PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hey Im (ranked 6127 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelvin Jackson (ranked 6301 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Im
vs
Jackson

169 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hey Im!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kelvin Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson fails with a takedown attempt.
It looked like Im wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Im lands with a hook. Jackson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Im ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Jackson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Im keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Im is trying to maintain the position but Jackson is very close to passing his half guard.
Im pushes Jackson off looking to stand but Jackson dives back in and keeps control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson is nestled in close to Im, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Im avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jackson.
Jackson moves nicely into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson slows the pace down.
Im tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Im on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Im tries to get out of the position.
You can see the frustration on Im's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Im on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Im being controlled for a moment.
Im knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jackson on the ground.
Jackson lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Im takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Jackson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Im down.
Jackson working the ground and pound but Im is defending the strikes.
Jackson trying to control the action but Im is working from the bottom.
Jackson scoring with punches from side control.
Im is breathing heavily.
Im gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Jackson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Im takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jackson with the ground and pound from mount.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the head.
Jackson dominating with strikes here.
Jackson dominating with strikes here.
Jackson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Im takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jackson working the ground and pound effectively.

Im is rocked!
Jackson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Oh Im is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jackson loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Im scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Jackson land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Jackson stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kelvin Jackson!