PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Rusher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Ambitionz Az A Ridah. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jackson
vs
Rusher

185 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stephen Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lance Rusher!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jonathan Paton and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson scores with a one two! Rusher had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Lance Rusher has been cut.
Jackson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rusher swivels and escapes.
Rusher with a lazy takedown attempt

and Jackson counters by clinching up.
Rusher is pressed up against the cage. Jackson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rusher down to the mat. Rusher avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rusher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.
Jackson connects with a nice looking jab.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rusher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephen Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.

Jackson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rusher trying to control from the bottom.
Rusher avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jackson.
Rusher is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rusher gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rusher looking to control but Jackson passes into half guard.
Jackson working over Rusher with some ground and pound. Rusher looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jackson tries to stand and escape but Rusher is controlling the position.
Jackson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jackson is looking to take a break and control but Rusher is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rusher moves into full guard.
Jackson lands a couple of digs.
Rusher throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jackson trying to control but Rusher is working from the bottom.
Rusher lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jackson!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rusher unloading with bombs!
Jackson tries to lock up and control but Rusher gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jackson is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Rusher working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jackson wants to control but Rusher is having none of it.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Jackson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rusher lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rusher wants to control the pace but Jackson is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson wants to control but Rusher is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rusher trying to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Rusher sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rusher trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rusher blocks Jackson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jackson tries to hold on but Rusher postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rusher landing strikes from the mount.
Jackson regains half guard.
Jackson scores with a few weak punches.
Rusher is thwarting Jackson's attempts to control the position.
Jackson is concentrating on defense, preventing Rusher from advancing position.
Rusher frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jackson is squirming around, avoiding Rusher's attempts to control the action.
Jackson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Rusher. What's that going to do exactly?
Jackson tries to hold on but Rusher postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Jackson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lance Rusher'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.

Rusher takes the fight into the clinch.

Rusher manages to break the clinch.
Rusher lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rusher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches up with Rusher, looking for a takedown. Jackson pushes Rusher against the cage but Rusher circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rusher tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson misses with a takedown attempt - Rusher sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jackson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rusher misses with a takedown attempt

and Jackson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Rusher!
Jackson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rusher is looking to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rusher tries to reverse the position but Jackson maintains control.
Jackson tries to control but Rusher wriggling away.
Rusher is bucking up trying to escape but Jackson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jackson looking to control but Rusher is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rusher wants to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Jackson with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jackson throwing strikes but Rusher recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Jackson prevents Rusher from standing back up.
Jackson is looking to take a break and control but Rusher is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jackson wants to pass the guard but Rusher is defending well.
Jackson is trying to control the action in half guard but Rusher is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Rusher drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Rusher controls the position.
Jackson struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rusher is trying to get an arm triangle but Jackson is defending well.
Jackson is not content to let Rusher control the position.
Jackson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Rusher is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jackson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rusher with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rusher wants to control but Jackson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jackson prevents Rusher from improving his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jackson shoots in and drives through. Rusher sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephen Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rusher pushes Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rusher walks away with a smile on his face. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rusher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rusher with a lazy takedown attempt

and Jackson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Jackson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lance Rusher's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Rusher tries to clinch there but Jackson circles away.
Rusher gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Jackson gets the takedown into side control.
Rusher is not content to let Jackson control the position.
Rusher is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rusher stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Jackson trying to control the position but Rusher is working away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Rusher is not content to let Jackson control the position.
Rusher wants to control but Jackson postures up.
Jackson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rusher keeps working.
Stephen Jackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jackson is looking to clinch.
Rusher dodges the punch combination from Jackson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rusher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rusher lands with a kick to the temple. Jackson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jackson misses with a takedown attempt
and Rusher counters with a straight right hand.
Stephen Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Rusher looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jackson!
Rusher has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jackson's face.
Jackson reaches up to try and control the position but Rusher seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Jackson rolls and tries to escape and now Rusher has his back!

Rusher looking for the choke from the back.
Rusher wants to control but Jackson is keeping busy.

Jackson showing good submission defense here.
Will Rusher go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson trying to control but not successfully.
Rusher trying to control.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet.
Rusher doesn't have the hooks in and Jackson manages to turn into his guard.
Rusher wants to stand but Jackson is controlling the position.
Rusher manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's four 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.
Rusher tries to control but Jackson wriggling away.
Jackson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Rusher trying to control the pace.
Rusher wants to take a breather but Jackson is having none of it.
Jackson is looking to control Rusher's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jackson avoid being mounted?
Jackson pushes Rusher off looking to stand but Rusher dives back in and keeps control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lance Rusher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jackson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Jackson!