PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quinton Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Nigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes into the arena with Eye Of The Tiger blaring out of the sound system. Thomas Nigh has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Quinton Jackson's chin.

Jackson
vs
Nigh

185 cm
20
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

185 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Elite Canadian Threads
Rush Supplements 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Quinton Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Nigh!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jackson darts in and clinches Nigh up against the cage.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.

Nigh breaks from the clinch.
Nigh is looking to clinch.

Jackson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jackson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nigh lands an elbow inside.
Jackson misses with some punches.
Nigh has Jackson pressed against the cage, preventing Jackson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Jackson throws an elbow but it misses.
Jackson being controlled against the cage.
Nice elbow from Jackson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nigh keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nigh managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nigh misses with an elbow strike.
Nigh being controlled against the cage.
Nigh dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
Nigh is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jackson has Nigh pushed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nigh throws an elbow but misses.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Quinton Jackson has been cut.
Nigh stalling in the clinch but Jackson improves position.
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jackson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jackson pushes off an throws an elbow but Nigh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jackson dodges an elbow strike from Nigh.
I was talking to Jackson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nigh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jackson clinches.
Nigh blocks an elbow strike.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Nigh blocks it.
Jackson looking to stall.
Nigh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson stalling the fight.

Nigh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jackson instigates a clinch.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Nigh is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Nigh is blocking nicely.
Nigh avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Nigh tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jackson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Nigh blocks it.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Nigh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Jackson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Nigh blocks it.

Nigh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nigh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton Jackson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Quinton Jackson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jackson misses with a straight left.
Nigh tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jackson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Jackson instigates a clinch.

Nigh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas Nigh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Jackson clinches.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.

Nigh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jackson has Nigh up against the cage in a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Jackson breaks from the clinch.
Nigh is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nigh scores with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jackson forces Nigh back against the cage and clinches.
Jackson wants to stall.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Nigh breaks from the clinch.
Nigh doesn't manage to clinch there - Jackson circles away.

Jackson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jackson throws an elbow but it misses.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Nigh blocks it.
Nigh takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nigh misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands an uppercut.
Nigh creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jackson throws a punch but it's blocked by Nigh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.

Nigh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nigh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.

Jackson drives through and clinches with Nigh against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nigh lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
A frustrated look appears on Jackson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Nigh's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jackson is looking to control Nigh's arms but Nigh gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jackson has his back to the cage.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Nigh blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Nigh blocks with his arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nigh as Jackson tries to tie him up.
Nigh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nigh.

Nigh breaks from the clinch.

Jackson rushes Nigh and presses him up against the cage.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Nigh won't allow it.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nigh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Nigh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nigh being controlled against the cage.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Nigh uses good head movement to avoid it.

Nigh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nigh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nigh tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.

Jackson clinches up against the cage.

Nigh breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Nigh has Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Nigh misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton Jackson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Quinton Jackson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A bone on bone clash there as Nigh blocks the leg kick.
Nigh tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Jackson clinches with his opponent.
Jackson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nigh wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson can't find room to land a body shot as Nigh controls the action.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nigh blocks it with crossed arms.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Nigh is blocking nicely.

Nigh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Jackson instigates a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nigh's brow.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nigh blocks it with crossed arms.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Nigh won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson tries to circle away but Nigh has him pinned against the cage.
Jackson pushes off an throws an elbow but Nigh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nigh blocks an elbow strike.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nigh has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.
Jackson tries to stall but Nigh uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nigh looking to slow down the pace here.

Nigh breaks from the clinch.

Nigh moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Nigh blocks with his arms.
Nigh is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nigh is keeping busy.
Nigh blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nigh.

Nigh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nigh.

Jackson moves into range and clinches up with Nigh.

Nigh breaks the clinch.

Jackson gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Nigh breaks from the clinch.

Jackson takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Nigh blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nigh effectively controlling the action here.
Jackson leaning against his opponent.
Jackson taking a breather.

Nigh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jackson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nigh, pushing him back against the cage.
Nigh looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackson loads up on a big right hand but Nigh slips the punch.

Jackson has managed to clinch.
Quinton Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nigh just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jackson's brow.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.

Nigh manages to break the clinch.

Jackson instigates a clinch.
Nigh stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Quinton Jackson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jackson, 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quinton Jackson!
Post fight, Quinton Jackson took to the microphone: 'Id like to thank the fans and my sponsors Rush Supplements 160Q also Elite Canadian Threads.Im only going to get better and better just give me the belt and save yourself the beating!!!!'.