PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Giorgio Jacques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tex Ranger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ranger has chosen Eaten by Bloodbath as his entrance music. Giorgio Jacques has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jacques
vs
Ranger

178 cm
23
182 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

184 cm
22
183 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Giorgio Jacques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tex Ranger!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ranger looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ranger wants to pass to mount but Jacques is defending the position.
Jacques wants to improve his position but Ranger is controlling well.
Ranger trying to control from half guard but Jacques is working away.
Jacques has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ranger is working away from the top position though.

Jacques looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jacques manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jacques throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jacques is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jacques is thwarting Ranger's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jacques throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ranger slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ranger controlling Jacques's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacques slips nicely into half guard.
Ranger is controlling Jacques's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Jacques missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ranger is trying to get back to full guard.
Jacques wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ranger keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ranger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jacques.
Jacques working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jacques throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Jacques is trying to work for a kimura but Ranger is defending well.
Jacques works his foot free and advances to mount.
Jacques misses with a head shot.
Ranger tries to hold on but Jacques pushes him away.
Ranger is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jacques fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ranger wants to control but Jacques is having none of it.
Ranger might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Jacques kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Jacques content just to control the position here.
Ranger gets back to half guard.
Ranger wants to get back to full guard.
Jacques is keen to just control but Ranger is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giorgio Jacques dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A slapping leg kick lands for Jacques.
Ranger has his takedown stuffed
and Jacques counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ranger dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jacques misses with a looping left.
Ranger throws a lazy uppercut

so Jacques counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ranger is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ranger looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jacques puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Jacques wants to control but Ranger is keeping him busy.
Jacques sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ranger defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ranger works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ranger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jacques trying to control the position from guard on top but Ranger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jacques is looking to stand up but Ranger won't let him.

Ranger has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jacques can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ranger manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jacques regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ranger tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jacques knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ranger uses his free foot to push down on Jacques's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jacques.
Jacques can't escape the position.
Jacques gets back to half guard.
Jacques wants to improve his position but Ranger is controlling well.
Jacques is looking to control Ranger's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jacques avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ranger wants to free his trapped foot but Jacques is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ranger is trying to control. Jacques wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ranger tries to pass to full mount but Jacques defends it.
Jacques is trying to get back to full guard.
Jacques trying to control but Ranger postures up.

Ranger seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jacques is concentrating on defense, preventing Ranger from advancing position.
Ranger seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Ranger wants to pass to mount but Jacques is defending the position.
Jacques is trying to get back to full guard.
Jacques is staying active underneath Ranger, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jacques trying to hold on to Ranger's head to control him but Ranger postures up.

Jacques looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giorgio Jacques dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Ranger misses with a body shot
and Jacques makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tex Ranger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ranger misses with a jab to the body
and Jacques counters with a nice leg kick.
Ranger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jacques counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ranger misses with a body punch
and Jacques counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Ranger gets a takedown into half guard.
Ranger is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Jacques!
Jacques manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Ranger is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ranger working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Jacques's thigh. Jacques counters though and makes it back to full guard.

Jacques looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jacques looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ranger is one step ahead there.
Jacques keeping moving, preventing Ranger from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ranger stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jacques swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ranger is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ranger trying to control but Jacques is working from the bottom.

Ranger drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Jacques dives on top into guard.
Jacques throws a big right hand that misses.
Jacques trying to control the position from guard on top but Ranger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ranger trying to keep a closed guard but Jacques is proving a slippery customer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ranger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jacques.
Tex Ranger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ranger misses with a lunging right hand
and Jacques counters with a nice uppercut.
Ranger misses with a body punch
and Jacques counters with a body kick that stops Ranger in his tracks momentarily.
Jacques pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ranger is out of range and Jacques settles back down.
Ranger fails with the takedown
and Jacques makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ranger swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jacques counters with an outside leg kick.
Jacques missing with a left hand there. Ranger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ranger misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ranger with a poor takedown
and Jacques counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ranger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jacques tries to score with a low kick but Ranger moves his leg out of the way.
Ranger with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jacques counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Giorgio Jacques has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tex Ranger.
Jacques fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ranger manages to avoid it.
Ranger swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Jacques counters with a single leg into guard. Ranger didn't expect that.

And that's the end of the fight!
Giorgio Jacques showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jacques 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giorgio Jacques!