PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taz Melodies (ranked 472 p4p, 70 weight class) and Luke Jackson (ranked 860 p4p, 117 weight class). Taz Melodies has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Melodies
vs
Jackson

185 cm
29
174 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

185 cm
29
180 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Freebok (85% Laundry)

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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Taz Melodies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luke Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Melodies.
Melodies scores with a jab. Jackson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jackson misses with a hook. Melodies ducked under it nicely.
Melodies moves into range and connects with a jab.
Melodies shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jackson eats them both and turns towards Melodies to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Melodies scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Melodies keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jackson.
Melodies wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Melodies throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Melodies tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Melodies.
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Melodies was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.
Jackson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Melodies throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Melodies cracks a nice hook into Jackson's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Melodies slips under a jab.
Jackson cracks Melodies with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Melodies takes one on the button.
Melodies misses with a body shot.
Jackson connects with a body shot that sends Melodies's belly button to the back.
Melodies staying out of range there.
Melodies is looking to wear down Jackson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jackson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Melodies lands with a straight right. Jackson didn't see that one coming.
Jackson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Melodies tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
Melodies looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Melodies is just out of range.
Nice jab there from Jackson.
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Taz Melodies seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Melodies rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jackson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Melodies misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Melodies.
Melodies connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jackson cracks Melodies with a good jab.
Melodies misses with a looping left.
Melodies waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jackson.
Melodies doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from Melodies.
Jackson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Melodies.
Jackson takes one to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Melodies. Those never looked like landing.
Melodies scores with a nice head shot.
Melodies throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Melodies scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Melodies is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jackson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Melodies misses with a straight right.
Jackson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melodies closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A jab from Melodies finds it's way through Jackson's defenses.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Melodies was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jackson loads up on a big right hand but Melodies slips the punch.
Melodies fails with an attempt to clinch.
Melodies bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jackson's head backwards.
Melodies ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Melodies moved out of range nicely.
Jackson walks into a stiff left hand from Melodies.
Jackson slips under a jab.
Jackson misses the jab.
Jackson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Melodies momentarily.
Melodies slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Melodies jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Melodies misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jackson avoids the body shot from Melodies.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Melodies.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
Melodies misses with a left hand
enabling Jackson to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Jackson misses.
Melodies scores with a three punch combo!
Jackson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jackson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Melodies under the eye.
A jab lands there for Melodies.
Jackson connects with a right hand. Melodies shakes it off.
A jab lands there for Melodies.
Melodies misses with a left hand
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Melodies connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jackson's hands.
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Melodies was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Melodies misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.
Jackson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Melodies throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Melodies tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taz Melodies dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Melodies throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
Jackson throws a jab when Melodies was well out of range.
Melodies was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jackson looks to throw the jab but Melodies is out of range.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Melodies.
Melodies scores with a jab.
Melodies thuds his right hand into Jackson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jackson throws a hook but Melodies avoids it easily.
Melodies steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
A little feinted left hand from Melodies on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Melodies takes one to the side of the head.
Jackson misses with a straight right.
Melodies throws a body punch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Melodies throws a hook to the side of Jackson's head but Jackson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Melodies blocks a jab.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
Melodies just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Melodies.
Jackson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Melodies.
Melodies fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Melodies.
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jackson throws out a loose jab but Melodies uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A punch combination from Melodies misses.
Melodies lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jackson needs to keep his hands up - Melodies had a free shot at his head there.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Melodies pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Melodies throws out a powerful jab.
Melodies throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson misses with an uppercut. Melodies saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Melodies misses the target.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Jackson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Melodies has got the better of the exchanges.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Melodies manages to avoid it.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Melodies. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Melodies ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
A little jabbing left from Jackson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Melodies misses with a looping right.
Jackson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A punch lands to the side of Melodies 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Melodies misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
Jackson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jackson misses with a straight right.
Melodies is looking for a counter combo.
Jackson moves forwards but Melodies connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jackson looks to throw the jab but Melodies is out of range.
Melodies catches Jackson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Melodies misses with a looping right.
Melodies tries to clinch there but Jackson circles away.
Melodies staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson connects with a body shot.
Melodies takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jackson jabs Melodies right on the nose. Melodies blinks but takes it well.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jackson jabs Melodies to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Melodies slips a jab from Jackson.

Melodies moves into range and clinches up with Jackson.
Melodies lands an uppercut.
Melodies lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Melodies.
A nice left hand lands by Melodies.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Melodies tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Melodies back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Jackson.
Melodies keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Melodies presses Jackson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Melodies.
Melodies working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melodies tries to stall but Jackson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jackson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Melodies misses with a punch to the body.
Melodies has Jackson pressed against the cage, preventing Jackson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Melodies lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jackson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Melodies tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Melodies keeps him there for the moment.

Jackson breaks from the clinch.
Melodies tries to clinch up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Melodies does a little dance to reset his feet.
Melodies misses with a hook.
Melodies throws a hook to the side of Jackson's head but Jackson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Melodies avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Melodies lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jackson backs up against the cage.

Jackson is rocked!
Jackson gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Melodies gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Jackson is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taz Melodies!
A victorious Taz Melodies thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.