PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Meridius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Jacko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacko comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Eye Of The Tiger kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! James Jacko is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Meridius
vs
Jacko

185 cm
20
218 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
28
221 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maximus Meridius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Jacko!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meridius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jacko was well out of range. Poor timing from Meridius.
Meridius misses with a right hand
and Jacko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jacko throws a nice inside leg kick.
Meridius missing with a left hand there. Jacko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jacko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Meridius throws out the jab.
Meridius sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jacko just misses with a punch to the body.
A left lands for Jacko.
Meridius misses the shot to the body.
Jacko is looking to clinch but Meridius is avoiding it.
Meridius takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jacko scores with a jab to the head.

It looks like Maximus Meridius has been cut.
Jacko is looking to slow Meridius down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Jacko clinches.
Meridius wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Meridius wants to break the clinch but can't.
Meridius working hard to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Jacko scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Jacko.
Knees to the body from Jacko.
Meridius is breathing heavily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Meridius as Jacko tries to tie him up.
Jacko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Meridius is defending well for now.
Jacko blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Jacko.
Meridius swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Knees to the body from Jacko.
Jacko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jacko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacko lands an elbow inside that Meridius shrugs off.

Jacko drops Meridius with a big knee straight up the middle! Meridius is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Meridius is rocked!
BOOM! Jacko lands a beautiful left hook that drops Meridius. Meridius tries to recover but Jacko is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Meridius lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Jacko!