PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Redhair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Redhair
vs
Jackson

172 cm
24
160 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

182 cm
25
164 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Redhair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julian Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jackson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Redhair wants to get back to striking at distance but Jackson won't allow it.
Jackson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Redhair backwards.
Redhair is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks.
Jackson has Redhair pressed against the cage, preventing Redhair from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Redhair wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Redhair has had enough of the clinch but Jackson keeps him there for the moment.
Jackson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Redhairs head.
Redhair has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Redhair wants to break the clinch but can't.
Redhair is trying to force a seperation but Jackson has the dominant position.

Redhair escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Redhair just misses with a punch to the body.
Redhair connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jackson scores with a nice head shot.
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jackson scores with a body shot.
Redhair fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jackson.
Some bone on bone action there as Jackson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jackson takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Redhair connects with a leg kick. Jackson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throws a hook but Redhair blocks it.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Redhair moves out of range of the strikes.
A bone on bone clash there as Jackson blocks the leg kick.
Jackson scores with a jab to the body.
Redhair lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Redhair tried to score with a low kick but Jackson checks it.
A big left from Redhair misses.
Jackson throws a lazy right hand but Redhair sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Redhair circles away and keeps his distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Redhair.
Jackson lands with an overhand left.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Redhair swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson misses with a jab to the body
and Redhair counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Julian Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Redhair avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Jackson lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Redhair.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Redhair avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Redhair drops his hands momentarily and Jackson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Redhair avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Redhair.
Redhair takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Redhair throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A big right from Jackson misses.
Redhair tries to score with a low kick but Jackson moves his leg out of the way.
Redhair looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Redhair circles away.
Redhair lands a head kick. Jackson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Redhair does a little dance to reset his feet.
Redhair lands with a slapping head kick.
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Redhair is avoiding it.

Redhair lands a big head kick that sends Jackson tumbling to the mat! Redhair takes a step backwards and waves Jackson back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Jackson is rocked!
Redhair throws a powerful right kick. Jackson tried to block low but the kick was high! Jackson was taken right off of his feet! Redhair jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Richard Redhair!