PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tirion Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gavin McCloud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by . Gavin McCloud told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Jackson
vs
McCloud

185 cm
20
160 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

183 cm
19
155 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tirion Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gavin McCloud!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCloud misses with a leg kick.
McCloud lands with an uppercut that bounces Jackson off the cage and back into rage.

It looks like Tirion Jackson has been cut.
Some wild striking there from McCloud.
Jackson fails with the takedown.

McCloud cracks Jackson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. McCloud has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Jackson to stand back up!

Jackson is rocked!

Jackson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jackson lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Jackson.
McCloud wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jackson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jackson is working McCloud over against the cage.
Jackson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCloud scores with a nice head shot.
Gavin McCloud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jackson moves into range and clinches up with McCloud.
Jackson drops down looking for an ankle pick but McCloud pulls his leg out and moves away.
McCloud misses with the combination.
Jackson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Gavin McCloud has been cut.
A punch lands to the side of McCloud 's head but he takes it in his stride.

McCloud is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and McCloud falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tirion Jackson!