PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chad Hooper (ranked 5056 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reggie Jackson (ranked 24971 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Hooper
vs
Jackson

157 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chad Hooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Reggie Jackson !
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Hooper.

Hooper tries to keep at a distance but Jackson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jackson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Hooper misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hooper takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hooper tries to work over Jackson 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hooper leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hooper could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Jackson holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hooper is defending well for now.

Jackson works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Hooper has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Jackson is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

Jackson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Hooper manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hooper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jackson looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Hooper dives in and scores a takedown into Jackson 's guard.
Jackson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hooper is one step ahead there.
Jackson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hooper. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Hooper gets to his feet - Jackson follows without any prompting.
Jackson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hooper looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Jackson makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Jackson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hooper to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hooper is working Jackson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hooper working some strikes from top position.
Hooper working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to control the position but Hooper postures up.
Hooper has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hooper lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Jackson is looking for a triangle but Hooper pushes his legs off easily.
Jackson looks winded!
Hooper lands a couple of elbows.
Hooper postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hooper might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jackson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hooper working some strikes from top position.
Hooper trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jackson 's guard.
Hooper with a nice head shot there.
Jackson controls Hooper momentarily but Hooper frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hooper scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jackson trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hooper's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jackson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Hooper is trying to maintain the position but Jackson is very close to passing his half guard.
Hooper desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Hooper is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Hooper dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hooper looks to land a combination. Jackson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Jackson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jackson blocks the strikes from Hooper.
Jackson is trying to control. Hooper wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hooper has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jackson is working away from the top position though.
Hooper keeping control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hooper punching from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hooper is doing well to control the position and prevent Jackson from advancing to side control.
Chad Hooper overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jackson is trying to control. Hooper wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throwing shots but Hooper is blocking nicely.
Hooper is refusing to be controlled, as Jackson sits in half guard.
Jackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jackson slips a nice elbow through Hooper's hands, connecting with Hooper's forehead.
Jackson throwing shots but Hooper is blocking nicely.
Jackson is thwarting Hooper's attempts to control the position.
Hooper controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Jackson throwing shots but Hooper is blocking nicely.
Hooper is doing well to control the position and prevent Jackson from advancing to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hooper has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jackson is working away from the top position though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Hooper shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hooper showed some decent athleticism there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hooper throwing shots but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Jackson tries to roll over but Hooper keeps him under control.
Jackson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jackson .
Jackson is trying to keep Hooper in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooper landing some decent shots from guard.
Jackson trying to keep a closed guard but Hooper is proving a slippery customer.
Hooper throwing strikes from guard but Jackson blocks nicely.
Jackson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hooper is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hooper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hooper landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hooper lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hooper's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hooper is working Jackson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hooper missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Hooper decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hooper.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Chad Hooper will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Jackson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hooper napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Hooper throws Jackson to one side and escapes!

Jackson clinches up with Hooper and pushes him back against the cage.
Hooper has Jackson pressed against the cage.
Hooper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson stalling.

Jackson jumps guard and drags Hooper to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hooper drops back looking for a leg! Jackson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jackson manages to kick Hooper off! Hooper jumps back into Jackson 's guard.
Hooper throws a big elbow that misses.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is looking to sweep but instead, Hooper has passed into half guard.

Hooper is working for a kimura but Jackson is defending it quite comfortably.
Jackson taking some punishment here, with Hooper in his half guard.
Jackson is trying to stand back up but Hooper is controlling him
Hooper lands with a punch from half guard.
Hooper seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hooper lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hooper drops an elbow to the side of Jackson 's head.
Jackson is refusing to be controlled, as Hooper sits in half guard.
Jackson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hooper not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hooper seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jackson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jackson trying to control from the bottom.
Hooper looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jackson taking some punishment here, with Hooper in his half guard.
Jackson wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hooper takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jackson is looking to improve his position.
Hooper looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jackson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hooper scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jackson has hold of Hooper's hands but Hooper slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hooper working over Jackson with some ground and pound. Jackson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jackson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hooper's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hooper's back!
Jackson avoiding Hooper 's attempts to control his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to stick to Hooper's back but Hooper is turning into Jackson . He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Jackson 's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Hooper.
Hooper distracts Jackson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jackson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hooper manages to get himself to full guard.

Jackson wants to pass the guard but Hooper is keeping the position.
Jackson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jackson being controlled here momentarily.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Hooper keeps moving.
Reggie Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chad Hooper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hooper has his hands on Jackson 's head, controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chad Hooper showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hooper, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chad Hooper!