PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gassey Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Hood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack's entrance music is Stand up like a hurricane. A fine choice. Hood has chosen Whistle Robin as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jack
vs
Hood

182 cm
25
192 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

183 cm
30
193 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gassey Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robin Hood!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jack swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hood makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hood ducks under a wild hook from Jack.
Jack misses with a body shot
and Hood counters with a nice leg kick.
A cross from Hood lands.
Jack throws a lazy right hand but Hood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gassey Jack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hood.
Hood takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hood ducks under a wild hook from Jack.
Hood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hood moves out of range as Jack strikes.
Jack looks to land a left hand but Hood moved out of range nicely.
Hood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jack.
Jack scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Robin Hood has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hood ducks under a wild hook from Jack.
Jack throws the left hand but Hood avoids the punch easily.
Jack misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hood lands a nice shot to the body.
Jack thows a body shot but no joy.
Jack misses with a body shot
and Hood counters with a solid body kick.
Jack misses with the combination.
Hood walks into a straight right hand from Jack.
Jack throws a sloppy body shot
and Hood counters with a one-two to the body.
Jack ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hood moves away.
A big right from Hood misses.
Jack misses with a double jab
and Hood counters with a head kick.
Jack throws a lazy right hand but Hood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jack looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hood throws a quick inside leg kick.

Hood forces Jack back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hood swings wildly with an uppercut but Jack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jack lands a hook that snaps the head of Hood backwards.
Jack has Hood pressed against the cage, preventing Hood from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hood wants to break free but Jack has control.

Hood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Hood gets a clinch.
Hood throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jack tries to land knees in the clinch but Hood avoids the damage to the body.
Hood pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jack as Hood tries to tie him up.
Hood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jack lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A frustrated look appears on Hood's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hood misses with some punches.

Jack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jack ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hood moves away.
Jack lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hood was well out of range. Poor timing from Jack.
Jack throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hood.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hood throws a sloppy head kick and Jack moves out of range easily.
Hood defending well as Jack loads up on a big left hand.
Hood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jack lands a nice shot to the body.
Hood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jack.
Jack swings widly with a right hand
and Hood counters with a body kick that stops Jack in his tracks momentarily.
Jack walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hood.
Hood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jack throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Hood rushes Jack and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jack throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Jack lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hood's defenses.
Hood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jack lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Jack scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Jack.
Hood has a couple of punches blocked by Jack.
Jack lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hood can't find room to land a body shot as Jack controls the action.
Hood is trying to break the clinch but Jack is controlling him.
Jack lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jack.
Hood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jack lands a right hand.
Jack lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Hood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jack swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jack looks to score with a jab to the body but Hood is just out of range.
Jack displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That has opened up Robin Hood's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jack swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hood.
Jack scores with a jab.
Jack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hood.
Jack swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hood counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gassey Jack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robin Hood's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hood swinging wildly here.
Hood moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jack.
Jack throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gassey Jack is winning the standup battle so far.
Jack throws an off balance right hand
and Hood counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hood.
Jack connects with a body shot that sends Hood's belly button to the back.
Jack throws a good cross that connects.
Jack misses the shot to the body.
Hood misses with a head kick.
Jack looks to score with a jab to the body but Hood is just out of range.
Jack works Hood's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack checks the leg kick.
Jack throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jack lands a right hook to the body.
Jack throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hood counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Jack misses.
Jack moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jack tries to bum rush Hood with a series of wild strikes but Hood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jack swings for the body but Hood moves out of range.
Jack throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hood counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jack is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jack throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Hood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jack lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hood misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack blocks an elbow strike from Hood.
A head punch on the inside from Hood fails to land.
Hood working hard to break the clinch.
Jack lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Hood can't break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hood can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Jack - that landed with a thud.
Hood managing to block the knees to the body from Jack.
Hood is trying to break the clinch but Jack has him pressed against the cage.
Jack takes an elbow to the temple.
Hood wants to break free but Jack has control.
Hood pushes off an throws an elbow but Jack leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jack manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Hood's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jack leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hood is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jack is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hood tries to work over Jack's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jack tries to land knees in the clinch but Hood avoids the damage to the body.
Hood misses with the head strike.
Jack lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hood backwards.

Jack breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jack misses with a double jab.
Hood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hood thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jack if he has to take too many more of those.
Jack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hood was well out of range. Poor timing from Jack.
Jack throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hood tries to score with a low kick but Jack moves his leg out of the way.
Nice body punch from Jack.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jack. Hood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hood instigates a clinch.
Hood tries to break the clinch but Jack is controlling the position.
Jack stalling.
Hood throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jack stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jack lands a right hand.
Hood is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jack is keeping busy.
Hood has had enough of the clinch but Jack keeps him there for the moment.
Hood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jack has him pressed against the cage.
Hood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jack.
Jack lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jack lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hood swings wildly with an uppercut but Jack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jack pushes Hood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jack blocks an uppercut.
Jack scores with a shot to the side of Hood's head.
Hood is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Come on Jack - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gassey Jack dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Robin Hood's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Jack throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jack throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jack misses with a series of wild punches.
Hood misses with a low kick.
Hood takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jack scores with a nice head shot.
Jack throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jack throws a sloppy body shot
and Hood counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jack's knee momentarily.
Some wild striking there from Jack.
Jack rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hood moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Jack does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hood has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jack finds it's way round the side to connect with Hood's head.
Hood thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jack if he has to take too many more of those.
A shot to the body from Jack misses
and Hood makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jack looks to score with a jab to the body but Hood is just out of range.
Hood walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jack on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hood. Hood obviously looking to wear him down.
Hood lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jack will feel that in the morning.

Hood rushes Jack and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jack has Hood pressed against the cage, preventing Hood from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jack keeps control of Hood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Hood breaks from the clinch.

Hood has Jack up against the cage in a clinch.
Jack lands a body punch.
Hood tries to break the clinch but Jack is controlling the position.
Hood is trying to break the clinch but Jack has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Jack as the two fighters clinch.
Jack is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hood is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jack lands a hook that snaps the head of Hood backwards.
Hood taking a breather.

Hood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jack just misses with a punch to the body.

Hood closes the distance and clinches.
The referee calls for Jack to work.
Jack keeps control of Hood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hood taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hood takes an elbow to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jack looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jack misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Hood fails to land.
Jack scores with a shoulder strike.
Jack scores with a shot to the side of Hood's head.
Jack will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hood is trying to break the clinch but Jack has him pressed against the cage.
Jack lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gassey Jack has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jack controlling the action here for a moment.
Hood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Hood manages to break the clinch.
Jack misses with a hook
and Hood counters with a big head kick but Jack shrugs it off.
Robin Hood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hood clinches up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Hood's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hood swings wildly with an uppercut but Jack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jack landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hood has had enough of the clinch but Jack keeps him there for the moment.
Jack lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hood backwards.
Jack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jack blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hood tries to break the clinch but Jack is controlling the position.
Jack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jack lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Jack.
Jack lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jack taking a breather.
Hood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Hood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jack takes a swing at Hood's ribcage but misses.
Robin Hood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Jack breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Hood gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jack is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jack scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hood.
Hood throws an elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gassey Jack.
Well Jack has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gassey Jack!