PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jae Kyung Choi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julian Jackson told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Kyung Choi
vs
Jackson

177 cm
20
161 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jae Kyung Choi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julian Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson scores with a nice strike.
Choi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jackson misses with a body shot
and Choi counters with a body kick.
Jackson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Choi circles away quickly and effectively.
Choi shoots in looking for a takedown. Jackson tries to sprawl out of it but Choi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jackson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jackson misses with a hook
and Choi counters with a stiff right hand.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Choi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jackson loads up on a big right hand but Choi slips the punch.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Choi.
Choi closes the distance and clinches up with Jackson, looking for a takedown. Choi pushes Jackson against the cage but Jackson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jae Kyung Choi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson lands with a good body shot.
Jackson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Choi.
Jackson misses with a straight left.
Jackson lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Choi slips under a jab.
Choi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Choi is looking to clinch.
Jackson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Choi throws an overhand right that lands on Jackson's shoulder, as Jackson tries to avoid the shot.
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Choi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Jackson lands with a hook. Choi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jackson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Julian Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson cracks Choi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jackson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Choi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Choi takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jackson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Choi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Choi tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Choi fakes the leg kick and cracks Jackson in the body.
Choi slips under a jab from Jackson.
Jackson throws a hook to the side of Choi's head but Choi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Choi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson swings widly with a right hand
and Choi counters with a nice kick to the body.
Choi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.
Jackson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Choi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson stuffs the takedown.
Choi is breathing heavily.
Jackson cracks a nice hook into Choi's ribs.
Choi shoots in but no luck this time.
Choi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jackson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Choi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jackson throws a body punch but Choi moves out of range.
Choi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Choi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Jackson gets a clinch.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Choi is controlling the position.
Jackson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Choi or not.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Choi has him pressed against the cage.
Choi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jacksons head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Choi has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Choi won't allow it.
Choi keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Choi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jackson tries to circle away but Choi has him pinned against the cage.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Jackson is trying to push Choi away but Choi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jackson.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Choi has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Choi won't allow it.
Jackson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Choi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jackson prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Choi lands with a short shot to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Choi won't allow it.

Choi pulls guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Choi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jackson wants to stand but Choi is controlling his posture from full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Jackson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Choi has closed the distance and engaged Jackson in a clinch.
Jackson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Choi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Choi is looking for a takedown.
A short right from Jackson on the inside.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Choi has the dominant position.
Jackson prevents the takedown attempt.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Choi keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Choi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Julian Jackson seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Choi clinches.
Choi has Jackson pressed against the cage, preventing Jackson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Choi keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson tries to circle away but Choi has him pinned against the cage.

Choi ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Choi no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Jackson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jackson stands up and waves to Choi to follow him.
A head kick misses from Choi.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Choi's head backwards.
Choi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jae Kyung Choi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Jackson jabs at Choi's body.

Choi gets tackled into the cage by Jackson. Jackson maintains the clinch.

Choi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Choi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jackson scores with the left hand. Choi knows he should have avoided that one.
Jackson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A shot to the liver by Jackson. Beautiful body shot.
Jae Kyung Choi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Choi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a really nice looking cross but Choi seems unphased.
Choi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jackson throws a shot from downtown. Choi moves away and avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Choi.
Jackson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Choi in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson throws a hook but Choi blocks it.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Choi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick.

Jackson rushes Choi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jackson wants to break free but Choi has control.
Jackson working hard to break the clinch.
Choi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jackson smiles and moves away.
Choi tries a head kick but it misses.
Julian Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chois jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Choi fails with the takedown.
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
Choi misses with a takedown attempt - Jackson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jackson lands a jab to the head.
Jackson lands a jab to the nose.
Nice body punch from Jackson.
Jackson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Choi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Choi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A shot to the liver by Jackson. Beautiful body shot.
Jackson works the jab nicely.
Choi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Jackson.
Jackson digs a good body shot into Choi's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jackson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Choi tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson scores with a hook.
Jackson misses with a lunging right hand
and Choi counters with an inside leg kick.
Jackson lands with a right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Jackson. That snapped Choi's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Choi is defended easily by Jackson.
Jackson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Choi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a straight right.
A jab from Jackson finds it's way through Choi's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jackson works the jab nicely.
Jackson scores with a nice head shot.
Choi avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Choi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jackson lands a slapping body shot.
Jackson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Choi, right into the meat.
Nice takedown defense from Jackson. No joy for Choi on that attempt.
Jackson scores with a jab. Choi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Choi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jackson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A jab from Jackson does it's job there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Choi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Choi closes the distance and clinches up with Jackson, looking for a takedown. Choi pushes Jackson against the cage but Jackson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jae Kyung Choi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson lands with an uppercut that bounces Choi off the cage and back into range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson lands a nice shot that snaps Choi's head back.
Jackson scores with a jab. Choi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Choi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Choi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jackson lands a jab.
Jackson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Choi moves out of range as Jackson strikes.
Choi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jackson lands a jab to Choi's midsection.
Jackson throws out a powerful jab.
Jackson throws the left hand but Choi avoids the punch easily.
Jackson throws a right hand that misses
and Choi counters with a low kick, right behind Jackson 's knee.
Jackson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Jackson clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Choi breaks the clinch.
Jackson punishes Choi's body with a nice straight punch.
Choi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Choi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jackson wants it to stay on the feet.
Jackson lands with a nice body punch.
Jackson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Choi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jackson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Choi under the eye.
Choi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Choi avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Choi moved out of range nicely.
Jackson throws a hook to the side of Choi's head but Choi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Choi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jackson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Jackson darts in and clinches Choi up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Jackson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Choi has the dominant position.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Jackson's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Choi jumps guard and drags Jackson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Jackson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Choi controls Jackson momentarily but Jackson frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A jab from Jackson misses.
Jackson stuns Choi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Choi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Choi's shoulder, as Choi tries to avoid the shot.
Choi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson throws a body punch but Choi moves out of range.
Jackson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Choi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson misses with a left hand
and Choi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jae Kyung Choi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Choi lands a head kick. Jackson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

And that's the end of the fight!
Julian Jackson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jackson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julian Jackson!