PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Renato Laranja (ranked 2923 p4p, 4296 weight class) and Black Lives Jackson (ranked 355 p4p, 493 weight class). Laranja comes to the cage accompanied by Sepultura - The Hunt. Black Lives Jackson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Laranja
vs
Jackson

178 cm
33
177
6 - 11 - 0

190 cm
24
183
4 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Renato Laranja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Black Lives Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jackson throws a lazy head kick
and Laranja makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Laranja pushes him off.
Jackson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Laranja throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Laranja blocks a head kick by Jackson.
Jackson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Laranja darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Laranja lands a lovely overhand right.
Jackson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Laranja throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
Jackson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Laranja manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Laranja works Jackson's body with a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laranja cracks Jackson with a good jab.
Laranja misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laranja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laranja with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jackson slips under a jab.
Jackson wants to counter with a clinch but Laranja pushes him away.
Laranja blocks a head kick by Jackson.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laranja.
Laranja swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laranja fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it.
Laranja throws a poor cross that misses

and Jackson moves into the clinch.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laranja blocks it with crossed arms.
Laranja misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laranja misses with a body punch.
Laranja takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch on the inside from Laranja fails to land.
Jackson connects with a knee to the head.
Laranja lands a nice shot to the body.
Laranja misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laranja lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Laranja fails to land.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Laranja scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Laranja.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Laranja goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Laranja tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laranja tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Laranja managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Laranja tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.
Laranja working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Laranja lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Laranja lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laranja misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Laranja.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Laranja blocks with his arms.
Laranja blocks an elbow strike.
Laranja managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Laranja avoids the damage to the body.
Laranja lands a left hand.
Jackson crunches a lovely knee into Laranja's ribcage.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Laranja blocks with his arms.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Laranja avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
Laranja lands a nice uppercut.
Laranja lands a shoulder strike.
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!
Laranja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laranja tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Laranja back against the cage.
Laranja doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laranja misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laranja lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Laranja.
Laranja lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Laranja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jackson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Laranja misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Laranja misses with a punch on the inside.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Laranja scores with a shoulder strike.
Laranja avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson connects with a knee to the head.
Laranja lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laranja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Laranja.
Jackson lands a knee to the body.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Renato Laranja will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Laranja looks to land a body kick but Jackson moved away.
A head kick from Jackson lands but Laranja takes it in his stride.
Jackson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jackson darts in trying to clinch
and Laranja counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laranja moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromJackson.
Jackson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jackson throws a head kick but Laranja moves out of range.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Laranja pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laranja fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it.
Laranja swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Laranja misses with a low kick.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses.
Laranja fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throws a push kick but Laranja slaps the foot to one side.
It looked like Laranja wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Laranja looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laranja throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.
Laranja scores with a nice head shot.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Laranja moves out of range easily.
A head kick by Jackson misses
and Laranja connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Laranja connects with a crisp jab.
Laranja throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jackson.

Jackson is rocked!
Renato Laranja is winning the standup battle so far.
Jackson tries a head kick but it misses.
Jackson is still on wobbly legs! Can Laranja finish him?
Laranja walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jackson.

Jackson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jackson seems to have recovered his senses.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laranja throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Laranja.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson blocks a body shot from Laranja.
Laranja gets through Jackson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jackson lands a knee to the head.
Laranja tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Laranja doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jackson lands an elbow just above Laranja 's eye.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Renato Laranja has been cut.
Still in the clinch, Laranja scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Laranja shrugs off.
Black Lives Jackson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Laranja lands a right hand.
Laranja tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.
Laranja misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson blocks a body shot from Laranja.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laranja misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laranja misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Laranja is blocking nicely.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Laranja blocks it.
Laranja misses with a body punch.
Laranja throws a head punch that misses.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Laranja misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laranja misses with some punches.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Laranja has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Laranja is defending well for now.
Laranja blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laranja blocks it with crossed arms.
Laranja lands a shot to the body.
Jackson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laranja swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Laranja can't find room to land a body shot as Jackson controls the action.
Laranja misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Laranja blocks it.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laranja swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laranja tries a body shot but Jackson blocks it.
Laranja lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jackson blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laranja.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Laranja blocks it.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Laranja blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Renato Laranja will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Renato Laranja's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Laranja ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Laranja avoids the head kick by Jackson.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laranja swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Laranja lands a nice looking body shot.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laranja.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Laranja circles away.

Jackson moves into the clinch.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Laranja lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Laranja throws a head punch that misses.
Laranja lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jackson or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laranja tries a body shot but Jackson blocks it.
Laranja throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jackson blocking some punches.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Laranja has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Laranja cracks Jackson with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Laranja.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.
Jackson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Laranja lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Laranja.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laranja.
Laranja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laranja misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Laranja.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laranja.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Laranja has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laranja.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laranja blocks it with crossed arms.
Laranja lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Laranja's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Laranja blocks with his arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Laranja.
Laranja lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Laranja blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laranja misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson takes a shot to the head.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Laranja fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Laranja pushes Jackson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Laranja scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Laranja.
Laranja lands a body punch.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laranja scores with a nice hook to the head.
Laranja swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Laranja is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laranja stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Laranja.
Laranja misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Laranja misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laranja lands a nice shot to the body.
Black Lives Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Laranja managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laranja creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Laranja is blocking nicely.
Laranja tries a body shot but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson blocks a body shot from Laranja.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laranja throws a head punch that misses.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Laranja avoids the damage to the body.
Laranja lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Laranja lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laranja works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Laranja.
Jackson lands an elbow just above Laranja 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laranja throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Laranja.
Laranja lands a body shot.
Jackson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Laranja lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Laranja lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Laranja fails to land.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Laranja has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Laranja struggles to land a body shot inside as Jackson controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Laranja.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Laranja lands on the inside with an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Laranja showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Laranja 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renato Laranja!
Renato Laranja was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.