PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Torsti Turjake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson's entrance music is Wu Tang - Triumph. A fine choice. Torsti Turjake has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Jackson
vs
Turjake

175 cm
30
165 lbs
26 - 7 - 1

170 cm
32
161 lbs
29 - 12 - 0

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Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rashad Jackson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Torsti Turjake!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turjake scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Rashad Jackson has been cut.
Jackson misses with a looping left.
Turjake throws a series of punches but Jackson avoids them all with ease.
Jackson checks a low kick from Turjake.
Jackson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Turjake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jackson walks into a straight right hand from Turjake.
Turjake attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turjake manages to avoid it.
Turjake digs a good body shot into Jackson's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turjake is looking to score with low kicks.
Turjake misses with a lunging right hand
letting Jackson counter with a right hand.
Jackson misses with a lunging right hand
and Turjake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jackson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jackson throws a lazy right hand but Turjake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turjake throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turjake looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Nice jab there from Turjake.
Turjake lands a slapping body shot.
Jackson throws a low kick but Turjake moves out of range easily.
Turjake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turjake will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Turjake. That's going to slow Jackson down.
Torsti Turjake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turjake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turjake connects with a leg kick. Jackson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Turjake bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jackson's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Turjake.
Jackson throws a right hand that misses
and Turjake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Turjake. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Turjake.
Turjake with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turjake lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Turjake looks to throw the jab but Jackson is out of range.
Torsti Turjake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turjake takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Jackson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Rashad Jackson's cut is getting worse.
Turjake misses with a two punch combination.
Turjake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turjake connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jackson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A punch lands to the side of Jackson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A jab from Jackson misses.
Turjake fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jackson is out of range.
Turjake is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jackson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Turjake moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson jabs Turjake right on the nose. Turjake blinks but takes it well.

Turjake lands a big shot that drops Jackson! Can he finish him?

Jackson is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turjake throwing strikes but missing.
Turjake throws a big elbow that misses.
Turjake throwing strikes from guard but Jackson blocks nicely.
Turjake advances to half guard.

Jackson looking for submissions off his back.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jackson is concentrating on defense, preventing Turjake from advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turjake not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turjake missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jackson is staying active underneath Turjake, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Turjake landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jackson wants to improve his position but Turjake is controlling well.
Jackson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turjake.
Jackson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jackson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Turjake trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Jackson is working an open guard so Turjake takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Nice body punch from Jackson.
An inside leg kick lands from Turjake.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Turjake with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Turjake lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A left lands for Turjake.

Rashad Jackson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Turjake scores with a body shot.
Turjake scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jackson doesn't seem bothered though.
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!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jackson is defended easily by Turjake.
Turjake misses with an uppercut. Jackson saw that one coming.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turjake works over Jackson's head and body with a nice combination.
Turjake throws a leg kick but Jackson moved away.
Turjake cracks a nice hook into Jackson's ribs.
Jackson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Turjake connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jackson's hands.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson fails with a takedown attempt.
Jackson seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rashad Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turjake throws out a loose jab but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turjake has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turjake throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Turjake misses its intended target.
Turjake scores with a one two! Jackson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Jeez, Rashad Jackson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Turjake misses with an uppercut.
Turjake lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turjake scores with a leg kick.
Jackson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Turjake moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Jackson goes down! Can Turjake finish him!?

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rashad Jackson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Torsti Turjake! Torsti Turjake retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Torsti Turjake made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.