PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mister Birchum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mister Birchum has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Birchum
vs
Jackson

197 cm
25
192 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

177 cm
22
196 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mister Birchum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Birchum's shoulder, as Birchum tries to avoid the shot.
Jackson lands a nice hook to Birchum's body. Birchum takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jackson swinging wildly here.
Jackson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Birchum.
Jackson slips a straight right by Birchum.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sloppy strikes from Birchum. Those never looked like landing.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Jackson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jackson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Birchum throws a jab but it's blocked by Jackson.
Birchum throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jackson on the side of the head.
Birchum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Jackson does it's job there.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Birchum.
Birchum throws a lazy right hand but Jackson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A shot to the body from Jackson misses
and Birchum counters with a left to the body.
Jackson looks to land a combination. Birchum sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Birchum swinging wildly here.
Birchum throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Birchum avoids them all with ease.
Jackson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Birchum lands a nice hook to Jackson's body. Jackson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Birchum misses with a wild combination.
Sloppy strikes from Birchum. Those never looked like landing.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
Birchum slips a jab from Jackson.
Jackson misses with the combination.
A combination from Birchum does no damage.
Jackson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jackson scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Birchum moves out of range.
Birchum connects with a crisp jab.
Jackson looks to land a right hand but Birchum moved out of range.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Birchum jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Birchum throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Birchum has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Birchum there as he acknowledges the shot.
A big left from Jackson misses.
Nice body punch from Jackson.
Jackson scores with a one two! Birchum had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jackson misses with an uppercut. Birchum saw that one coming.
Jackson misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Birchum lands a body shot.
Jackson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Birchum.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jackson misses with a combination
and Birchum counters with a one-two to the body.
Jackson looks gassed!
Birchum throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
Birchum has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jackson finds it's way round the side to connect with Birchum's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson misses with a two punch combination.
Jackson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Birchum.
Jackson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Jackson dominated that round.
That's time! Birchum's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jackson misses with a few strikes there.
Jackson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Birchum throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jackson misses the shot to the body.
Birchum misses with a wild body shot.
Birchum takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A big left from Jackson misses.
Birchum connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jackson. Jackson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jackson scores with a nice head shot.
Birchum avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Birchum takes a swing at Jackson's ribcage but misses.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Birchum avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson defending well as Birchum loads up on a big left hand.
Jab from Birchum.
Sloppy strikes from Jackson. Those never looked like landing.
Mister Birchum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Birchum moves out of range as Jackson strikes.
Birchum lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jackson backs up against the cage.
Jackson lands with a shot to the body.
Birchum is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Birchum scores with a one two! Jackson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson scores with a body shot.
Birchum looks to land a combination but Jackson avoids it well.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Birchum looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson thuds a left hand into Birchum's body.
Birchum throws a nice looking combination but Jackson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Michael Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Birchum misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
Birchum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Birchum misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jackson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jackson misses with a hook. Birchum ducked under it nicely.
Birchum throws a series of punches but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson throws a looping overhand right but Birchum ducks down to avoid it.
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Birchum is just out of range.
Jackson tests Birchum's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson swings for the body but Birchum moves out of range.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Birchum.
Jackson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Birchum counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jackson throws a looping overhand right but Birchum ducks down to avoid it.
Birchum throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Jackson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Birchum ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
Birchum thows a body shot but no joy.
Birchum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackson misses with a combination
and Birchum connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birchum throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jackson misses with a hook. Birchum ducked under it nicely.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Birchum misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson throws out a loose jab but Birchum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Birchum misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Birchum dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Birchum was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.
Jackson misses with the combination.
Birchum throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Jackson throws a hook but Birchum blocks it.
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jackson misses with a hook. Birchum ducked under it nicely.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
Birchum defending well as Jackson loads up on a big left hand.
Mister Birchum is winning the standup battle so far.
Birchum is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Birchum jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jackson misses the shot to the body.
Birchum looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackson is just out of range.
Birchum lands with a hook. Jackson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Birchum with a nice cross.
Birchum is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jackson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice shot lands for Birchum.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from Birchum.
Nice uppercut lands for Birchum. That snapped Jackson's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jackson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a hook to the side of Birchum's head but Birchum sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jackson lands with a nice combination. Birchum backs away looking to recover.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A slow jab from Birchum misses its intended target.
Birchum moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Birchum was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Birchum.
Jackson stalks Birchum and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Birchum's face. Birchum staggers backwards, shaken.
Birchum misses with a double jab.
Jackson lands with a hook. Birchum tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A swing and a miss from Birchum.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Jackson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Birchum avoids them all with ease.
Birchum moves out of range of the strikes.
Birchum thows a body shot but no joy.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Birchum moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Birchum!
Jackson lands with a nice combination. Birchum backs away looking to recover.
Jackson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Birchum's head.
Birchum connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jackson. Jackson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Birchum. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Birchum avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A left lands for Birchum.
Jackson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Birchum.
Jackson misses the shot to the body.
Birchum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Birchum.
Jackson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Birchum.
Birchum feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jacksons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Birchum lands a two punch combo.
Jackson thows a body shot but no joy.
Jackson swinging wildly here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mister Birchum showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Birchum has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mister Birchum!
An out of breath Mister Birchum thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.