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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pepe Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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192 cm
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235 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Pain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pepe Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jackson keeps the fight on the outside.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson fails with the takedown.
Pain with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jackson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pain is looking for a sweep. Jackson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pain is trying to maintain the position but Jackson is very close to passing his half guard.
Pain is refusing to be controlled, as Jackson sits in half guard.
Jackson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Pain manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jackson prevents Pain from getting back to his feet.
Jackson trying to control but Pain is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pain scores a takedown into full mount!
Pain is breathing heavily.
Jackson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pain looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jackson tries to hold on but Pain pushes him away.
Pain throwing strikes here but Jackson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jackson is in a horrible position here. Pain smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jackson is desperately trying to improve his position but Pain has a good base and remains in mount.
Pain looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pain 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.
Pain blocks Jackson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Pain is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Jackson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pain stalling.
Jackson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pain is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pain winds up and cracks Jackson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Pain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jackson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pain lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jackson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jackson is not content to let Pain control the position.
Pain is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Pain is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pain is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Jackson is surviving well by controlling Pain's body position as best he can.
Jackson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain landing strikes from the mount.
Jackson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pain punishing his opponent with strikes.
Pain lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Pain.
Jackson is squirming around, avoiding Pain's attempts to control the action.
Jackson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Jackson is squirming around, avoiding Pain's attempts to control the action.
Jackson is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Pain dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Pain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pain drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Pain is in close to Jackson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jackson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Pain stands and steps away. Jackson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Chris Pain is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jackson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Pain.
Jackson throws a combination. Pain tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Chris Pain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pain throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson shoots and misses
and Pain counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pain.
Pain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jackson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Pain is trying to keep Jackson in close.
Jackson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Pain throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Jackson looking to pass the guard.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Pain keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Pain falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jackson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson postures up.
Pain lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jackson!
Pain throws some wild stikes that Jackson manages to avoid easily.
Pain lands a heavy elbow.
Pain sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Pain wants to finish this one by submission but Jackson is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Pain.
Jackson bucks Pain off and manages to get back to his feet!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pain showed some decent athleticism there.
Pain is taking a breather. Jackson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Pain takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Pain is looking to stall here but Jackson recovers full guard.
Pain wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
Pain postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain stands and steps away. Jackson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Pain closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Pain is nestled in close to Jackson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pain is trying to work for a kimura but Jackson is defending well.
Pain is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jackson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Pain.
Jackson moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Pain dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Pain.
Pain tries to clinch
and Jackson counters by moving into the clinch.
Jackson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pain jumps into guard, dragging Jackson to the mat.
Pain bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jackson's guard.
Pain stays in close to Jackson's body and controls the position.
Pain decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jackson, up you get!
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jackson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pain will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pain closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pain lands in his opponent's guard.
Jackson has a closed guard, preventing Pain from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Jackson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pain content to stall in guard here.
Jackson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pain decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jackson, up you get!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A left and a right from Jackson both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Chris Pain has been cut.
Nice sprawl there from Jackson as Pain shoots in.
Jackson throws the kick towards the body but Pain avoids it.
Jackson 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.
Jackson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jackson preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pain is on top in guard.
Pain keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jackson's head.
Pain pushing down on Jackson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain is looking to advance position but Jackson won't allow it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pain lands a nice short elbow.
Pain prevents Jackson from standing back up.
Jackson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Chris Pain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pain not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jackson is looking to escape.
Jackson is trying to control but can't.
Jackson looking for submissions off his back.
Pain is trying to control the action in half guard but Jackson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pain tries to clinch there but Jackson circles away.
Jackson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jackson has his takedown stuffed
and Pain counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pain is pressing down on Jackson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jackson is holding on for now.
Pain lands with a punch from half guard.
Jackson gets back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Pain avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Pain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pain, 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Pain!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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