PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dimebag Abbot (ranked 2720 p4p, 2755 weight class) and Kill Shot Jackson (ranked 347 p4p, 352 weight class). Abbot comes into the arena with WALK by - PANTERA blaring out of the sound system. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Abbot
vs
Jackson

194 cm
24
205
7 - 7 - 0

194 cm
25
216
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dimebag Abbot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Kill Shot Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Abbot moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson throws a body punch but Abbot moves out of range.

Abbot closes the distance and pushes Jackson back into the cage.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Abbot swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Jackson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abbot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Abbot blocks with his arms.
Jackson with a knee to the head.
Abbot avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
Abbot has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Knees to the body from Jackson.
Abbot throws a head punch that misses.
Abbot misses with the head strike.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abbot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Abbot blocks it.
Jackson with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jackson gets control of Abbot's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jackson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Abbot sitting in guard here, content to control.

Jackson is working an open guard so Abbot takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Jackson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Abbot is fending him off so far but Jackson persists. Nope, Abbot circles away and we're back to standing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Abbot.
Jackson fails to land the takedown.
Abbot tries to counter by clinching up but Jackson breaks away and moves out of range.

Abbot has Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson tries to score a body lock takedown but Abbot shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dimebag Abbot has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kill Shot Jackson.
Abbot throws a head punch that misses.
Jackson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Abbot blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbot misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Abbot's brow.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Abbot misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Abbot.
Abbot misses with the head strike.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abbot swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Abbot is blocking nicely.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Abbot won't allow it.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jackson blocks a body shot from Abbot.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Abbot lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Abbot lands with a left to the head.
Jackson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbot makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jackson jumps guard but Abbot stands there with Jackson around his waist. Jackson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Abbot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Abbot.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Abbot definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abbot has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abbot lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Abbot avoids the damage to the body.
Abbot lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Abbot's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abbot has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abbot goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abbot is leaning against Jackson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abbot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abbot.
Abbot swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abbot is trying to stall.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abbot blocks it with crossed arms.
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Abbot tries a body shot but Jackson blocks it.
Abbot avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Abbot avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
Abbot tries to work over Jackson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Abbot swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Abbot creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Abbot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abbot has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Abbot swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abbot lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Abbot lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dimebag Abbot dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Abbot avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson walks into a jab.

It looks like Kill Shot Jackson has been cut.
Jackson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Abbot defends well and Jackson ends up having to push Abbot into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Abbot has Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Abbot lands an uppercut.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Abbot blocks it.
Abbot lands a shoulder strike.
Abbot managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Abbot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Abbot pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Abbot clinches with his opponent.
Abbot lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Abbot lands a hook that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Jackson lands a knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Abbot.
Jackson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Abbot pushes Jackson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Abbot creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Jackson is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abbot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abbot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abbot on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abbot blocks it with crossed arms.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Abbot blocks with his arms.
A short uppercut from Abbot.
Abbot lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jackson or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Abbot managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Abbot goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abbot.
Abbot is working Jackson over against the cage.
Abbot gets through Jackson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Abbot misses with the head strike.
Abbot throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
Abbot's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Abbot on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Abbot is working Jackson over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbot lands with a left to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Abbot.
Abbot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abbot is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A left hand lands to the body for Abbot.
Abbot lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Abbot on the inside.
Abbot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abbot displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jackson up against the cage.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abbot has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abbot misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abbot lands a left hand.
Abbot avoiding damage.
Abbot misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Abbot fails to land.
Abbot struggles to land a body shot inside as Jackson controls his hands.
Abbot lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jackson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Still in the clinch, Abbot scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Abbot.
Jackson is still on wobbly legs! Can Abbot finish him?
Abbot working aggressively here.
Abbot throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jacksons head.
Abbot lands a hook that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Abbot scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Abbot throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
Abbot unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Jackson! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Abbot is unloading with more strikes now! Jackson drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dimebag Abbot!
Dimebag Abbot very nearly forgot to thank PWNAGE™ amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.