PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barry Dingle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morpheus Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dingle
vs
Jackson

165 cm
25
183 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Barry Dingle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Morpheus Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Dingle in a clinch.
Dingle wants a takedown.
Dingle is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jackson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Jackson jumps guard.
Dingle makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dingle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dingle passes Jackson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dingle throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dingle has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dingle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jackson's head.
Dingle not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dingle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jackson's head.
Dingle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jackson defending well though.
Jackson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dingle.
Dingle thows a huge punch but Jackson dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dingle is looking for a kimura but Jackson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dingle to get the leverage.
Dingle passes to side control.
Dingle landing a few strikes.
Dingle in side control lands a decent elbow.
Jackson tries to escape but Dingle is in control.
Jackson dodges the ground and pound from Dingle.
The ground and pound from Dingle seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dingle lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Jackson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dingle. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jackson taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingle works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dingle wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.
Dingle is working Jackson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jackson looks gassed!
Dingle controlling from side mount.
Jackson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Dingle.
Dingle working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Who's going to make the next move?
Dingle misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The ground and pound from Dingle seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dingle landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Dingle wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jackson, who protects the arm well.
Dingle in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Dingle wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dingle working the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dingle throws a strike aimed at the side of Jackson's head but Jackson avoids it well.
Dingle trying to control the position but Jackson is working away.
Dingle is really struggling to control Jackson but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Dingle lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dingle fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Dingle throws a strike aimed at the side of Jackson's head but Jackson avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Dingle dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dingle fails to land the takedown.

Dingle darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Dingle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Jackson wants to control but Dingle is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dingle missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dingle really is a fat lump.
Dingle not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jackson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dingle lands with a punch from half guard.
Dingle is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingle working over Jackson with some ground and pound. Jackson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Barry Dingle overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dingle trying to control from half guard but Jackson is working away.
Dingle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dingle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jackson's head.
Dingle has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Dingle is landing with some decent strikes but Jackson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jackson is bucking up trying to escape but Dingle cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingle lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dingle lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jackson hang on?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dingle postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jackson looks a forlorn figure.
Dingle raining down shots from the mount!

Dingle jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Jackson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Dingle working the head and body with strikes.
Dingle wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dingle working the ground and pound but Jackson is defending the strikes.

Dingle has an Americana. Jackson didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Dingle is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Dingle hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Barry Dingle!