PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dj Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Dempsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Trick Daddy-Lets Go. Dempsey has chosen On the Eve of War - Jedi Mind Tricks as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Jackson
vs
Dempsey

188 cm
26
210 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

192 cm
26
218 lbs
13 - 5 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dj Jackson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Dempsey!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dempsey was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.

Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Jackson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dempsey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson tries to throw a body punch but Dempsey avoids it by throwing Jackson back against the cage.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Dempsey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dempsey misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dempsey.
Jackson is trying to push Dempsey away but Dempsey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Dempsey is controlling the position.
Dempsey misses with the head strike.
Dempsey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dempsey throws a head punch that misses.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Dempsey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dempsey working aggressively here.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dempsey tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Dempsey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jackson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dempsey wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey wants to clinch.

Dempsey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dempsey blocking some punches.
Dempsey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dempsey swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dempsey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dempsey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.
Jackson is struggling to control the position.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dempsey tries to work over Jackson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jackson trying to stall but Dempsey improves his position.
Dempsey has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dempsey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jackson trying to stall but Dempsey improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jackson breaks from the clinch.
Dempsey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jackson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dempsey wants to clinch up but Jackson keeps it at a distance.
Dempsey on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jack Dempsey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson throws a lazy uppercut
and Dempsey counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A jab from Jackson misses.

Jackson clinches up with Dempsey and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dempsey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dempsey throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
Dempsey misses with some punches.
Jackson can't find room to land a body shot as Dempsey controls the action.
Dempsey swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dempsey working aggressively here.
Dempsey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dempsey misses with a punch on the inside.
Dempsey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dempsey misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dempsey.
Dempsey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jackson wants to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Dempsey fails to land.
Dempsey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dempsey tries to work over Jackson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jackson tries to break free but Dempsey pushes him back against the cage.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dempsey has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Jackson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Dempsey.
Dempsey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jackson's efforts to push away.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Dempsey.
Jackson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dempsey backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dempsey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dempsey blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dempsey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Dj Jackson has been cut.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Dempsey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dempsey connects with a knee to the head.
Dempsey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dempsey digs a right hand into Jackson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jackson's gas tank.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Dempsey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dempsey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dempsey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dempsey throws a head punch that misses.
Dempsey lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Dempsey.
Dempsey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dempsey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dempsey landing knees to the body.
Dempsey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dempsey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Dempsey misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Dempsey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dj Jackson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dempsey tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
Dempsey throws a leg kick which misses Jackson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jackson tries to avoid it.
Dempsey tries to clinch there but Jackson circles away.
Dempsey wants to clinch.

Jackson darts in and clinches Dempsey up against the cage.
Dempsey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dempsey scores with a shoulder strike.
Dempsey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dempsey's elbow.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dempsey struggles to land a body shot inside as Jackson controls his hands.
Jackson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey working aggressively here.
Dempsey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dempsey misses with some punches.
Jackson is trying to maintain a safe position but Dempsey gets an underhook and turns Jackson into the cage.
Dempsey tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson looking to slow down the pace here.
Dempsey is leaning against Jackson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Jackson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dempsey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dempsey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jackson can't find room to land a body shot as Dempsey controls the action.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jackson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dempsey misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey misses with a punch on the inside.
Dempsey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dempsey working aggressively here.
Dempsey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jackson working aggressively here.
Dempsey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
Dempsey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dempsey scores with a shot to the side of Jackson's head.
Dempsey misses with the head strike.
Dempsey lands a nice uppercut.
Dempsey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jack Dempsey seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A left hand lands to the body for Jackson.
A frustrated look appears on Jackson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dempsey lands a body shot.
Dempsey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dempsey lands with a light punch inside.
Dempsey looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Dempsey scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey lands a nice uppercut.

Jackson is rocked!
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Dempsey misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Dempsey.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dempsey is leaning against Jackson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dempsey lands a nice uppercut.
Dempsey throws a head punch that misses.
Jackson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dempsey creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Jackson with a big uppercut! Jackson tries to clinch up but Dempsey pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Jackson to the mat! Jackson covers up and Dempsey unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jack Dempsey!
Jack Dempsey is the new light heavyweight champion!