PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Odeja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by National Anthem of Hawaii . Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Jackson
vs
Odeja

193 cm
22
204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

202 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anthony Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pablo Odeja!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Odeja fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jackson.
Odeja throws a low kick but Jackson avoids it.
Odeja lands with a thumping leg kick.
Odeja plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A slapping body kick lands there for Odeja.
Odeja tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Odeja thumps Jackson with a low kick.
Odeja throws the kick towards the body but Jackson avoids it.
Jackson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Odeja throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
Odeja misses with a head kick.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Odeja tries to land a front kick but Jackson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Odeja throws a leg kick
and Jackson counters with a straight right hand.
Odeja walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jackson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Odeja pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Odeja connects with a high kick.
Odeja throws a nice inside leg kick.
Odeja thumps Jackson with a low kick.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Odeja scores with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Odeja.
Odeja plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Odeja lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Odeja scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Odeja throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Odeja, right into the meat.
Jackson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Jackson blocks a head kick by Odeja.
Jackson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Odeja fakes the leg kick and cracks Jackson in the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Odeja thuds his shin into the meat of Jackson's side.
Odeja lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Odeja. Jackson shrugs it off though.
Odeja lands with a nice body kick.
Jackson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Odeja feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jackson's calf.
Odeja scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Odeja finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Odeja, right into the meat.
Odeja throws a wild body kick that Jackson sees coming a mile off.
Odeja turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Odeja thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jackson if he has to take too many more of those.
Odeja connects with an inside leg kick.
Jackson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Odeja. Odeja obviously looking to wear him down.
Pablo Odeja seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Odeja lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jackson will feel that in the morning.
A solid body kick from Odeja.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Odeja, right into the meat.
Odeja throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Odeja.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jackson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Odeja. Odeja obviously looking to wear him down.
Jackson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Odeja throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jackson's head.
Odeja looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Odeja with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Odeja throws a quick inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Odeja.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Odeja lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Odeja looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Odeja.
Jackson checks a low kick from Odeja.
Odeja tries a head kick but it misses.
Odeja throws a nice inside leg kick.
Odeja fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jackson.
Odeja throws a nice outside leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Odeja.
Odeja chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Odeja throws a front kick that sends Jackson stumbling back into the cage.
Odeja lands with a thumping leg kick.
Odeja moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Odeja dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Odeja scores with a spinning back kick!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Odeja.
Jackson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Odeja keeps Jackson at a distance using the push kick.
Odeja has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Odeja, right into the meat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Odeja throws a low kick but Jackson moves out of range easily.
Odeja feints and then cracks Jackson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jackson down.
Nice body kick there by Odeja.
Odeja feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jackson's calf.
Odeja motions for Jackson to come forward. Odeja throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Odeja tried to score with a low kick but Jackson checks it.
Odeja is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Anthony Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Odeja thuds his shin into the meat of Jackson's side.
Jackson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Odeja throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Odeja there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Odeja throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jackson.
Odeja moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Odeja fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jackson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jackson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Odeja.
Jackson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Odeja throws a leg kick which misses Jackson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jackson tries to avoid it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Jackson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A good leg kick by Odeja.
Odeja chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jackson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Odeja lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jackson's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Odeja.
A solid body kick from Odeja.
Jackson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Odeja fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jackson.
Jackson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Odeja.
A clash of legs there as Jackson blocks the low kick.
Odeja fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jackson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Odeja throws a quick inside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Odeja finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Odeja fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jackson.
Odeja lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jackson's sensitive parts.
Odeja lands a nice looking body kick.
Odeja misses with a body kick.
Jackson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Odeja.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Odeja scoring well with a low kick there.
Odeja lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Odeja throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Odeja connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jackson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Odeja.
Odeja explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Odeja is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Odeja fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jackson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
An inside leg kick lands from Odeja.
A head kick from Odeja lands but Jackson takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Odeja.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jackson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Odeja - the referee stops the clock and Jackson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Odeja. Jackson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Odeja - that will leave a mark!
A chopping leg kick lands by Odeja.
Odeja connects with an inside leg kick.
Pablo Odeja seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Odeja lands with a thumping leg kick.
Odeja fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jackson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Odeja goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Odeja with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Odeja scores with a head kick. Jackson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jackson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Good leg kick by Odeja there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Odeja fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jackson.
Odeja fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Odeja lands a leg kick that knocks Jackson off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Odeja showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Odeja scoring well with a low kick there.
Odeja throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jackson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Odeja can pounce on him.
Crunch! Odeja slams his shin into Jackson's torso.
Odeja throws a nice outside leg kick.
Odeja connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Odeja connects with a high kick.
Odeja is looking to land body kicks.
Odeja buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Odeja lands a high kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Odeja lands a nice looking body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Odeja moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Odeja misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Odeja scores with a push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Odeja.
Jackson takes a kick to the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Odeja. That's going to slow Jackson down.
A solid body kick from Odeja.
Odeja throws a head kick that half lands.
Good leg kick by Odeja there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jackson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Odeja.
Odeja scores with a push kick.
Odeja explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slapping body kick lands there for Odeja.
Odeja scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Odeja misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Odeja lands a head kick!
Odeja feints and then cracks Jackson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jackson down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Odeja. That's going to slow Jackson down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Odeja.
Odeja thumps Jackson with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Odeja.
Odeja connects with a leg kick. Jackson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Odeja.
Odeja lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jackson will feel that in the morning.
Odeja connects with a leg kick. Jackson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jackson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Odeja lands with a kick to the temple. Jackson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Odeja - that will leave a mark!
Odeja lands with a thumping leg kick.
Odeja fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jackson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Odeja lands a high kick!
Jackson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Odeja turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Odeja misses with a low kick.
Odeja throws a solid leg kick but Jackson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Odeja.
Odeja throws a nice inside leg kick.
Odeja lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jackson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Odeja can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Odeja connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Odeja can pounce on him.
Odeja thows a body kick. Jackson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Odeja scores with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Odeja.
Jackson checks a leg kick nicely.
Odeja scores with a leg kick.
Odeja lands with a thumping leg kick.
Odeja lands a front kick.
Jackson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both fighters circling a little - Odeja finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Odeja thuds his shin into the meat of Jackson's side.
Anthony Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pablo Odeja is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Odeja.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Odeja comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Odeja has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 24:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 24:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Odeja!