PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krit Leekpai (ranked 1905 p4p, 276 weight class) and Mujahid Jackson (ranked 2194 p4p, 318 weight class). Mujahid Jackson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Leekpai
vs
Jackson

192 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
29
187 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krit Leekpai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mujahid Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Skip Squint and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And Jackson tries to counter it with a takedown but Leekpai pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Leekpai misses with a looping right.
Jackson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Leekpai jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leekpai. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leekpai connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Leekpai slaps away a takedown attempt from Jackson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Leekpai scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jackson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A cross from Leekpai lands.
Leekpai throws a nice outside leg kick.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Leekpai dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jackson. That did some damage!
A punch lands to the side of Jackson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leekpai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jackson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leekpai circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leekpai waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jackson.
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leekpai.
A cross from Leekpai lands.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Leekpai circles away and keeps his distance.
Leekpai lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Leekpai.
Leekpai misses with a looping right.
Krit Leekpai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leekpai walks into a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Leekpai.
Leekpai moves away from the strike by Jackson.
Leekpai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leekpai lands with a shot to the body.
Leekpai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Decent striking displayed by Leekpai there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leekpai scores with a jab to the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Leekpai!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson walks into a straight right hand from Leekpai.
Leekpai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Leekpai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looks like Leekpai has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Leekpai with a jab.
Leekpai connects with a looping right hand.
Leekpai scores with the left hand. Jackson knows he should have avoided that one.

Jackson is rocked!
Leekpai lands a body shot.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Leekpai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leekpai throwing a counter right hand but Jackson manages to avoid it.
Jackson takes a swing at Leekpai's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jackson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jackson motions for Leekpai to come forward. Jackson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Leekpai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson ducks right into an uppercut from Leekpai.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Leekpai.
Leekpai throws out a loose jab but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Leekpai.
Jackson throws a jab when Leekpai was well out of range.
Leekpai connects with a body shot that sends Jackson's belly button to the back.
Leekpai cracks the inside of Jackson's front leg.
Leekpai fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Leekpai lands with an overhand left.
Leekpai sizes up Jackson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice cross by Leekpai.
Jackson is still on wobbly legs! Can Leekpai finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leekpai lands with a right hand.

Leekpai lands a big right hand that sends Jackson crashing to the mat! Leekpai stays standing though and waves Jackson back to his feet!
Horrible takedown attempt by Jackson or perhaps it was just good defense by Leekpai, which made it look bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a body shot.

Leekpai feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Jackson sprawling to the canvas! Jackson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Leekpai finish him?!
Jackson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Leekpai drops Jackson with a big left hand! Jackson is injured, injured bad! Leekpai jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Krit Leekpai!
In his post fight interview, Krit Leekpai started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Mujahid Jackson stepped up to the mic, saying 'I am thankful for the chance to fight as a champion and for KAISER Nutrition. I am apart of a very young and talented fight team. You will all see me again fighting again soon, inshallah. '.