PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Jackson (ranked 3670 p4p, 4661 weight class) and Maulen Adilev (ranked 421 p4p, 496 weight class). David Jackson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jackson
vs
Adilev

193 cm
26
190
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
27
194
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Jackson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maulen Adilev!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Adilev.
A big left from Adilev misses.
Jackson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Adilev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adilev throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.

Jackson gets a clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Adilev has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.
Jackson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jackson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Adilev.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Adilev's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson lands a knee to the head.
Adilev is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jackson lands a nice elbow.
Jackson lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adilev tries to score a body lock takedown but Jackson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
David Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maulen Adilev.
Adilev wants a takedown.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adilev avoids it.

Adilev has hold of one of Jackson 's legs. Jackson is fighting the takedown attempt but Adilev gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Adilev passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Adilev trying to control the action but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Jackson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Adilev is controlling him well.
Adilev wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.

Adilev has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Jackson is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Adilev yanks on the arm and Jackson is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Adilev.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Maulen Adilev!
Maulen Adilev very nearly forgot to thank The Natural Order amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.