PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carter Beauford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Jackson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Beauford
vs
Jackson

190 cm
19
178 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

225 cm
26
170 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carter Beauford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Beauford fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jackson, pushing him back against the cage.
Beauford with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Beauford drags the fight down to the ground.

Beauford has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Jackson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Beauford clinches up with Jackson and pushes him back against the cage.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Beauford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Beauford moves into the clinch.
Beauford tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Beauford breaks from the clinch.

Beauford forces Jackson back against the cage and clinches.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Beauford gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Beauford throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jackson lands a nice uppercut.

Beauford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Beauford darts in and clinches Jackson up against the cage.
Beauford scores with a knee to the head.
Beauford putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jackson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Beauford gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson lands with a left to the head.
Beauford can't break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jackson as Beauford tries to tie him up.

Beauford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Beauford fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jackson, pushing him back against the cage.
Beauford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Beauford has him pressed against the cage.
Beauford connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.

Beauford breaks from the clinch.
Beauford keeps the fight on the outside.

Beauford has managed to clinch.
Beauford crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Beauford is breathing heavily.
Beauford misses with a knee 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!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jackson.
Jackson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beauford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Beauford connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beauford has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson lands a good knee to the midsection. Beauford won't want to take too many of those.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson tries to break free but Beauford pushes him back against the cage.
Jackson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Beauford backwards.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Beauford has him pressed against the cage.
Beauford keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Beauford prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Beauford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Beauford's defenses.
Beauford is trying to maintain a safe position but Jackson gets an underhook and turns Beauford into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jackson tries to throw a body punch but Beauford avoids it by throwing Jackson back against the cage.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Beauford is controlling him.
Beauford is trying to push Jackson away but Jackson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Beauford has double underhooks.
Beauford tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Beauford has the dominant position.
Jackson is trying to push Beauford away but Beauford has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Beauford content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Beauford is trying to maintain a safe position but Jackson gets an underhook and turns Beauford into the cage.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Good body shot from Jackson.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Beauford has Jackson pressed against the cage, preventing Jackson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Jackson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Jackson gets tackled into the cage by Beauford. Beauford maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beauford is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Beauford.
Jackson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beauford leaning against his opponent.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Beauford blocks it.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Beauford won't allow it.
Jackson tries to circle away but Beauford has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson wants to break free but Beauford has control.
A nice left hand lands by Beauford.
Jackson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beauford misses with a knee strike.
Beauford tries to pull guard but Jackson holds him up against the cage and eventually Beauford drops back down to his feet.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Carter Beauford will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jackson tries to clinch up but Beauford circles away and keeps his distance.

Beauford gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Beauford has Jackson pressed against the cage, preventing Jackson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Beauford is blocking nicely.
Mark Jackson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Beauford looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Jackson tries to break free but Beauford pushes him back against the cage.
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beauford blocks the elbow strike.
Beauford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson is trying to push Beauford away but Beauford has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Beauford.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.

Beauford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Beauford circles away.

Beauford gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Beauford with a knee to the head.
Beauford blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson wants to break free but Beauford has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Beauford has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jackson is breathing heavily.

Beauford ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Beauford no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Jackson wants to stand but Beauford has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Beauford kicks Jackson off and gets to his feet.

Jackson gets tackled into the cage by Beauford. Beauford maintains the clinch.
Beauford looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Beauford unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson is trying to push Beauford away but Beauford has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Beauford creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.

Beauford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Beauford.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Beauford moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Beauford to work.
Jackson has a couple of punches blocked by Beauford.
Jackson throws a punch but it's blocked by Beauford.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Beauford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beauford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
Beauford lands a good knee to the midsection. Jackson won't want to take too many of those.
Beauford crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Beauford lands a nice elbow.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Beauford has Jackson pressed against the cage, preventing Jackson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beauford gets control of Jackson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Beauford will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Beauford manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Beauford moves into the clinch.
Beauford landing knees to the head.
Beauford pressing his opponent against the cage.

Beauford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beauford looks to land a combination but Jackson avoids it well.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Beauford circles away.

Beauford has Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beauford blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Beauford.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Beauford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Beauford clinches up against the cage.

Beauford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jackson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Carter Beauford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Beauford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson misses with a wild combination.

Beauford clinches.
Nice elbow from Beauford.
Beauford leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beauford lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Beauford.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carter Beauford dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice body kick there by Beauford.
Jackson scores with a one two! Beauford had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Beauford dodges the punch combination from Jackson.

Beauford moves into the clinch.
Beauford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackson blocks it with crossed arms.
Beauford gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Beauford connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Beauford.
Beauford misses with a knee to the head.

Beauford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.
Beauford misses with a double jab
and Jackson counters with a one-two to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Beauford instigates a clinch.
Jackson avoiding damage as Beauford throws knees to the body.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beauford prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson works on Beauford's body with a couple of short punches.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Beauford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Beauford moves into the clinch successfully.
Beauford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jackson.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Beauford crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beauford.

Beauford manages to break the clinch.
Beauford lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Jackson gets tackled into the cage by Beauford. Beauford maintains the clinch.

Beauford turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Beauford manages to end up in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Beauford decides to stand back up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Beauford gets a clinch.
Beauford's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Beauford misses with an elbow strike.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.
Beauford comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beauford has him pressed against the cage.

Beauford manages to pull guard.

Beauford scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Beauford avoids a kick to the body.
Jackson misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beauford moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Beauford.

Beauford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Beauford circles away.

Beauford fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jackson, pushing him back against the cage.
Beauford scores a nice knee to the body.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Beauford has the dominant position.
Jackson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beauford lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Beauford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Beauford has Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Beauford lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Beauford takes an elbow to the temple.
Beauford tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Beauford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beauford keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Beauford with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Beauford.
Beauford lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Jackson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beauford with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jackson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jab, jab by Jackson - just one landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Beauford moves into the clinch successfully.
Beauford lands a knee to the body.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Beauford has him pressed against the cage.
Mark Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carter Beauford is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Beauford is controlling him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carter Beauford showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Beauford 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carter Beauford!