PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lukasz Tyminski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murray Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Tyminski
vs
Jackson

179 cm
36
194 lbs
32 - 19 - 1

182 cm
34
195 lbs
23 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 32 - 19 - 1, fighting out of London, Lukasz Tyminski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Murray Jackson!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyminski takes one to the chin there.
Tyminski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jackson throws a hook but Tyminski avoids it easily.
Tyminski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.
Tyminski thuds a left hand into Jackson's body.
Tyminski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

It looks like Murray Jackson has been cut.
Tyminski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tyminski has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Jackson swings for the body but Tyminski moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyminski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tyminski cracks the inside of Jackson's front leg.
Nice straight punches there by Jackson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jackson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tyminski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jackson scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyminski misses with the combination.
Nice defenses there by Tyminski.
Lukasz Tyminski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyminski misses with a head kick.
Jackson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Tyminski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackson.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jackson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tyminski manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jackson.
Tyminski tries a head kick but it misses.
Tyminski misses with a head kick.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.
Tyminski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jackson checks the leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyminski changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Tyminski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a right hand
and Tyminski counters with a straight right hand.
Tyminski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it.
Tyminski moves out of range of the strikes.
Tyminski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tyminski there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tyminski looks to land a body kick but Jackson moved away.
Tyminski throws a body shot but no joy.
Jackson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tyminski under the eye.
A big right from Tyminski misses.
Jackson lands a jab.
Jackson dips to his left and cracks Tyminski with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tyminski lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jackson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jackson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jackson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tyminski.
Tyminski misses with a left hand
enabling Jackson to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Tyminski is just out of range.
Tyminski ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
Tyminski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Jackson connects with a right hand. Tyminski shakes it off.

Tyminski is rocked!
Jackson connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Tyminski covering up! Jackson comes in with a big uppercut and Tyminski goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Murray Jackson!
Our winner, Murray Jackson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.