PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Easton West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
West

183 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Takeover

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 Las Vegas, Curtis Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Easton West!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson throws a lazy head kick
and West counters with a left to the body.
West throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jackson!
Jackson throws a lazy uppercut
letting West counter with a right hand.
West throws a head kick that misses.
A solid body kick from Jackson.
A lazy body kick from Jackson
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
West looks to land a body kick but Jackson moved away.
Jackson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
West slips a straight right by Jackson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Jackson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
West throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
West throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses.
West throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
A head kick by Jackson misses
and West counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses.
West cracks a nice hook into Jackson's ribs.
West uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West tries to clinch up.
West lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
West throws a head kick that misses.
West lands a head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson walks into a straight right hand from West.
West tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson avoids the head kick by West.
Good shot there by West.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a body shot.

Jackson forces West back against the ropes and clinches.
Jackson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jackson avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
West landing some nice looking knees to the body.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Curtis Jackson has been cut.
A frustrated look appears on Jackson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
West lands a damaging elbow.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
West misses with a knee to the head.
West lands a left hand.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
West avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short uppercut from West.
West using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
West is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jackson is defending well for now.
West connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
West lands a nice shot to the body.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
West throws a leg kick which misses Jackson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jackson tries to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
West tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A chopping leg kick lands by West.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Easton West dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Curtis Jackson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

West closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jackson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jackson throws a lazy head kick
and West counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A head kick by Jackson misses
and West counters with an inside leg kick.
West lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jackson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jackson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Jackson tries a head kick but it misses.
West scores with a jab. Jackson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A decent looking body kick lands there for West.
Curtis Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Jackson is rocked!
Both fighters circling a little - West finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson moves forwards but West connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
West drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Jackson right on the button. Jackson goes down! West follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! West gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Easton West!
Easton West decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.