PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jefferson Christ (ranked 2707 p4p, 2765 weight class) and Nick Jackson (ranked 153 p4p, 158 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Christ
vs
Jackson

170 cm
20
135
4 - 1 - 0

155 cm
22
133
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jefferson Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christ throws a combination. Jackson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jackson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Christ throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A low kick from Jackson misses
and Christ counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Nick Jackson has been cut.
Christ takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Christ.

Jackson clinches with his opponent.
Christ is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jackson takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson gets through Christ's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jackson scores with a hook to the body.
Jackson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Jackson.
Christ swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
Christ is trying to force a seperation but Jackson has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is working Christ over against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Jackson scores with a nice short uppercut.

Christ breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jackson scores with a hook.

Jackson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Christ can't break the clinch.
Christ has had enough of the clinch but Jackson keeps him there for the moment.
Jackson cracks Christ with a nice body shot.
Jackson works on Christ's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Christ - that landed with a thud.
Jackson digs a right hand underneath Christ's ribcage. Christ let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jackson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Christ can't break the clinch.
Jackson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Christ fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson scores with a shot to the side of Christ's head.
Christ is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks.
Jackson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Jackson.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Christ is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks.
Jackson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Christ fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Jackson.
Jackson scores with a shot to the side of Christ's head.
A short right from Jackson.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Christ.
Jackson tries a body shot but Christ blocks it.
Christ can't break the clinch.
Christ tries to circle away but Jackson has him pinned against the cage.
Christ tries to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling the position.
Jackson lands an uppercut.
Christ being controlled against the cage.
Christ throws a head punch that misses.
Christ cracks Jackson with a nice body shot.
Jackson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Christ seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jackson can turn it around.
Good body shot from Jackson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ working hard to break the clinch.

Jackson has Christ pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Jackson pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Christ tumbling to the mat - Jackson dives into Christ's guard.
Christ keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Christ preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Christ avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Christ keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Jackson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Christ has momentary wrist control but Jackson slips an elbow through the middle.
Jackson connects with a couple of short punches.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Christ is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jackson prevents Christ from getting back to his feet.
Christ seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Jackson works over Christ with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jackson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Christ is looking to stand up but Jackson isn't so interested in that idea.
Jackson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jackson stops Christ from standing up.
Jackson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Christ preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jackson connects with a couple of short punches.
Jackson connects with a couple of short punches.
Jackson scoring with punches to the head and body.

Christ is rocked!
Christ has momentary wrist control but Jackson slips an elbow through the middle.
Oh Christ is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jackson stops Christ from standing up.
Jackson arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Christ's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nick Jackson!
Nick Jackson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.