PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Misuaksual Ropuitururapthlaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ropuitururapthlaka's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, One - Metallica. John Jackson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Misuaksual Ropuitururapthlaka's chin.

Ropuitururapthlaka
vs
Jackson

196 cm
29
295 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

195 cm
25
283 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Misuaksual Ropuitururapthlaka!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ropuitururapthlaka gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jackson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Ropuitururapthlaka looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Ropuitururapthlaka is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Jackson is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Jackson has escaped and now he's on top!
Jackson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jackson trying to control but Ropuitururapthlaka is working from the bottom.

Ropuitururapthlaka escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jackson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ropuitururapthlaka seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ropuitururapthlaka working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jackson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jackson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Ropuitururapthlaka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ropuitururapthlaka throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Ropuitururapthlaka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jackson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ropuitururapthlaka's guard.
Ropuitururapthlaka tries to get to full guard but Jackson has control of the leg.

Ropuitururapthlaka is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jackson pulls his head out easily.
Ropuitururapthlaka tries to roll over but Jackson keeps him under control.
Nice strikes from Jackson there.
Ropuitururapthlaka gets full guard.
Jackson tries to free his leg and advance position but Ropuitururapthlaka is retaining full guard.

Ropuitururapthlaka working for a triangle but Jackson defends it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ropuitururapthlaka throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to free his leg and advance position but Ropuitururapthlaka is retaining full guard.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Ropuitururapthlaka keeps moving.
Jackson throwing strikes but missing.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Ropuitururapthlaka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Ropuitururapthlaka is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jackson defends well.

Ropuitururapthlaka escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jackson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Jackson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Ropuitururapthlaka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Ropuitururapthlaka working for a triangle but Jackson defends it easily.

Ropuitururapthlaka looking for a guillotine here but Jackson defends easily.

Ropuitururapthlaka is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jackson is aware though and is defending well.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Ropuitururapthlaka keeps moving.
Jackson wants to pass the guard but Ropuitururapthlaka is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ropuitururapthlaka had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jackson defends it easily.
Ropuitururapthlaka keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.

Ropuitururapthlaka escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jackson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Jackson drops back looking for a leg! Ropuitururapthlaka is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ropuitururapthlaka manages to kick Jackson off! Jackson jumps back into Ropuitururapthlaka's guard.

Jackson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ropuitururapthlaka has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jackson has managed to get both his arms back between Ropuitururapthlaka's legs - danger averted.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Ropuitururapthlaka is looking for a triangle but Jackson pushes his legs off easily.
Jackson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ropuitururapthlaka is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Misuaksual Ropuitururapthlaka dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jackson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jackson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ropuitururapthlaka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ropuitururapthlaka with a lazy takedown attempt

and Jackson counters with a single leg into guard. Ropuitururapthlaka didn't expect that.

Ropuitururapthlaka throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Ropuitururapthlaka has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jackson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jackson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Ropuitururapthlaka keeps moving.

Ropuitururapthlaka throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ropuitururapthlaka is looking for a triangle here but Jackson uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Jackson is putting a hurting on Ropuitururapthlaka here, landing some big shots from side control.
Ropuitururapthlaka tries to bench press Jackson off him but Jackson keeps the position.
Jackson lands a nice forearm strike.
Ropuitururapthlaka tries to improve position but can't.
Jackson is chipping away with strikes.
Misuaksual Ropuitururapthlaka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jackson cracks Ropuitururapthlaka with a big elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ropuitururapthlaka tries to improve position but can't.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson wants to control but Ropuitururapthlaka is keeping him busy.
Ropuitururapthlaka tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Jackson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ropuitururapthlaka is not content to let Jackson control the position.
Ropuitururapthlaka tries to bench press Jackson off him but Jackson keeps the position.
Ropuitururapthlaka sneaks back into half guard.

Ropuitururapthlaka has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Jackson. Oh but Ropuitururapthlaka has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Jackson goes limp - he's gone! Ropuitururapthlaka jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Misuaksual Ropuitururapthlaka!
Misuaksual Ropuitururapthlaka retains his super heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Misuaksual Ropuitururapthlaka thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.