PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pookie Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wiremu Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiremu Williams will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Jackson
vs
Williams

195 cm
19
218 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

208 cm
26
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pookie Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wiremu Williams!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Williams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wiremu Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams throws a leg kick but Jackson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Williams lands with an overhand left.
Jackson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Williams misses with a double jab
enabling Jackson to counter with a crisp jab.
Williams is looking to score with low kicks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jackson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jackson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Williams motions for Jackson to come forward. Williams throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Williams.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams looks for the body kick but Jackson saw that one coming.
Williams scores with a hook.
Nice cross by Jackson.
Williams lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jackson's sensitive parts.
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Williams throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jackson.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Williams throws a leg kick but Jackson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jackson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Williams connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jackson scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Williams is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Jackson misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Williams tries to score with a low kick but Jackson moves his leg out of the way.
Jackson misses with a straight right.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
Good exchange - Williams coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot
and Jackson counters with a right hand to the body.
Williams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jackson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams motions for Jackson to come forward. Williams throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws a combination that misses
and Jackson counters with a right hand to the body.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Williams tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackson.
Jackson checks the leg kick nicely there.
A clash of legs there as Jackson blocks the low kick.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jackson looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Williams.
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Jackson blocks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice leg kick lands there from Williams.
Williams moves out of range as Jackson strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wiremu Williams dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it.
Jackson staying out of range there.
Williams cracks the inside of Jackson's front leg.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackson.
A leg kick checked by Jackson.
Williams motions for Jackson to come forward. Williams throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws out a leg kick but Jackson moves out of range and Williams only half commits.
Williams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jackson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a body kick that misses.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams ducks right into an uppercut from Jackson.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Williams tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jackson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jackson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick from Williams.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Williams misses.
Williams lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted 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!
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams is looking to chop away at Jackson's legs.
Williams dips to his left and cracks Jackson with an uppercut!
Williams connects with a leg kick. Jackson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A punch combination from Williams misses.
Wiremu Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Williams lands a nice looking body shot.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jackson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A solid body kick from Williams.
A clash of legs there as Jackson blocks the low kick.
Williams cracks the inside of Jackson's front leg.
Williams throws a series of punches but Jackson avoids them all with ease.
Jackson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jackson is out of range and Williams settles back down.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson moves out of range of the leg kick from Williams.
Williams throws a solid leg kick but Jackson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Williams.
Jackson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Williams motions for Jackson to come forward. Williams throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws a push kick but Jackson slaps the foot to one side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Williams.
Williams throws a low kick but Jackson avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams cracks the inside of Jackson's front leg.
Williams throws a leg kick but Jackson checks it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jackson!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wiremu Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Williams throws the kick towards the body but Jackson avoids it.
Williams swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Williams walks into a jab.
Williams blocks a jab.
Williams throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Williams lunges at Jackson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jackson's hand.
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jackson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jackson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jackson moves away from the strike by Williams.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Williams.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jackson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jackson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson checks a leg kick.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Williams is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Williams scores with a kick to the body.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Williams. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Williams.
Jackson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Williams takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Williams lands with a kick to the temple. Jackson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jackson with a jab.
Jackson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Williams. Williams obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jackson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jackson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Williams throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jackson checks a low kick from Williams.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and Jackson counters with a left to the body.
Williams buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson moves out of range as Williams throws a body kick.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson blocks a low kick nicely.
Williams misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
Williams throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Williams throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jackson.
Williams stuns Jackson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wiremu Williams is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Jackson.
Jackson checks a leg kick.
Williams connects with an inside leg kick.
Jackson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jackson.
Some bone on bone action there as Jackson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Williams moves forwards but Jackson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That kick from Williams tenderised Jackson's leg. Jackson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pookie Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head kick misses from Williams.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Williams lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jackson's sensitive parts.
A swing and a miss from Williams.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wiremu Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Williams has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wiremu Williams!