PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tetsuhiko Asai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson has chosen Roy Jones - Can't be touched as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Asai
vs
Jackson

187 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

180 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tetsuhiko Asai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Jackson as Asai shoots in.
Asai looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Asai is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jackson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Asai looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tetsuhiko Asai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson connects with a body shot.
Asai shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jackson sprawls well. Jackson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Asai gets slowly back to his feet.
Asai is breathing heavily.
Asai takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Asai fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jackson avoids it really well and circles away.
Jackson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jackson lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson misses with the combination.

Jackson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jackson passes Asai's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Asai is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Jackson stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Asai to get to his feet.
Jackson punishes Asai's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson lands with a shot to the body.
Asai takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jackson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Asai circles away quickly and effectively.
Jackson lands a jab to the head.

Jackson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jackson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jackson wants to break free but Asai has control.
Jackson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jackson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jackson.
Jackson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Asai backwards.
Jackson gets underhooks to prevent Asai's takedown attempt.
Jackson scores with a shoulder strike.
Asai has Jackson pressed against the cage, preventing Jackson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asai takes a shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Jackson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Asai tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asai tries for a takedown. No joy.
Asai prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Asai. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Jackson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jackson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Asai is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jackson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jackson tries to circle away but Asai has him pinned against the cage.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson tries to circle away but Asai has him pinned against the cage.
Jackson prevents the takedown attempt.
Jackson tries to circle away but Asai has him pinned against the cage.
Jackson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Asai has the dominant position.
Jackson blocks the elbow strike.
Jackson tries to break free but Asai pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Jackson.
Jackson is trying to push Asai away but Asai has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jackson lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jackson lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Jackson.
Asai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jackson's efforts to push away.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Jackson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jackson scores with a shot to the side of Asai's head.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Asai keeps him there for the moment.
Still in the clinch, Jackson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jackson lands an uppercut.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Asai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jackson tries to circle away but Asai has him pinned against the cage.
Jackson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Asai is trying to drag Jackson to the mat but Jackson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Asai has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Jackson.
Asai is looking for a takedown.
Asai has Jackson pressed against the cage, preventing Jackson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jackson lands a hook that snaps the head of Asai backwards.
Jackson tries to break free but Asai pushes him back against the cage.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Asai has double underhooks.
Asai looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Asai backwards.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jackson lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Asai breaks the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Jackson.
Jackson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Asai 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Jackson dominated that round.
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.

Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Asai ducks right into an uppercut from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a wild combination.
Jackson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
Jackson tries to bum rush Asai with a series of wild strikes but Asai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Asai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jackson misses with a double jab.
Asai throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Asai avoids them all with ease.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Asai avoids nicely.

Asai bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asai landing strikes.
Jackson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Asai working the head with strikes.

Asai decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Asai is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson scores with a three punch combo!
Asai fails to land with a series of punches.
Tetsuhiko Asai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Jackson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Asai circles away quickly and effectively.
Asai lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Asai fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Asai.
Asai fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jackson avoids it really well and circles away.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Asai dives in and grabs Jackson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jackson pushes down on Asai's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tetsuhiko Asai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Asai dodges the punch combination from Jackson.
Asai shoots in looking for a takedown but Jackson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Asai's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Asai.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Asai.
Asai shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed Asai's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Horrible takedown by Asai or perhaps it was just good defense by Jackson which made him look bad.
Donk. Jackson catches Asai right on the button with a cross.
David Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jackson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Asai is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jackson is defending well.
Jackson gets underhooks to prevent Asai's takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson tries to circle away but Asai has him pinned against the cage.
Jackson pushes Asai back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Asai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jackson's efforts to push away.
Jackson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Asai tries to score a body lock takedown but Jackson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Asai lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Asai won't allow it.
Asai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jackson's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Asai breaks from the clinch.
David Jackson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jackson scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Asai moves out of range.

Asai looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Asai prevents Jackson from standing back up.

Jackson has one foot on Asai's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Asai shoots in for a takedown but Jackson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jackson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jackson blocks a head kick by Asai.
Jackson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Jackson. Those never looked like landing.
Asai lands a high kick!
Asai shoots in for a takedown but Jackson shows good takedown defense.
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Asai.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jackson.
Asai lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jackson feints a jab promting Asai to slip. Jackson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Asai slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Asai closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Asai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jackson's efforts to push away.
Jackson is pressed up against the cage. Asai has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jackson down to the mat. Jackson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Asai shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Asai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Asai avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tetsuhiko Asai will probably get the nod.
That's time! Asai's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Asai misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jackson shoots in looking for a takedown. Asai tries to sprawl out of it but Jackson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Asai manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Asai closes the distance and clinches up with Jackson, looking for a takedown. Asai pushes Jackson against the cage but Jackson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jackson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jackson misses with a wild combination.
Asai slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.

Asai looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jackson!
Asai lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Asai with good strikes from the mount here!
Asai looking to ground and pound but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Jackson bucks Asai off and manages to get back to his feet!
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Asai doesn't manage to clinch there - Jackson circles away.
Asai fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tetsuhiko Asai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson misses with the combination.

Asai manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Jackson on his heels. He'll look to pass Jackson's guard now, I'm sure.

Asai decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jackson, up you get!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Asai.
Asai slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
David Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson looks to land a right hand but Asai moved out of range.
Asai shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jackson sprawls well. Jackson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Asai gets slowly back to his feet.
Jackson swinging wildly here.

Asai fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jackson sprawls well initially but Asai persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson tries to roll over but Asai keeps him under control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jackson can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asai is nestled in close to Jackson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Asai prevents Jackson from standing back up.
Asai frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Asai looking to finish Jackson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jackson!
Jackson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Asai landing punches.
Jackson is looking to get to half guard.
Asai cracks Jackson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jackson is trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asai has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jackson's face.

Jackson bucks Asai off and manages to get back to his feet!
Jackson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Asai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jackson throws out the jab.
Asai has a takedown stuffed.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Asai avoids it well.
Jackson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Asai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Asai moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.
Asai fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Asai fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jackson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Asai is defended easily by Jackson.
Jackson lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asai closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Asai ducks right into an uppercut from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Asai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Asai.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asai walks into a stiff left hand from Jackson.
Asai shoots in but Jackson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Asai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Jackson moves into the clinch successfully.
Asai drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Asai is controlling him.
Jackson wants to break free but Asai has control.

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 Tetsuhiko Asai.
I think Asai has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tetsuhiko Asai!
Tetsuhiko Asai made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'He very good fighter man you know. Makes a very good takedowns and submissions. Now i want to fight for the belt. I think im ready. Thanks for everybody who's supports me thank you.'.