PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Jonberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Here Comes the Boom-Intimidation. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Jackson
vs
Jonberg

180 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Nutrional

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Jonberg!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jonberg lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Jonberg manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jackson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jonberg backwards.
Jonberg taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jonberg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jonberg lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Nice elbow from Jonberg.
Jonberg keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jonberg comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jonberg prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jonberg landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jonberg landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Jonberg has the dominant position.
Jonberg connects with a knee to the head.
Jackson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Jonberg is controlling him.
Jonberg landing knees to the body.
Jonberg avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
Jonberg slowing the pace effectively.
Jonberg prevents a body shot from Jackson.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson is trying to push Jonberg away but Jonberg has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jonberg with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jonberg effectively controlling the action here.
Jackson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jonberg taking a breather.
Jonberg receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Michael Jonberg.
Jackson throws a half hearted mid kick.

Jonberg has Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jonberg stalling in the clinch.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Jonberg scores with a knee to the head.
Jonberg gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jonberg landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jonberg is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jonberg lands a knee to the head.
Jonberg with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Jonberg has him pressed against the cage.
Jonberg is stalling here.
Jonberg lands a knee to the head.
Jonberg landing knees to the head.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jonberg scores a nice knee to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jonberg.
Jonberg is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jonberg with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jonberg is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.
Jackson letting Jonberg take a breather here.
Jonberg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jonberg with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jackson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jonberg scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jonberg is struggling to control the position.
A knee to the head by Jonberg.
Jonberg landing knees to the head.
Jonberg connects with a knee to the head.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Jonberg lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Jonberg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jonberg landing knees to the head.
Jonberg stalls.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jonberg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Jonberg dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jonberg closes the distance and pushes Jackson back into the cage.
Jonberg connects with a knee to the head.
Jonberg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jonberg lands a good knee to the midsection. Jackson won't want to take too many of those.
Jonberg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jonberg prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jonberg avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
Jonberg keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson tries to circle away but Jonberg has him pinned against the cage.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Jonberg keeps him there for the moment.
Jackson misses with a body punch.
Jonberg lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Jonberg with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jonberg avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jonberg with a knee to the head.
Jonberg utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jonberg displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jackson up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jonberg thows a body shot but no joy.

Jonberg clinches up against the cage.
Jonberg taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jonberg blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jonberg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jonberg using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Jonberg.
Jonberg lands a nice elbow.
Jonberg has Jackson pushed against the cage.
Jonberg blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Jonberg - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jonberg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jonberg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jonberg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jonberg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jonberg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.

Jackson is rocked!
Jonberg lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jonberg scores with a knee to the head.
Jonberg lands a nice knee to the body.
Jackson seems to have got his legs back now.
Jonberg connects with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jonberg unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jonberg with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jonberg.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jonberg.
A knee to the head by Jonberg.
Jonberg stalling in the clinch.
Jonberg lands a nice knee to the body.
Jonberg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Jonberg.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jonberg throws an elbow that misses.
Jonberg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jonberg has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jonberg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Jonberg has the dominant position.
Jonberg tries to land a knee to the head but Jackson blocks with his arms.
Jackson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jonberg's elbow.
Jonberg utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jonberg connects with a knee to the head.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jonberg avoids the damage to the body.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Jonberg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jonberg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson tries to throw a body punch but Jonberg avoids it by throwing Jackson back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Jonberg showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Jackson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Jonberg takes the fight into the clinch.
Jonberg has Jackson pressed against the cage.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Jonberg lands a knee to the body.
Jackson tries a body shot but Jonberg blocks it.
Jackson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A frustrated look appears on Jackson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jonberg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Jonberg blocks with his arms.
Jonberg scores with a knee to the head.
Jonberg with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jonberg lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Jonberg lands a nice knee to the body.
Michael Jonberg seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jonberg.
Jackson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jonberg stalling in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jonberg obliges.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Jonberg has him pressed against the cage.
Jonberg lands a knee to the body.
Jonberg creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
Jonberg content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jackson wants to break free but Jonberg has control.
Jonberg landing knees to the head.
Jonberg lands a nice knee to the body.
Jonberg lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jonberg comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jonberg stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jonberg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jonberg scores with a knee to the head.
Jonberg displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jackson up against the cage.
Jonberg scores with a knee to the head.

Jackson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jonberg clinches up against the cage.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jonberg lands an elbow inside.
Jonberg scores with a knee to the head.
Jonberg lands a knee to the head.
Jonberg is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
Jonberg is looking to control Jackson's arms but Jackson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jonberg has his back to the cage.
Jackson lands an elbow that stopped Jonberg in his tracks for a moment.
Jonberg has Jackson pressed against the cage, preventing Jackson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jonberg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Jonberg is controlling the position.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Jonberg.
Jonberg is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jonberg connects with a knee to the head.
Jonberg throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson avoiding damage as Jonberg throws knees to the body.
Jackson has a couple of punches blocked by Jonberg.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jonberg with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Jonberg won't allow it.
Jonberg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jonberg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jonberg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jonberg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Michael Jonberg is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jonberg has Jackson pressed against the cage.
Jonberg gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson wants to break free but Jonberg has control.
Jonberg landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jonberg managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Jack Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jonberg with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Jonberg comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jonberg has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Jonberg!