PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Houston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jermaine Beckford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Houston comes to the cage accompanied by Here Comes the Pain. The key to victory for Mike Houston has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Houston
vs
Beckford

185 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

181 cm
16
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Houston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jermaine Beckford!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Houston throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Beckford counters with a straight right hand.
Beckford stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Beckford wants it to stay on the feet.
Houston shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice body punch from Beckford.
Houston takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Houston throws a series of strikes that have Beckford backpedaling.

It looks like Jermaine Beckford has been cut.
Houston misses with a hook to the body
and Beckford counters with a right hand to the body.
Houston fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Houston. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Houston is breathing heavily.
Beckford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Houston misses with a wild body shot.
Beckford scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Houston throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Beckford counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Houston tries to move into range but Beckford moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Beckford. That snapped Houston's head back.
Beckford scores with a nice head shot.
Beckford changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Beckford cracks Houston with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Beckford has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Houston to stand back up!

Houston is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckford lands a body shot.
Beckford scores with a shot to the body.
Beckford works Houston's body with a nice hook.
Beckford lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Beckford scores with a shot to the body.
Mike Houston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Houston takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oh Houston is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Houston circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Beckford. Houston falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Beckford!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jermaine Beckford!