PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacob King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orlando Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sackett has chosen Mary Jane by Rick James as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

King
vs
Sackett

191 cm
24
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

187 cm
20
215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Firebird Designs

Convicted

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacob King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orlando Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King lands with an overhand left.
Sackett just misses with a punch to the body.
Sackett takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sackett scores with a nice head shot.
Orlando Sackett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sackett misses with a telegraphed body shot
and King counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King scores with a nice strike.

King fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sackett, pushing him back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from King.
Sackett looks gassed!
King lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A hook to the body from King.
Sackett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
King pushes Sackett back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from King.
Sackett wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
King lands a nice uppercut.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
A right hand to the body from King.
King lands with a left to the head.

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

King rushes Sackett and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.
A right hand to the body from King.
King lands a body shot.

King manages to break the clinch.
Sackett takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

King darts in and clinches Sackett up against the cage.
King gets through Sackett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
King cracks Sackett with a nice body shot.
A body shot lands from King.
King scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.

King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by King.

King closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Sackett misses

and King counters by moving into the clinch.

King breaks the clinch.
King connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
King moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
King with a nice cross.

King gets a clinch.
King lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from King.
King presses Sackett against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

King breaks from the clinch.
Sackett misses with a jab to the body
and King counters with a nice body shot.
Good exchange - King coming out on top.
Sackett closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Sackett tries to keep at a distance but King has taken the fight into the clinch.
King lands a hook that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King digs a right hand underneath Sackett's ribcage. Sackett let out a lung full of air as it connected.

King's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sackett tries to clinch
and King counters with a nice uppercut.
Sackett tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
King cracks Sackett with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Sackett tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but King pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Sackett is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacob King!