PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Dai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Mortal Kombat. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
Dai

180 cm
25
188 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rashad Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Dai!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dai shoots in for a takedown but Jackson shows good takedown defense.
Dai shoots in for a double leg but Jackson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Dai.
Jackson is trying to improve his position.
Jackson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dai on the ground.
Dai working the ground and pound but Jackson is defending the strikes.
Dai throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jackson tries to improve position but can't.
Dai landing a few strikes.
Dai has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dai fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Jackson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Dai working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Dai working the ground and pound from side control.
Jackson taking a bit of punishment here - Dai scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is not content to let Dai control the position.
Dai scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jackson to see if he's OK.
Dai in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Dai grinds an elbow into Jackson's temple.
Dai lands a decent elbow from side control.
Dai working the ground and pound from side control.
Dai creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Dai working the ground and pound.
Dai landing strikes.
Dai landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dai lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Dai works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dai scores with punches from side control.

Jackson is rocked!
Dai trying to control the position but Jackson is working away.
Dai is chipping away with strikes.
Dai scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jackson to see if he's OK.
Dai looks up at the clock and then as Jackson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Dai smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Check out the look on Dai's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jackson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Dai working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dai working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Oh Jackson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dai cracks Jackson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Jackson seems to have got his legs back now.
Dai cracks Jackson with a big right hand but Jackson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dai connects with a decent elbow.
Dai scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jackson to see if he's OK.
Dai looks up at the clock and then as Jackson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Dai smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Jackson is looking to regain half guard here but Dai keeps moving and retains side control.
Dai working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Jackson is looking to reverse the position.
Jackson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Jackson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dai working the body and head with strikes.
Dai is chipping away with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dai works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Jackson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jackson tries to get out of the position.
Jackson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Dai wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.
Jackson is trying to get back to half guard.
Dai scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dai lands a nice forearm strike.
Jackson is not content to let Dai control the position.
Dai lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Dai dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dai shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mark Dai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dai shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jackson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dai is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jackson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dai postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jackson looks a forlorn figure.
Dai with a couple of short strikes.
Dai lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jackson is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dai lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jackson hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dai lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dai has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jackson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dai working Jackson over with strikes here.
Dai lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jackson takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Dai's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Dai!