PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sulayman Jihad (ranked 2415 p4p, 208 weight class) and Taylor Jack (ranked 2961 p4p, 236 weight class). Jack has chosen Lucid Dreams as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Taylor Jack acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Jihad
vs
Jack

178 cm
28
154 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

175 cm
21
150 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sulayman Jihad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taylor Jack!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jack darts in and clinches Jihad up against the ropes.
Jack managing to block the knees to the body from Jihad.
A short left from Jack.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jack creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jihad wants to break free but Jack has control.

Jihad breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jihad misses with a few strikes there.
Jihad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jack.
Jihad needs to keep his hands up - Jack had a free shot at his head there.
Nice body punch from Jihad.
Jack lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Jihad misses its intended target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jack! But no joy.
Jack misses with a body shot.
Jack looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jack throws a hook but Jihad avoids it easily.
Jihad is looking to counter with head kicks.
Jihad cracks the inside of Jack's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An inside leg kick from Jack misses.
The crowd cheers as Jihad lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jack doesn't seem phased though.
Jack works Jihad's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jack loads up on a big right hand but Jihad slips the punch.
Jihad throws a sloppy head kick
and Jack counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab from Jihad.
Jack is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jihad.
Jihad throws a counter high kick but Jack was just alert enough to avoid it.
Jack avoids the body shot from Jihad.
Jihad misses with a body shot
and Jack counters with a nice uppercut.
Jack misses with a low kick.
Jihad throws a sloppy head kick and Jack moves out of range easily.
Jihad fails to land with a series of punches.
Jack tries to clinch but Jihad is having none of it.
It looked like Jihad was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jihad misses with a double jab
and Jack counters with a stiff right hand.
Jihad throws a head kick but Jack moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jihad fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jihad wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sulayman Jihad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jihad misses with an uppercut
and Jack cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jihad swings for the body but Jack moves out of range.
Jack on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jihad tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Jack takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jihad fails to land.
Jack scores with a shoulder strike.
Jack misses with a body punch.
Jihad is trying to break free.
Jihad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jack softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Jihad is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jack lands a hook that snaps the head of Jihad backwards.
Jack digs a right hand into Jihad's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jihad's gas tank.
Jack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jihad working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack has a couple of punches blocked by Jihad.
Jack lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jihad is trying to push Jack away but Jack has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Jack misses with a body punch.
Jihad is trying to force a seperation but Jack has the dominant position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jack.
Jihad tries to break the clinch but Jack is controlling the position.
Jihad is trying to force a seperation but Jack has the dominant position.
Jack presses Jihad against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jihad can't break the clinch.
Jack swings wildly with an uppercut but Jihad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Jihad.
Jihad is trying to break the clinch but Jack is controlling him.
Nice body punch from Jack - that landed with a thud.
Jack misses with a punch to the body.
Jihad misses with a punch to the body.
Jack scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jihad takes a shot to the head.
Jack has a couple of punches blocked by Jihad.
Jihad throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Jihad's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jihad misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jack.
Jihad wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jack has Jihad pressed against the ropes, preventing Jihad from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Jihad's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jihad tries to break the clinch but Jack is controlling the position.
I was talking to Jihad's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jack can't find room to land a body shot as Jihad controls the action.
Jack keeps control of Jihad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jihad can't break the clinch.
Jack pushes Jihad back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Jack keeps control of Jihad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jihad is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jihad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jihad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jack makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jihad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jack misses with a punch to the body.
Jack tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jihad's elbow.
Jack lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jack lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jihad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jack lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jihad backwards.
Jack scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Jihad.
Jihad missing with knees to the body.
Jack is leaning against Jihad and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hand to the body from Jack.
Jihad is breathing heavily.
Jack lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Jack is working Jihad over against the ropes.
Jihad takes a shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Jack.
Jack lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jack throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right handed body shot lands from Jack.
Jack lands a shoulder strike.
Jack scores with a hook to the body.
Jack lands a body shot.
Jack gets through Jihad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jack lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jack lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jihad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jack is leaning against Jihad and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A shot in the inside from Jack.
Jack scores with a hook to the body.
A body shot lands from Jack.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jack.
Jack lands with a right to the head.
Jack lands a body shot.
Jack lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jihad.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jack.
A shot in the inside from Jack.
Jihad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jack works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jack working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jack lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Jack.
Jack lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jack lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jihad backwards.
Jack lands with a right to the head.
Jack lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jack stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jack lands an uppercut.
Jihad misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jack lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jihad backwards.

Jihad is rocked!
Jack lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jihad backwards.
Oh Jihad is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jack lands a nice shot to the body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jack gets through Jihad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jack presses Jihad against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jihad seems to have got his legs back now.
Jack lands with a right to the head.
Jack scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Jack.
Jack lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jihad backwards.
Jack lands a right hand.
Jack lands a big right hand that drops Jihad! The killer instinct kicks in and Jack finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Jack!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taylor Jack!
Our winner, Taylor Jack, 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.