PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Khalil Mack (ranked 2698 p4p, 135 weight class) and Yves Jabouin (ranked 6530 p4p, 290 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mack might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rapamycin. Jabouin has chosen Trobule On My Mind- Pusha T and Tyler The Creator as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mack
vs
Jabouin

178 cm
23
143 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

175 cm
41
145 lbs
30 - 19 - 3

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Khalil Mack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Yves Jabouin!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jabouin scores with a shot to the body.
Mack scores with a hook to the body. Jabouin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mack throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Jabouin to counter with a crisp jab.
Mack fails to land with a series of punches.
Jabouin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mack avoids the head kick by Jabouin.

Jabouin takes the fight into the clinch.
Mack can't break the clinch.
Jabouin lands a right hand.
Jabouin prevents Mack from breaking the clinch.
Jabouin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jabouin misses with a body punch.
Jabouin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jabouin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabouin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jabouin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jabouin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mack up against the cage.
Mack looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mack is trying to push Jabouin away but Jabouin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mack working hard to break the clinch.
Mack can't break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Jabouin.
Nice body punch from Jabouin.
Mack wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mack's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jabouin is pushing Mack up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mack tries to break the clinch but Jabouin is controlling the position.
Jabouin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack tries to break the clinch but Jabouin is controlling the position.
Jabouin has Mack pressed against the cage, preventing Mack from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jabouin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Macks head.
Mack wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mack has had enough of the clinch but Jabouin keeps him there for the moment.
Jabouin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mack is trying to break the clinch but Jabouin is controlling him.
Mack is trying to break the clinch but Jabouin has him pressed against the cage.
Jabouin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mack wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jabouin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Jabouin scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jabouin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mack has had enough of the clinch but Jabouin keeps him there for the moment.
Jabouin scores with a nice hook to the head.

Mack is rocked!
Mack has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Oh Mack is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mack tries to break the clinch but Jabouin is controlling the position.
Mack seems to have got his legs back now.
Jabouin scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jabouin works on Mack's body with a couple of short punches.
Jabouin has Mack pressed against the cage, preventing Mack from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Jabouin.
Mack wants to get back to striking at distance but Jabouin won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Mack's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mack is trying to break the clinch but Jabouin is controlling him.
Mack tries to break the clinch but Jabouin is controlling the position.
Jabouin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mack is trying to push Jabouin away but Jabouin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mack can't break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Jabouin.
Mack is trying to break the clinch but Jabouin is controlling him.
Jabouin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Macks head.
Mack tries to break the clinch but Jabouin is controlling the position.
Mack is trying to break the clinch but Jabouin has him pressed against the cage.
Mack tries to break the clinch but Jabouin is controlling the position.
Jabouin controlling the action here for a moment.
Mack's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabouin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Macks head.
Mack tries to break free but Jabouin pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jabouin.
Jabouin prevents Mack from breaking the clinch.
Mack is trying to break free.
Mack is trying to break free.
Mack wants to break free but Jabouin has control.
Mack is looking to break free of the clinch but Jabouin has double underhooks.
Mack wants to break free but Jabouin has control.
Jabouin lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jabouin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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!
Jabouin keeps control of Mack as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jabouin prevents Mack from breaking the clinch.
Mack is trying to force a seperation but Jabouin has the dominant position.
Jabouin effectively controlling the action here.
Jabouin lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yves Jabouin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jabouin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mack stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Yves Jabouin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jabouin avoids the body shot from Mack.
Mack fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jabouin manages to avoid it.
Khalil Mack is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jabouin works Mack's body with a nice hook.
Jabouin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jabouin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mack.

Jabouin forces Mack back against the cage and clinches.
Yves Jabouin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mack wants to get back to striking at distance but Jabouin won't allow it.
A shot in the inside from Jabouin.
Jabouin prevents Mack from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jabouin.
Jabouin prevents Mack from breaking the clinch.
Mack wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jabouin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mack wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jabouin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mack backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabouin keeps control of Mack as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jabouin has Mack pressed against the cage, preventing Mack from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jabouin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jabouin prevents Mack from breaking the clinch.
Mack wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jabouin has him pressed against the cage.
Jabouin lands a hook that snaps the head of Mack backwards.
Jabouin has Mack pressed against the cage, preventing Mack from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mack is trying to break the clinch but Jabouin is controlling him.
Jabouin effectively controlling the action here.
Jabouin keeps control of Mack as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jabouin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jabouin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jabouin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mack has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jabouin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Jabouin.
Mack tries to circle away but Jabouin has him pinned against the cage.
Mack is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jabouin lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Mack to his knees! Jabouin keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yves Jabouin!
After the fight, Yves Jabouin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.