PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ixa Lixa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Meytal Cohen - Toxicity. Ixa Lixa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Jackson
vs
Lixa

187 cm
23
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
210 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andrew Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ixa Lixa!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lixa wants to slow Jackson down by chopping away at his legs.
Lixa checks a low kick from Jackson.
Lixa 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.
Lixa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lixa is looking to score with low kicks.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Lixa.
Lixa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jackson.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lixa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lixa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Lixa closes the distance and clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.

It looks like Ixa Lixa has been cut.
Jackson pushes off an throws an elbow but Lixa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lixa's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jackson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lixa avoids it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lixa takes an elbow to the temple.
Lixa effectively controlling the action here.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lixa's defenses.

That has opened up Ixa Lixa's cut even more.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lixa lands a shot to the body.
Lixa takes an elbow to the forehead.

The cut above Ixa Lixa's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jackson prevents a body shot from Lixa.
Lixa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lixa looking to slow down the pace here.
Lixa wants a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lixa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lixa avoids it.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jackson throws an elbow but it misses.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Jackson lands a nice elbow.
Jackson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lixa is defending well for now.
Lixa blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lixa avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
Lixa blocks the elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jackson.
Lixa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lixa is looking to control Jackson's arms but Jackson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lixa has his back to the cage.
Lixa is working Jackson over against the cage.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.

Ixa Lixa's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Jackson lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lixa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lixa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lixa.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lixa.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lixa slows down the pace here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.
Lixa is trying to stall.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Lixa shrugs off.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Andrew Jackson!
Andrew Jackson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.