PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake Gurel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Gurel
vs
Jackson

180 cm
30
175 lbs
9 - 12 - 0

175 cm
19
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Pure Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Gurel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fred Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gurel definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jackson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fred Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jackson or perhaps it was just good defense by Gurel, which made it look bad.
Gurel appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Gurel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jackson connects with a leg kick. Gurel looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Gurel closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jackson quickly recovers to half guard.
Gurel seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jackson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gurel is looking to advance position but Jackson won't allow it.

Gurel looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gurel slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is staying active underneath Gurel, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Still in half guard, Gurel seems content to control.
Gurel has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gurel stalling away here and it's allowed Jackson to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gurel throws a big right hand that misses.

Gurel gets to his feet - Jackson follows without any prompting.
Jackson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gurel shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jackson but Jackson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice defenses there by Gurel.
Gurel tries to counter with a takedown but Jackson is quick to defend against it.
Gurel tries to land a leg kick but Jackson saw it coming and moves away.
Gurel connects with a jab.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Jackson throws a head kick that half lands.
Jackson walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Gurel drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Jackson swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Gurel's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fred Jackson!
Fred Jackson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Jake Gurel spoke after the fight, saying 'You win some, you lose some. Today I lost. Tomorrow I will win. Its that simple'.