PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ratrick Obeh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horatio Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Obeh comes to the cage accompanied by Quake Arena. Jacobs has chosen Green River - CCR as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Obeh
vs
Jacobs

178 cm
26
162 lbs
16 - 3 - 2

179 cm
25
163 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

FULL METAL GEAR
FULL METAL GEAR

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 16 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Ratrick Obeh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Horatio Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacobs lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jacobs just misses with a punch to the body.
Jacobs lands a jab.
A good leg kick by Obeh.
Horatio Jacobs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Obeh misses with an uppercut. Jacobs saw that one coming.
Jacobs misses with a hook
and Obeh counters with a slapping leg kick.
Obeh looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Obeh throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jacobs blocks a head kick by Obeh.
Obeh fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jacobs moves out of range of the body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Obeh. That's going to slow Jacobs down.
Obeh slaps away a takedown attempt from Jacobs, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Obeh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obeh goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Obeh slips a straight right by Jacobs.
Jacobs scoring well with a low kick there.
Jacobs lands with a cross.
A head kick by Obeh misses
and Jacobs counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Obeh thinking.
Obeh drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jacobs blocks the body kick.
Obeh has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Obeh there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jab, jab by Obeh - just one landing.

It looks like Horatio Jacobs has been cut.
Obeh throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Jacobs counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Obeh on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs avoids the head kick by Obeh.
Jacobs scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jacobs lands an overhand right.
Jacobs moves out of range of the body kick.
Jacobs throws a right and a left that both miss.
Obeh looks to throw a body kick
and Jacobs counters with a left and a right that stings Obeh.
Jacobs buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Jacobs closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Jacobs stands up and beckons Obeh to his feet.
Obeh connects with a high kick.
Jacobs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Obeh manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Obeh.
Obeh misses with a leg kick.
A head kick by Obeh misses
and Jacobs counters with an inside leg kick.
Jacobs misses with a two punch combination.
Jacobs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jacobs thows a body shot but no joy.
Obeh tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jacobs connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jacobs missing with a left hand there. Obeh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick misses from Jacobs.
An inside leg kick from Obeh misses.
Jacobs misses with a right hand
and Obeh counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jacobs is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obeh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jacobs dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Obeh. That did some damage!
Jacobs throws a leg kick which misses Obeh's front leg but catches the back leg as Obeh tries to avoid it.
A slow jab from Jacobs misses its intended target.
Jacobs is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Obeh had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jacobs connects with a right hand. Obeh shakes it off.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jacobs darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jacobs throws a wild body kick that Obeh sees coming a mile off.
Obeh throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jacobs counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jacobs lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Obeh throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Obeh looks to throw a body kick
and Jacobs counters with a nice body shot.
Obeh explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Horatio Jacobs will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Horatio Jacobs's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jacobs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jacobs moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Obeh scores with a three punch combo!
Jacobs throws an off balance right hand
and Obeh counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Obeh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Obeh throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Obeh moves away from the strike by Jacobs.
Jacobs throws a lazy right hand but Obeh sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jacobs lands a head shot.
Ratrick Obeh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jacobs misses with a wild body shot.
Obeh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jacobs misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obeh throws a solid leg kick but Jacobs takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Obeh.
Jacobs moves out of range as Obeh throws a body kick.
Obeh moves out of range of the body kick from Jacobs.
Jacobs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Obeh.

Obeh closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Jacobs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jacobs swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jacobs misses with a looping right.
Jacobs scores with a nice strike.
Ratrick Obeh is winning the standup battle so far.
Jacobs misses with a straight left.
Obeh throws a leg kick
and Jacobs counters with a nice leg kick.
Jacobs misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Obeh gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short left from Obeh.
Obeh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jacobs blocks it with crossed arms.
Jacobs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jacobs digs a right hand underneath Obeh's ribcage. Obeh let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Jacobs manages to break the clinch.
Obeh is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Obeh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jacobs.
Obeh tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jacobs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Obeh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jacobs tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Obeh is able to avoid easily.
Jacobs dodges the punch combination from Obeh.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jacobs.
Obeh throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jacobs moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obeh moves in looking to clinch but Jacobs pushes him off.
Jacobs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Obeh cracks the inside of Jacobs's front leg.
Obeh looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Obeh throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Jacobs counters with a stiff right hand.
Obeh throws a leg kick which misses Jacobs's front leg but catches the back leg as Jacobs tries to avoid it.
Jacobs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jacobs is breathing heavily.
Jacobs fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Obeh on the side of the head.
Obeh tries to clinch but Jacobs moves away
and Jacobs counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Obeh connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jacobs's hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obeh drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Obeh swings widly with a right hand
and Jacobs counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Obeh thinking.
Jab, jab by Jacobs - just one landing.
A head kick misses from Obeh.
Jacobs swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Obeh counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacobs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Obeh manages to avoid it.
Obeh is looking to clinch.
Obeh misses with a leg kick.
Obeh throws a push kick but Jacobs slaps the foot to one side.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jacobs blocks the body kick.
A big right from Obeh misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ratrick Obeh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Horatio Jacobs's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Obeh is looking to score with low kicks.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jacobs crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Obeh - the referee stops the clock and Jacobs gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Obeh. Jacobs manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Obeh attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jacobs.
Jacobs tries to stand but Obeh is controlling his head.
Obeh defending against the ground and pound.
Jacobs trying to control the action but Obeh is working from the bottom.
Obeh tries to improve position but can't.
Obeh is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obeh stuck in half guard on the bottom here.

Jacobs has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Obeh is looking to chop away at Jacobs's legs.
Jacobs connects with a right hand. Obeh shakes it off.
Jacobs misses with a looping right.
Obeh takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Obeh takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Obeh throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Jacobs to counter with a crisp jab.
Obeh thows a leg kick but Jacobs checks it
and Jacobs counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs scores with a nice right hand.
Jacobs feints a jab promting Obeh to slip. Jacobs then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Obeh slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jacobs moves out of range of the body kick from Obeh.
Obeh closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jacobs counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Obeh looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jacobs dodges the punch combination from Obeh.
Jacobs with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A shot to the liver by Jacobs. Beautiful body shot.
Obeh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Obeh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Obeh misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jacobs dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Obeh throws a combination that misses
and Jacobs counters with a two punch combo.
Jacobs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Obeh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Obeh takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jacobs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jacobs wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jacobs scores with a decent looking hook.
Jacobs lands a nice looking body shot.
Obeh takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jacobs scores with a leg kick.
Jacobs's jab looks to have found its range, popping Obeh under the eye.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jacobs. That's going to slow Obeh down.
Jacobs lands a front kick.
Jacobs throws a good cross that connects.
Jacobs scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jacobs buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jacobs throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Obeh stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jacobs works over Obeh's head and body with a nice combination.
Jacobs clobbers Obeh with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jacobs scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

And that's the end of the fight!
Horatio Jacobs comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jacobs has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Horatio Jacobs!