PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lance Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and General Tso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tso is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kung Fu Fighting. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that General Tso was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Jackson
vs
Tso

165 cm
27
144 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

166 cm
26
135 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lance Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, General Tso!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson slips a straight right by Tso.
Jackson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Lance Jackson has been cut.

Tso closes the distance and clinches.
Tso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tso's efforts to push away.
A nice left hand lands by Tso.
Tso struggles to land a body shot inside as Jackson controls his hands.
Tso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.
Tso looking to slow down the pace here.
Jackson throws an elbow but it misses.
Tso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tso misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Tso - that landed with a thud.
Tso lands a right hand.
Tso softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tso gets through Jackson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Jackson.
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!
Jackson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tso cracks Jackson with a nice body shot.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike from Tso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson scores a nice knee to the body.
Tso scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jackson lands an elbow that stopped Tso in his tracks for a moment.
Tso avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
Tso lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tso blocks the elbow strike.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tso is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks.
Tso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Tso can't find room to land a body shot as Jackson controls the action.
Tso lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tso works on Jackson's body with a couple of short punches.
Tso scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tso dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
Knees to the body from Jackson.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Tso breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jackson gets tackled into the cage by Tso. Tso maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tso working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.
Tso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
Tso can't break the clinch.
Tso dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
Tso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson prevents Tso from breaking the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.
Jackson throws an elbow but it misses.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Tso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tso pushes Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tso blocks the elbow strike.
Tso lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tso scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.

Tso manages to break the clinch.

Tso moves into range and clinches up with Jackson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jackson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jackson pushes off an throws an elbow but Tso leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Tso - that landed with a thud.
Jackson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tso lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jackson pushes off an throws an elbow but Tso leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tso avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Jackson lands an elbow that stopped Tso in his tracks for a moment.
Tso lands with a short shot to the head.
Tso lands with a light punch inside.
Tso looking to slow down the pace here.
Tso throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tso's brow.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tso.
Tso dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
Tso working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tso is trying to break free.
Tso lands with a left to the head.
Tso lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.

Tso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tso.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Tso has Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Tso looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tso tries to circle away but Jackson has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson throws an elbow but it misses.
A frustrated look appears on Tso's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tso dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.

Tso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tso scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

General Tso dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lance Jackson's cut.
That's time! Jackson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tso misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.

Tso moves into the clinch.
Tso is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nice elbow from Jackson.
Jackson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tso tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tso dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.
Tso is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tso lands a left hand.
Tso looking to stall.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.

Tso breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tso clinches up against the cage.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tso avoids it.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tso.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tso.
Tso avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.

Tso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Tso closes the distance and clinches.
Tso lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tso managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Tso scores with a shoulder strike.
Tso lands with a light punch inside.
Tso blocks the elbow strike.
Tso lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Tso softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Tso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tso.

Tso clinches up against the cage.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Tso digs a right hand into Jackson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jackson's gas tank.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tso.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short uppercut from Tso.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
Jackson lands an elbow inside.

Tso breaks the clinch.

Tso clinches with his opponent.
Tso is trying to break the clinch but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tso lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tso.
Come on Tso - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tso managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Jackson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tso is defending well for now.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Tso avoids the damage to the body.
Tso lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jackson has Tso pressed against the cage, preventing Tso from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tso tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
Tso lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tso works on Jackson's body with a couple of short punches.
Tso working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tso lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tso blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Tso lands an uppercut.

Tso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tso fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it.

Tso takes the fight into the clinch.
Tso can't find room to land a body shot as Jackson controls the action.
Tso takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tso scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tso is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks.
Jackson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tso avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.

Tso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches up with Tso, looking for a takedown. Jackson pushes Tso against the cage but Tso circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Tso pushes him off.

Tso moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right from Tso.
Tso tries to circle away but Jackson has him pinned against the cage.
Tso lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tso lands with a left to the head.
Tso lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tso lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tso has had enough of the clinch but Jackson keeps him there for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tso trying to control the position but instead, Jackson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tso into the cage.
Tso tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jackson avoids it.
Tso lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

General Tso showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lance Jackson's cut.
That's time! Jackson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tso throws out a loose jab but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.

Tso closes the distance and clinches.
Tso looking to stall.

Tso breaks the clinch.
Tso throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Tso moves into range and clinches up with Jackson.
Tso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tso's brow.
A body shot lands from Tso.
Tso lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice elbow from Jackson.
Tso lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tso.
Tso misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
Tso avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
Tso lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tso takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.
Tso managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Tso is trying to break free.
Jackson pushes off an throws an elbow but Tso leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jackson pushes off an throws an elbow but Tso leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tso lands with a light punch inside.
Jackson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short left from Tso.

Tso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Tso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tso keeps the fight on the outside.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tso scores with a jab to the body.
Tso lands a glancing blow to the side of Jackson's head.
General Tso is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Tso closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tso lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tso tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Tso back against the cage.
Tso lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Jackson is rocked!
Tso throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jacksons head.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
General Tso seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tso softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tso lands a big right hand that drops Jackson! The killer instinct kicks in and Tso finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Tso!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). General Tso!