PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lazarus Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and D J Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Tate
vs
J Jackson

190 cm
22
197 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

182 cm
27
187 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lazarus Tate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, D J Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jackson.

Tate clinches up against the cage.
Tate working some nice short punches in the clinch.

It looks like D J Jackson has been cut.
Tate lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jackson can't get the takedown.
Tate gets through Jackson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jackson takes a shot to the head.

Jackson is rocked!
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Jackson is still on wobbly legs! Can Tate finish him?
Tate misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jackson seems to have recovered his senses.
Jackson wants to take the fight to the mat but Tate manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Lazarus Tate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of D J Jackson.
Tate unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Jackson! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Tate is unloading with more strikes now! Jackson drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lazarus Tate!
A relieved looking Lazarus Tate thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.