PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murray Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Damme
vs
Jackson

186 cm
37
199 lbs
31 - 14 - 0

182 cm
35
195 lbs
25 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Van Damme!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Murray Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damme goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Damme looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Damme takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jackson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jackson connects with a crisp jab.
Jackson has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Damme is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Damme misses with an uppercut.
Damme lands with a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Damme.

It looks like Murray Jackson has been cut.
Jackson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jackson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jackson connects with a looping right hand.
Damme throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Damme.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Damme misses with a left hand
enabling Jackson to counter with a crisp jab.
Damme looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damme fails to land with a series of punches.
Damme connects with an inside leg kick.
Damme misses with a lunging right hand
and Damme takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jackson slips a straight right by Damme.
Damme looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Jackson lands a right hook to the body.
Jackson blocks a head kick by Damme.
Damme misses with a kick to the body.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Damme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damme misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Damme connects with a leg kick. Jackson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Damme waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jackson.
Damme tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson looks to land a right hand but Damme moved out of range.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from Damme.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson stuns Damme with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Damme looks to land a body kick but Jackson moved away.
Damme looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Damme misses with a body kick.
Damme swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Damme misses with a kick to the body.
Damme misses with an uppercut.
Damme moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Damme cracks a nice hook into Jackson's ribs.
Jackson lands a jab to the nose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damme fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it.
Damme goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Damme throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.
Jackson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A nice combination there by Damme.
Damme thows a body kick. Jackson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Damme.
Damme lands a nice looking body kick.
Damme lands a front kick.
Damme is looking to land body kicks.
Jackson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Damme.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damme on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jackson scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson scores with a jab to the body.
Damme throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Damme misses with a body kick.
Jackson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Damme tries to bum rush Jackson with a series of wild strikes but Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Damme looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Damme takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Damme.
Damme misses with a kick to the body.
Damme misses with a body kick.
Damme jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Damme scores with a spinning back kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Van Damme dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Murray Jackson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Damme throws a jab but it's blocked by Jackson.
Jackson slips under a jab from Damme.
Damme lands a nice looking body kick.
Damme staying out of range there.
Nice uppercut there from Damme.
A head kick by Damme misses
and Damme takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jackson lands with a shot to the body.
Damme throws a series of punches but Jackson moves out of range.
Damme misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damme shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jackson checks a leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Damme.
Damme misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Damme.
Damme is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Damme throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Damme scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Damme throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Damme throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That has opened up Murray Jackson's cut even more.
Van Damme is winning the standup battle so far.
Damme takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jackson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Damme is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Damme misses with a straight right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damme tries a head kick but it misses.
Damme looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jackson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Damme.
Jackson throws a hook to the side of Damme's head but Damme sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damme walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A jab from Jackson does it's job there.
Damme dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Damme will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jackson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jackson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Damme moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Damme walks into a jab.
Damme throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jackson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Damme is rocked!
Jackson misses with an uppercut.
Oh Damme is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Damme finds it's target.
Damme seems to have got his legs back now.
Jackson misses with an uppercut.
Damme tries a head kick but it misses.
Damme lunges at Jackson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jackson's hand.
Jackson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Good exchange - Jackson coming out on top.
Jackson digs a good body shot into Damme's ribs.
Damme misses with a low kick as Jackson jumps back.
Jackson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Damme rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Jackson counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheers as Jackson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Damme doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the liver by Jackson. Beautiful body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson digs a good body shot into Damme's ribs.
Jackson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Damme manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jackson moves out of range as Damme throws a body kick.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick.
Jab, jab by Jackson - just one landing.
Damme throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Damme throws a big shot that misses.
Jackson blocks a jab.
The crowd cheers as Jackson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Damme doesn't seem phased though.
Damme scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Damme slips a straight right by Jackson.
Damme misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Van Damme will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Murray Jackson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jackson takes a swing at Damme's ribcage but misses.
Jackson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Damme fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A good leg kick by Damme.

Jackson lands a big uppercut and Damme crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Damme looks OK. Jackson waves Damme back to his feet!
Damme misses with an uppercut. Jackson saw that one coming.
OH! Damme has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Jackson smells blood and charges in for the finish! Jackson unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Damme sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Murray Jackson!
Murray Jackson is the new middleweight champion!
After winning the bout, Murray Jackson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.