PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Saul Jackson (ranked 1964 p4p, 2862 weight class) and James Dean (ranked 244 p4p, 331 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Jackson
vs
Dean

222 cm
26
191
5 - 2 - 0

188 cm
26
185
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Saul Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Dean!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dean dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson swings widly with a right hand
and Dean counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dean moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson slips a jab from Dean.
Dean throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Jackson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jackson.
Dean on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dean loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dean misses with a straight left.
Dean throws out a loose jab but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson slips a jab from Dean.
Dean looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jackson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jackson scores with a shot to the body.
Dean lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dean ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
Dean looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dean throws a body shot but no joy.
Dean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Dean misses its intended target.
Dean might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dean misses with a shot to the body
and Jackson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dean throws a body shot but no joy.
Jackson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jackson lands with a right hand.
Dean throws the left hand but Jackson avoids the punch easily.
Jackson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Dean walks into a left hand.
Dean jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dean throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dean takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Dean is rocked!
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dean.
Dean is still on wobbly legs! Can Jackson finish him?
Dean misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
Dean seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice defenses there by Jackson.
Jackson throws a hook but Dean avoids it easily.
Jackson misses the shot to the body.
Dean is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Jackson loads up on a big right hand but Dean slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dean misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Dean misses with a looping right.
Jackson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jackson misses with a lunging right hand
and Dean counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dean lands with an overhand left.

Dean takes the fight into the clinch.

Jackson manages to break the clinch.
Dean thuds his right hand into Jackson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jackson jabs Dean to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice shot lands for Jackson.
Jackson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jackson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jackson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dean drops Jackson with a naaaaasty hook - Jackson is in real trouble here! Dean dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Dean!