PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between O Shea Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryer Michael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes into the arena with Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It blaring out of the sound system. Michael is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: OTHERWISE - Coming For The Throne . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Shea Jackson
vs
Michael

190 cm
24
210 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

190 cm
25
210 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Arcticus University: London
Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, O Shea Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bryer Michael!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michael misses with a left hand
and Jackson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Michael thinking.

Michael rushes Jackson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Michael - that landed with a thud.
Jackson has a couple of punches blocked by Michael.

Michael pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Michael has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Jackson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bryer Michael seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michael lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Michael punishes Jackson's body with a nice straight punch.
Michael uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Jackson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Crunch! Michael slams his shin into Jackson's torso.
A solid body kick from Michael.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michael goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jackson is looking to counter with head kicks.
Jackson swings widly with a right hand
and Michael counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jackson swings for the body but Michael moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Michael steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Michael! But no joy.
Michael checks a leg kick nicely.
Michael tries a low kick but Jackson avoids it.
Jackson looks to throw the jab but Michael is out of range.
Michael scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jackson doesn't seem bothered though.
Jackson scores with a nice head shot.
Michael looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jackson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice body punch from Michael.
Jackson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jackson throws out a leg kick but Michael moves out of range and Jackson only half commits.
A little jabbing left from Michael on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Michael connects with a leg kick. Jackson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Michael explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Michael can pounce on him.
Michael tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson tried to counter with a leg kick but Michael avoided it.
Michael connects with a looping right hand.
Michael tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
Michael takes one on the button.
Jackson throws a right hand that misses
and Michael counters with a left to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Michael.
Michael avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Michael.
A swing and a miss from Jackson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Michael was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Michael fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Michael misses with a lunging right hand
and Jackson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jackson moves out of range of the leg kick from Michael.
Jackson throws a counter high kick but Michael was just alert enough to avoid it.
Michael lands a leg kick that knocks Jackson off balance momentarily.
Michael throws the left hand but Jackson avoids the punch easily.
Michael looks for the body kick but Jackson saw that one coming.
Jab, jab by Michael - just one landing.
Jackson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Michael can pounce on him.
Jackson slips a straight right by Michael.
Michael lunges at Jackson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jackson's hand.
Jackson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Michael throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jackson is looking to counter with head kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michael keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jackson.

Jackson rushes Michael and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson has a couple of punches blocked by Michael.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jackson.
Michael avoiding damage.
Jackson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Michael goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jackson gets through Michael's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Michael misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Michael.
Michael throws a head punch that misses.
Michael doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Michael's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jackson tries to work over Michael's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jackson gets through Michael's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryer Michael dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bryer Michael's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Michael moves away from the strike by Jackson.
Michael misses with an uppercut.
Jackson misses with a hook. Michael ducked under it nicely.
Michael uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick from Michael.
Jackson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Michael checks a low kick from Jackson.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick from Michael.
Jackson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Michael has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson throws a hook but Michael avoids it easily.
Michael scores with a hook.
Jackson throws a jab when Michael was well out of range.
Jackson throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson slips under a jab from Michael.
Michael tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Michael attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jackson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jackson throws a leg kick that misses.
Michael wants to counter with a clinch but Jackson pushes him away.
Jackson scores with a nice body kick.
Jackson checks a leg kick.
Michael takes one to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Jackson.
Michael throws a right hand that misses
and Jackson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jackson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jackson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jackson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Michael dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Michael misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.
An attempted straight right counter from Jackson misses the target.
Michael on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson takes a jab right on the kisser.

Michael closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jackson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Michael lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Michael uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michael can't find room to land a body shot as Jackson controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.

Jackson breaks the clinch.

Jackson clinches up against the cage.
Jackson blocks a body shot from Michael.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Michael escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Michael pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It looked like Jackson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jackson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jackson slips a straight right by Michael.
Jackson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Michael lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jackson takes one on the button.
Jackson throws a leg kick but Michael moved away.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Michael lands a leg kick that knocks Jackson off balance momentarily.
Michael misses with a looping right.
A little feinted left hand from Jackson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd cheers as Michael lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jackson doesn't seem phased though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michael misses with a body kick.
Jackson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson scores with a body shot.
Michael misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.
Michael scores with a jab.
Jackson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Michael avoids the head kick by Jackson.
Jackson works the jab nicely.
Jackson throws a shot from downtown. Michael moves away and avoids it.
Michael shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice uppercut there from Michael.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bryer Michael will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bryer Michael's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Jackson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jackson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Michael counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jackson throws a lazy right hand but Michael sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jackson swings widly with a right hand
and Michael counters with a slapping leg kick.
Michael lands a nice looking body shot.
Michael cracks Jackson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Michael throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Michael throws a wild body kick that Jackson sees coming a mile off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michael keeps Jackson at a distance using the push kick.
Nice shot by Michael.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Michael looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Michael catches Jackson right on the button with a cross.

Jackson is rocked!

Michael gets a clinch.
Michael lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Michael is leaning against Jackson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Michael escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crack! A monster head kick from Michael and Jackson falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Michael!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Bryer Michael!
After winning the bout, Bryer Michael thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.