PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafal Moks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Moks
vs
Jackson

187 cm
23
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

182 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Rafal Moks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Jackson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jackson closes the distance and clinches.

Moks decides to pull guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Jackson looking to sit in guard and control but Moks gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Moks trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Moks content to stall in guard here.
Moks sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jackson's guard.
Jackson is trying to maintain the position but Moks is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moks content to control rather than advance.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Moks lands a nice short elbow.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet.
Jackson is controlling Moks's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Moks looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Moks drives through and clinches with Jackson against the cage.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Moks won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson wants a takedown.

Jackson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Moks moves out of range easily.
Moks stuffs the takedown attempt from Jackson. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
Rafal Moks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terry Jackson.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Moks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson tries to buck Moks off but Moks is having none of it.
Jackson looks gassed!
Moks controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Moks decides to stand up, so the ref orders Jackson to his feet.
Jackson misses with a takedown

so Moks counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Moks is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Jackson is working an open guard so Moks takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Moks.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jackson is defended easily by Moks.

Jackson gets caught flat footed, as Moks shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moks sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Moks seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jackson for as long as he can get away with.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Jackson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Moks can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moks with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafal Moks dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jackson gets caught napping as Moks dives in and scores a takedown. Jackson manages to retain guard.
Moks trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rafal Moks overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Moks is stalling in the full guard.
Jackson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jackson keeping moving, preventing Moks from controlling successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

We're going to have a standup here because Rafal Moks wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.
Jackson fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Moks counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Jackson wants to sweep here but Moks controlling him for the moment.
Moks throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Moks drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Moks as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Jackson screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Moks! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Rafal Moks!