PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johannes Brahms (ranked 1040 p4p, 64 weight class) and Oshan Jackson (ranked 1563 p4p, 97 weight class). Brahms kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 40 : 1 - Sabaton. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Brahms
vs
Jackson

169 cm
26
145 lbs
10 - 4 - 2

166 cm
33
134 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class 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 10 - 4 - 2, fighting out of New York, Johannes Brahms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oshan Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brahms connects with a leg kick. Jackson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brahms scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Brahms lands a right hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brahms.
Jackson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Brahms scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Brahms not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jackson controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Jackson is trying to maintain the position but Brahms is very close to passing his half guard.
Jackson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Brahms throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brahms throwing strikes from guard but Jackson blocks nicely.
Jackson working a defensive guard here.
Jackson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Brahms in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brahms throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jackson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Jackson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Brahms lands a couple of digs.
Brahms postures up.

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.
Brahms missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Brahms missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brahms accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jackson tries to strike from the bottom.
Jackson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jackson controlling Brahms's posture.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Jackson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Brahms misses with a takedown attempt
and Jackson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brahms fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahms looks for a takedown but Jackson sprawls well.
Jackson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johannes Brahms. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Brahms throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jackson ducks right into an uppercut from Brahms.
Brahms throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Johannes Brahms seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson connects with a looping right hand.
Brahms misses with a takedown attempt
and Brahms takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jackson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brahms works the jab nicely.
Brahms feints and then cracks Jackson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jackson down.
Jackson lands with an uppercut that bounces Brahms off the cage and back into range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brahms tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jackson defends well and Brahms ends up having to push Jackson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jackson throws out a counter right but Brahms avoids it with no problem.
Good standup being displayed there by Brahms as he connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brahms scores with the left hand. Jackson knows he should have avoided that one.
Jackson misses with a straight left.
Brahms getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Brahms throws a front kick that sends Jackson stumbling back into the cage.
Brahms throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brahms misses with a wild body shot.
Jackson's coach down at Welch Boxing Club was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Jackson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brahms.
Brahms lands with an overhand left.
Brahms jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jackson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johannes Brahms dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Brahms moves away from the strike by Jackson.
Brahms scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Johannes Brahms is winning the standup battle so far.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jackson throws a shot from downtown. Brahms moves away and avoids it.
Brahms tries to counter with a takedown but Jackson is quick to defend against it.
Jackson walks into a stiff left hand from Brahms.
The crowd cheers as Brahms lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jackson doesn't seem phased though.
Brahms fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jackson.
Jackson moves away from the strike by Brahms.
Jackson throws out a counter right but Brahms avoids it with no problem.
Brahms lands a head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donk. Brahms catches Jackson right on the button with a cross.
Good leg kick by Brahms there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Brahms scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brahms lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahms's corner calls for a 1-2. Brahms obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Brahms misses with a low kick.
Jackson walks into a stiff left hand from Brahms.
Brahms throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Brahms throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Brahms misses with a hook
and Brahms takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brahms misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Jackson blocks the leg kick.
Brahms scores with a nice strike.
Nice jab there from Jackson.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Brahms.
Jackson counters with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Brahms catches Jackson right on the button with a cross.
Brahms throws a leg kick but Jackson moved away.
Brahms throws a solid leg kick but Jackson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Brahms.
Jackson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Brahms buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brahms throws a chopping leg kick but Jackson manages to avoid taking any serious 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!
A swing and a miss from Jackson.
Brahms scores with a nice strike.
Brahms misses with a leg kick
and Jackson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Brahms gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jackson.
Jackson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Brahms to score with a decent uppercut.
Brahms fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jackson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahms swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Brahms tries to land a leg kick but Jackson saw it coming and moves away.
Jackson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Brahms with a body shot.
A lazy body kick from Brahms
and Jackson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brahms darts in looking for a takedown but Jackson gets double underhooks and turns Brahms into the cage.
Brahms tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jackson is able to avoid easily.
Jackson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jackson throws a lazy right hand but Brahms sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brahms throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jackson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jackson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Brahms lands a nice looking body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Brahms misses the target.
Jackson tries to counter by closing the distance.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brahms connects with a solid leg kick.
Brahms swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
A lazy left from Brahms finds it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Brahms.
A good leg kick by Brahms.
Brahms is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
Jackson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brahms throws a leg kick which misses Jackson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jackson tries to avoid it.
Brahms jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jackson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brahms.
Brahms misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brahms moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromJackson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johannes Brahms dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice uppercut lands for Brahms. That snapped Jackson's head back.
Jackson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brahms sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brahms throws out the jab.
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.
Brahms waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jackson.
Jackson throws a fast counter high kick but Brahms manages to duck under it in time.
Jackson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brahms finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Brahms smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brahms is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Jackson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brahms lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Brahms darts in looking for a takedown but Jackson gets double underhooks and turns Brahms into the cage.
Jackson defending well as Brahms loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Brahms ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Brahms finds it's way through Jackson's defenses.
Jackson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Brahms lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jackson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jackson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Brahms.
Brahms looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Jackson throws out a counter right but Brahms avoids it with no problem.
Brahms tries to score with a low kick but Jackson moves his leg out of the way.
Brahms moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromJackson.
A head kick misses from Jackson.
Jackson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Brahms swings widly with a right hand
and Jackson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brahms.
Jackson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jackson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brahms sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brahms feinted with a counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brahms keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Brahms connects with a crisp jab.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses.
Brahms tests Jackson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brahms, as that shot connected.
Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Brahms.
Brahms misses with a low kick as Jackson jumps back.
Jackson wants to counter the offense by Brahms and move into the clinch position.
Brahms throws a poor cross that misses
and Jackson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Brahms closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to buck Brahms off but Brahms is having none of it.
Jackson wants to control but Brahms postures up.
Sloppy strikes there by Brahms.
Jackson tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Brahms presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Jackson tries to reverse the position but Brahms maintains control.
Johannes Brahms is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brahms controlling the pace for now.
Jackson working to try and regain half guard.
Jackson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Brahms.
Brahms looking to control but Jackson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brahms misses with a head shot.
Jackson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jackson wants to hold on but Brahms pushes him away.
Brahms looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oshan Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Jackson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jackson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Brahms scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jackson wants to control but Brahms is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johannes Brahms showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brahms has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johannes Brahms!
Johannes Brahms thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Oshan Jackson was interviewed post fight and said 'I tryed my best i want to thank the fans for coming out and supporting me. Ill be back and next time ill get the finish for you guys.'.