PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Rackham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Zepp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zepp has chosen Boom! Shake The Room as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rackham
vs
Zepp

182 cm
30
193 lbs
25 - 11 - 0

177 cm
33
187 lbs
28 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Rackham!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Zepp!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rackham scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Bobby Zepp has been cut.
Rackham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rackham throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zepp stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Zepp keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zepp follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Rackham tries to clinch but Zepp moves away
and Zepp counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rackham listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Zepp slips a jab and a cross from Rackham.
Zepp looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rackham tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zepp was well out of range. Poor timing from Rackham.
Zepp is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Rackham connects with a crisp jab.
Rackham misses with a series of wild punches.
Zepp throws the left hand but Rackham avoids the punch easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rackham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rackham swings for the body but Zepp moves out of range.
Rackham throws a right hand that misses
and Zepp counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rackham displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Zepp uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rackham.
Rackham is looking to wear down Zepp with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rackham misses with a double jab
and Zepp makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Rackham really felt that one!
Zepp lands a jab to the head.
Rackham looks to land a right hand but Zepp moved out of range.
Rackham just misses with a punch to the body.
Rackham doesn't manage to clinch there - Zepp circles away.
Rackham connects with a solid leg kick.
Rackham staying out of range there.
Rackham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zepp moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zepp connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rackham's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rackham closes the distance but Zepp moves to the side
enabling Zepp to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rackham lands with an uppercut that bounces Zepp off the cage and back into range.
Rackham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zepp looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Zepp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zepp tries a head kick but it misses.
Zepp takes a swing at Rackham's ribcage but misses.
Zepp misses with a body kick.
A shot to the liver by Rackham. Beautiful body shot.
Some wild striking there from Rackham.
Zepp throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zepp scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rackham misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zepp takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Rackham circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rackham counters with a one-two to the body.

That has opened up Bobby Zepp's cut even more.
Rackham throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rackham lands a body shot.
Rackham takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rackham lands a jab to the nose.
The fighters circling - Rackham throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zepp throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rackham tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Zepp.
Rackham misses with a two punch combination.
Rackham tries to clinch but Zepp moves out of range.
Rackham sets himself, and Zepp steps forward looking for the clinch! Rackham avoids it this time.
Rackham misses with a body kick.
Rackham throws a body shot but no joy.
Zepp throws out a counter right but Rackham avoids it with no problem.
Zepp waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rackham.
Rackham avoids the body shot from Zepp.
Zepp has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

The cut above Bobby Zepp's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Rackham.
Zepp takes a head kick and keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Rackham dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Zepp's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rackham tries to bum rush Zepp with a series of wild strikes but Zepp uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Rackham darts in and clinches Zepp up against the cage.
Zepp working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rackham.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rackham.
Zepp wants to get back to striking at distance but Rackham won't allow it.
Rackham misses with a knee to the head.
Zepp managing to block the knees to the body from Rackham.
Nice body punch from Zepp.
A short uppercut from Zepp.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zepp.
Rackham stalling against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rackham blocks an uppercut.
Zepp blocks an elbow strike from Rackham.
I was talking to Rackham's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rackham creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zepp.
Zepp lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rackham landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rackham lands an elbow that stopped Zepp in his tracks for a moment.
Zepp lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zepp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zepp misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zepp is trying to force a seperation but Rackham has the dominant position.
Rackham with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zepp working aggressively here.
Rackham pushes Zepp back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zepp lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zepp throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rackham blocks an uppercut.
Rackham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zepp.

Zepp pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zepp keeps the fight on the outside.
Zepp misses with a head kick.
Rackham throws a combination that misses
and Zepp counters with a straight right hand.
Jack Rackham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rackham tries to clinch up
and Zepp connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab from Rackham.
Rackham wants to land a leg kick but Zepp is out of range.
Rackham throws a body shot but no joy.
Zepp blocks a head kick by Rackham.
Zepp takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Bobby Zepp's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Zepp lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rackham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zepp can do to turn this around?
Rackham lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rackham.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jack Rackham!
Jack Rackham retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Jack Rackham thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.