PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Jackson (ranked 2484 p4p, 3708 weight class) and Francisco Alvarez (ranked 353 p4p, 489 weight class). Alvarez has chosen Jak Bailey - Sunset N Santa Fe as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
Alvarez

198 cm
27
265
7 - 5 - 0

207 cm
29
250
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rashad Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Francisco Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Alvarez momentarily.
Francisco Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez swinging wildly here.
Jackson tries a head kick but it misses.
Jackson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Francisco Alvarez has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
Jackson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Alvarez takes a step back to recover.

Jackson lands a big head kick that sends Alvarez tumbling to the mat! Jackson takes a step backwards and waves Alvarez back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez with a hook.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.
Jackson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jackson misses with an uppercut.
Jackson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jackson misses with a looping left.
Alvarez throws a right hand that Jackson ducks under and follows up with a left that Jackson also avoids with ease.
A slow jab from Alvarez misses its intended target.
Alvarez throws a nice looking combination but Jackson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Alvarez misses the target.
Alvarez misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
Alvarez misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a series of wild punches.
Alvarez connects with the punch.
Jackson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Alvarez's head.
Alvarez misses with a right hand
enabling Jackson to counter with a crisp jab.
Jackson misses with a wild combination.
Alvarez looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.
Jackson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jackson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Jackson avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvarez fails to land with a series of punches.
Jackson throws a powerful right kick. Alvarez tried to block low but the kick was high! Alvarez was taken right off of his feet! Jackson jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rashad Jackson!
After winning the bout, Rashad Jackson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.