PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arian Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iqbal Al Mamood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Mamood has chosen Mamute Pequenino as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!

Jackson
vs
Al Mamood

178 cm
21
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

173 cm
23
163 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Arian Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Iqbal Al Mamood!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Al Mamood looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Al Mamood missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Al Mamood is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Jackson!
Al Mamood tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Al Mamood raining down shots from the mount!
Al Mamood controlling the pace for now.
Al Mamood breaks from Jackson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Al Mamood is landing with some decent strikes but Jackson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Al Mamood fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Mamood controlling his opponent.
Al Mamood putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Al Mamood content just to control the position here.
Al Mamood with a couple of short strikes.
Al Mamood controlling his opponent.
Al Mamood has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Al Mamood cracks Jackson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Al Mamood wants to control the pace but Jackson is squirming around nicely.
Al Mamood controlling his opponent.
Al Mamood avoids the attempt from Jackson to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Mamood dominating with strikes here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
BOOM! Al Mamood connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Jackson is rocked!
Al Mamood connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oh Jackson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Al Mamood controlling from mount.
Al Mamood lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Al Mamood connects with a bit shot that sees Jackson covering up! More strikes from Al Mamood and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Al Mamood is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iqbal Al Mamood!