.

Justiniano stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Justiniano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Justiniano tries to clinch up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Justiniano tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Mackey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Justiniano looks to score with a jab to the body but Mackey is just out of range.
That kick from Justiniano tenderised Mackey's leg. Mackey is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jes Justiniano dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Justiniano shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Mackey napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Mackey is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Justiniano asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Justiniano decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Justiniano looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Justiniano stands and steps away. Mackey gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Mackey throws a right hand that Justiniano ducks under and follows up with a left that Justiniano also avoids with ease.

Justiniano closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mackey is breathing heavily.
Justiniano looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Justiniano wants to stand up but Mackey has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justiniano seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Justiniano wants to pass to mount but Mackey is defending the position.
Justiniano seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Jes Justiniano overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Justiniano throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Justiniano stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Mackey moves out of range as Justiniano strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mackey swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Justiniano.
Justiniano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mackey moves away.
Mackey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Justiniano misses with a body shot.
Justiniano works Mackey's body with a nice hook.
Mackey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Justiniano circles away quickly and effectively.
Justiniano swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mackey counters with a series of strikes. Justiniano will be more careful next time no doubt.

Justiniano throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Mackey was covering up waiting for the punch and Justiniano finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Justiniano is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justiniano tries to stand but Mackey is controlling from the bottom.
Justiniano looking to pass the guard.
Justiniano's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jes Justiniano.
Justiniano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mackey was well out of range. Poor timing from Justiniano.
Vic Mackey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Mackey gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Justiniano wants to stand but Mackey has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Justiniano stands up and waves to Mackey to follow him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justiniano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mackey.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Justiniano.

Justiniano scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Justiniano in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Justiniano tries to move to mount but Mackey blocks the move with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jes Justiniano dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Justiniano looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Justiniano trying to control the position from guard on top but Mackey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mackey is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Justiniano has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Justiniano is looking to stand up but Mackey won't let him.
Mackey wants to stand and escape but Justiniano is having none of it.
Justiniano wanted to stand there but Mackey had control of the position.
Justiniano is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jes Justiniano wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Mackey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mackey takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Justiniano closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Justiniano wants to stand up but Mackey is controlling the position.
Justiniano keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Justiniano decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Justiniano is looking to clinch but Mackey is avoiding it.
Mackey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Justiniano looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Justiniano looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Justiniano stands up and waves to Mackey to follow him.
Justiniano misses the shot to the body.
Mackey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Justiniano shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mackey circles away from the clinch attempt.

Justiniano shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mackey is trying to defend but Justiniano finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Justiniano is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Justiniano escapes and gets back to his feet.

Justiniano throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Mackey was covering up waiting for the punch and Justiniano finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Justiniano tries to stand but Mackey is controlling from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justiniano knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mackey on the ground.
Justiniano controlling from the top position.
Jes Justiniano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Justiniano wants to get up but he can't break Mackey's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jes Justiniano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Justiniano, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Jes Justiniano!
Judge Suge Night scores the fight for Jes Justiniano!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Jes Justiniano!

Jes Justiniano wins by unanimous decision!