PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lucky Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Florian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Florian has chosen Kenny Florian as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Jackson
vs
Florian

175 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Bushido Clothing

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucky Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenny Florian!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Florian pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Florian shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Florian wants to clinch.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.

Florian clinches.
Florian lands a damaging elbow.
Florian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Florian scores a nice knee to the body.
Jackson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jackson throws a punch but it's blocked by Florian.
Jackson wants to break free but Florian has control.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Florian won't allow it.
Florian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jackson tries to stall but Florian uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Florian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Florian won't allow it.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Florian is controlling the position.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Florian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Florian lands a nice elbow.
Florian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Florian misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Florian throws an elbow but misses.
Florian has Jackson pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Florian taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jackson looking to stall.
Florian keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson wants to break free but Florian has control.
Florian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Florian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Florian lands a nice elbow.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Florian landing knees to the head.
Jackson letting Florian take a breather here.
Florian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Florian won't allow it.
Florian looking to stall.
Florian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Florian crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Florian lands a nice elbow.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Florian is controlling the position.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Florian.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Florian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Florian with a knee to the head.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Florian has double underhooks.
Florian avoiding damage.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Florian has him pressed against the cage.
Florian lands a nice elbow.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Florian is controlling the position.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson letting Florian take a breather here.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Florian blocking some punches.
Florian scores a nice knee to the body.
Florian lands a knee to the head.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Florian lands an elbow inside.
Florian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Nice elbow from Florian.
Florian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Florian.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Florian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Florian landing knees to the body.
Florian blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Florian.
Florian's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nice elbow from Florian.
Florian lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Florian.
Florian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Florian lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Florian.
Florian connects with a knee to the head.
Florian lands a knee to the head.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Florian keeps him there for the moment.
Florian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Florian connects with a knee to the head.
Florian looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Florian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A knee to the head by Florian.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Florian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Florian lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Florian lands a damaging elbow.
Florian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Florian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Florian lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Jackson dodges an elbow strike from Florian.

Jackson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Florian throws a right and a left that both miss.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jackson wants to break free but Florian has control.
Florian lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Florian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Florian is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Florian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jackson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Florian dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Florian stuffs the takedown.

Florian clinches up with Jackson and pushes him back against the cage.
Florian lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Florian stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Florian scores a nice knee to the body.
Florian scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Florian.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Florian has Jackson pressed against the cage.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Florian lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Florian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Florian lands a nice elbow.
Florian scores a nice knee to the body.
Jackson misses with a punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Florian.
A body shot lands from Jackson.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees to the body from Florian.
Florian lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Florian lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Florian landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A knee to the head by Florian.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Florian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Florian lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Florian has him pressed against the cage.
Florian crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Florian lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Florian crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike.

Jackson breaks from the clinch.
Florian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Florian.
Jackson throws a combination. Florian tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Florian moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.

Florian shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Florian looking to control but Jackson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Florian prevents Jackson from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Florian looking to control and managing it successfully.
Let's hope that Florian has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Jackson tries to get to full guard but Florian has control of the leg.
Jackson is trying to control but Florian passes into side control!
Florian grinds an elbow into Jackson's temple.

Florian stands up and beckons Jackson to his feet.
Lucky Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.

Florian instigates a clinch.
Florian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Florian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Florian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Florian keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Florian lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Florian has double underhooks.
Florian controlling the action here for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Florian.
Florian lands a damaging elbow.
Florian lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Florian slows down the pace here.
Florian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Florian 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!

Florian 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.
Florian trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.

Florian gets to his feet. Jackson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Florian clinches up with Jackson and pushes him back against the cage.
Florian lands an elbow inside.
Florian leaning against his opponent.
Florian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Florian misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Florian is controlling the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Florian.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Florian keeps him there for the moment.
Jackson dodges an elbow strike from Florian.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Florian has double underhooks.
Florian creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Florian misses with a knee strike.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Florian lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Florian lands a nice knee to the body.
Florian throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Florian has double underhooks.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Florian won't allow it.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Florian is controlling the position.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Florian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Come on Florian - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
The is referee keeping an eye on Florian - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike.
Florian lands a knee to the body.
Florian creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Florian won't allow it.
Florian creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short right from Jackson.
Florian is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Florian avoiding damage.
Florian prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson lands an uppercut.
Florian lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Florian tries to land a knee to the head but Jackson blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Florian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Florian.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Florian stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Florian prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Florian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Florian.
Kenny Florian seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Florian lands a damaging elbow.
Florian pushes off an throws an elbow but Jackson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Jackson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Florian won't allow it.
Jackson lands a left hand.
Florian keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Florian prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Florian is controlling the position.
Florian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Florian lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Florian keeps him there for the moment.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Florian scores a nice knee to the body.
Florian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Florian prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Florian slows down the pace here.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Florian has him pressed against the cage.
Florian landing knees to the body.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Florian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Still in the clinch, Jackson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Florian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike.
Florian is pressed up against the cage. Jackson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Florian down to the mat. Florian avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Florian looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jackson trying to control from the bottom.
Florian wants to stand up but Jackson has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Lucky Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jackson actively working from the bottom here.

Jackson looking for a kimura from the bottom but Florian passes into side control!
Jackson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Florian is controlling him well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Florian decides to stand back up. Florian steps back and let's Jackson get back to his feet.
Florian tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
Florian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jackson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenny Florian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Florian winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Florian!