PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hercules Strongarm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JayDe Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson has chosen dnb-nc 17 as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Strongarm
vs
Jackson

195 cm
22
281 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

189 cm
25
254 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hercules Strongarm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, JayDe Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strongarm tries for a takedown but Jackson circles away easily
and Jackson counters with a nice kick to the body.

Strongarm moves into the clinch.
Strongarm tries for a takedown but Jackson manages to get underhooks.

Jackson wants the takedown. Strongarm is fighting it off but Jackson persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Strongarm's guard against the ropes.
Strongarm wants to sweep here but Jackson controlling him for the moment.
Strongarm seems keen to control Jackson's posture.
Jackson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jackson trying to control but Strongarm is working from the bottom.
Jackson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Strongarm is on top in guard.
Strongarm passes Jackson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson has hold of Strongarm's hands but Strongarm slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Strongarm throwing shots but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Strongarm working over Jackson with some ground and pound. Jackson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
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.
Strongarm lands strikes from half guard.

Strongarm is trying to work for a kimura but Jackson is defending well.
Jackson is refusing to be controlled, as Strongarm sits in half guard.
Strongarm 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.
Strongarm passes to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Strongarm jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Jackson is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Jackson and Strongarm has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Strongarm misses with the ground and pound.
Sloppy strikes there by Strongarm.
Strongarm works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Strongarm in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strongarm controlling the position from side mount.

Strongarm stands up.
Strongarm shoots for a takedown but Jackson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hercules Strongarm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Strongarm is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jackson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Strongarm throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jackson's waist but Jackson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Strongarm off to one side.

Strongarm shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jackson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Strongarm lands a decent elbow from side control.
Strongarm trying to control the action but Jackson is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strongarm working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Strongarm throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Strongarm tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Strongarm has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Strongarm wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hercules Strongarm dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Strongarm throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jackson was covering up waiting for the punch and Strongarm finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Strongarm trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Strongarm prevents Jackson from getting back to his feet.
Strongarm throws a big right hand that misses.
Strongarm tries to free his leg and advance position but Jackson is retaining full guard.
Strongarm wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Strongarm with a flurry of punches that miss.
Strongarm pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jackson is keeping the position for now.
Strongarm lands a couple of elbows.
Jackson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Strongarm stands up over Jackson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Strongarm postures up and lands a big shot to Jackson's brow.
Jackson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Strongarm drops back, looking for a kneebar! Jackson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Jackson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Jackson!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The strikes coming from Jackson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Strongarm throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
You can see the frustration on Strongarm's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jackson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Strongarm sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Strongarm manages to get back to half guard.
Strongarm slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jackson preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throwing strikes but missing.

Strongarm looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Strongarm has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jackson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Strongarm wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Jackson is now in half guard.

Jackson seems to be looking for submissions.
Strongarm is refusing to be controlled, as Jackson sits in half guard.
Strongarm missing with punches from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Strongarm manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jackson is in close to Strongarm's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jackson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Strongarm is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Strongarm had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jackson defends it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Strongarm is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Strongarm is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hercules Strongarm dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Horrible takedown by Strongarm or perhaps it was just good defense by Jackson which made him look bad.
Jackson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Strongarm shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jackson but Jackson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Strongarm is looking to clinch but Jackson is avoiding it.
Strongarm gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jackson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hercules Strongarm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Strongarm fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice sprawl there from Jackson as Strongarm shoots in.
Strongarm shoots in and drives through. Jackson sprawls well.

Jackson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Strongarm looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Jackson stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Jackson wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strongarm fails with the takedown

and Jackson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jackson.
Strongarm manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Strongarm moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Jackson has worked his arm free - good work by Jackson!

Strongarm looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Strongarm takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Strongarm is looking for a kimura but Jackson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Strongarm to get the leverage.

Strongarm is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet.
Strongarm moves nicely into side control.

Strongarm tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
JayDe Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Strongarm works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strongarm working the ground and pound.

Strongarm is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jackson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Strongarm is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jackson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Strongarm is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Strongarm looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Jackson is avoiding damage well.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hercules Strongarm.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Strongarm, 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Hercules Strongarm!
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Hercules Strongarm!
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Hercules Strongarm!

Hercules Strongarm wins by unanimous decision!