PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simone Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duncan McCloud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCloud has chosen Persuit of Vikings as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
McCloud

225 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

189 cm
19
217 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

5th Round
LHK Clothing

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Simone Jackson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duncan McCloud!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson shoots in looking for a takedown. McCloud tries to sprawl out of it but Jackson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McCloud manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McCloud rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jackson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown but McCloud shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
McCloud leaves Jackson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simone Jackson . That's going to take a lot out of him.
McCloud misses with an uppercut. Jackson saw that one coming.
Jackson fails with the takedown.
Jackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCloud throws out the jab.
McCloud misses with an uppercut.
Jackson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCloud misses with a jab, cross combination.
McCloud fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McCloud leaves Jackson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jackson is trying hard to land a takedown here. McCloud sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson shoots in looking for a takedown. McCloud tries to sprawl out of it but Jackson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McCloud manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jackson shoots in for a double leg but McCloud sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jackson .
Duncan McCloud is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from McCloud.
McCloud leaves Jackson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
McCloud keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Jackson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McCloud is fending him off so far but Jackson persists. Nope, McCloud circles away and we're back to standing.
McCloud scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Simone Jackson has been cut.
McCloud misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McCloud fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from McCloud.
Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCloud.
McCloud throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McCloud pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McCloud throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely.
Jackson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A shot to de liver by McCloud. Beautiful body shot.
McCloud misses with an uppercut.
McCloud lands a glancing blow to the side of Jackson 's 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 shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Duncan McCloud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCloud tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McCloud lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McCloud pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McCloud pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McCloud as he avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A combination from McCloud does no damage.
McCloud displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jackson .
McCloud lands the left hand.
Jackson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McCloud pinned against the cage. McCloud gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
McCloud lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by McCloud.
Jackson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
McCloud tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jackson throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. McCloud was covering up waiting for the punch and Jackson finishes the takedown easily into guard.

McCloud wants to stand and escape. He's got his foot on Jackson 's hips, looking to push off. But Jackson grabs a hold of the leg and drops back for an ankle lock! It's hard to tell if he's got it. Both fighters look composed - OH, not anymore they don't! McCloud screams like a kid who's trapped his fingers in the car door and taps out! Yikes, that must have hurt - hopefully it's not snapped anything!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Simone Jackson !