PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Jessup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bunaidi Pakpahan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Jessup
vs
Pakpahan

186 cm
26
214 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
217 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Atlantis

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Carl Jessup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bunaidi Pakpahan!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jessup throws a lazy right hand but Pakpahan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jessup tries a head kick but it misses.
Pakpahan has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Jessup with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pakpahan misses with a left hand
and Pakpahan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pakpahan avoids the head kick by Jessup.
Jessup lands a two punch combo.
Pakpahan throws the left hand but Jessup avoids the punch easily.
Jessup tries to move into range but Pakpahan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jessup moves in looking to clinch but Pakpahan pushes him off.
Jessup lands with a right hand.
Jessup dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pakpahan. That did some damage!
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!
Jessup misses with a kick to the body
and Pakpahan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pakpahan looks to score with a jab to the body but Jessup is just out of range.
Pakpahan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jessup momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jessup fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pakpahan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jessup slaps away a takedown attempt from Pakpahan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pakpahan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jessup jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pakpahan closes the distance and clinches up with Jessup, looking for a takedown. Pakpahan pushes Jessup against the cage but Jessup circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pakpahan avoids the body shot from Jessup.

Pakpahan scores with a takedown into Jessup's guard.
Pakpahan throws a big right hand that misses.
Pakpahan trying to control but Jessup is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jessup on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jessup tries to get out of the position.
Pakpahan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Pakpahan postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Jessup is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Pakpahan, into his guard.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jessup is sitting in close to Pakpahan's body. Pakpahan has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Jessup is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Jessup is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Pakpahan.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bunaidi Pakpahan!
During a confident post fight interview, Bunaidi Pakpahan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Carl Jessup spoke after the fight, saying ' '.