PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robby Jacobson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John St Clair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Clair has chosen Flypside-Someday as his entrance music. John St Clair has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jacobson
vs
St Clair

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

191 cm
21
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robby Jacobson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John St Clair!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacobson throws a series of punches but St Clair moves out of range.
Jacobson misses the shot to the body.
Jacobson misses with a body shot.
Jacobson fails with an attempt to clinch.

Jacobson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jacobson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
St Clair controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jacobson wants to stand and escape but St Clair is having none of it.
St Clair makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
St Clair is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jacobson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from St Clair.
Jacobson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
St Clair landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
St Clair's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jacobson looking to control.
Jacobson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for St Clair on the ground.
Jacobson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because St Clair is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
St Clair won't allow Jacobson to get back to his feet.
Jacobson working a defensive guard here.
St Clair distracts Jacobson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
St Clair has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
St Clair controlling from the top position.
St Clair works over Jacobson with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Clair stands and steps away. Jacobson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jacobson looks to throw the jab but St Clair is out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jacobson!
Jacobson wants to clinch.

St Clair shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jacobson is trying to defend but St Clair finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Jacobson is breathing heavily.

St Clair gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
St Clair takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Jacobson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows St Clair to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jacobson is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and St Clair dives into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St Clair has an Americana. Jacobson didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! St Clair is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if St Clair hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). John St Clair!