PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Wiggins (ranked 4055 p4p, 4344 weight class) and Zack Jackson (ranked 0 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.

Wiggins
vs
Jackson

178 cm
18
145
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
150
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Northern Zombie

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marvin Wiggins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zack Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Chris Dean and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zack Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiggins cracks Jackson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice takedown defense from Jackson. No joy for Wiggins on that attempt.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Wiggins staying out of range there.
Wiggins feinted with a counter takedown.
Jackson dips to his left and cracks Wiggins with an uppercut!

Jackson drops Wiggins with a beautiful combination! Wiggins stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Jackson is looking for the KO!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wiggins fails with a takedown attempt.
Jackson scores with a jab.
Wiggins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jackson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jackson tries to bum rush Wiggins with a series of wild strikes but Wiggins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jackson lands a left and a right that send Wiggins crashing to the mat, dazed. Jackson thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Wiggins is rocked!
Jackson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wiggins.
Oh Wiggins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marvin Wiggins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wiggins shoots in for a double leg but Jackson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wiggins seems to have got his legs back now.
Wiggins tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Wiggins throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Wiggins walks straight into a right hand from Jackson - that's dropped him! Jackson jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Wiggins from any more punishment! Wiggins complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Zack Jackson!
A very excited looking Zack Jackson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.