PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kari Karhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes into the arena with Black Sabbath - Children of the Sea blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Jackson
vs
Karhu

187 cm
26
180 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

183 cm
26
183 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Heavy handed

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Michael Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kari Karhu!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karhu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.
Jackson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jackson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jackson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Karhu's head.
Karhu lands with an uppercut that bounces Jackson off the cage and back into range.
Jackson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jackson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Karhu clinches up against the cage.
Karhu lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Jackson.
Karhu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Karhu looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Karhu blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Jackson.
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Karhu can't find room to land a body shot as Jackson controls the action.
Jackson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Karhu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karhu misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Jackson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson lands with a left to the head.
Jackson scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Jackson.
Karhu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Karhu misses with a punch on the inside.
Jackson slows down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karhu.
Jackson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jackson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Karhu backwards.
Jackson throws a head punch that misses.
Karhu blocks an uppercut.

Jackson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jackson misses with a hook. Karhu ducked under it nicely.
Jackson scores with a jab to the body.
Karhu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson tests Karhu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Karhu tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.
Karhu moves away from the strike by Jackson.
Jackson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jackson throws a head kick that Karhu semi-blocks.
Karhu misses with a straight left.
Karhu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jackson to score with a decent uppercut.
Jackson scores with a hook to the body. Karhu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Karhu closes the distance and clinches.
Karhu misses with a punch to the body.
Karhu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jackson blocking some punches.
The referee calls for Karhu to work.
Karhu has Jackson pushed against the cage.
Karhu continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

Jackson breaks the clinch.
Kari Karhu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karhu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karhu.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Karhu.

Karhu moves into the clinch.
Karhu blocking some punches.
Karhu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jackson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Karhu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jacksons head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karhu.
A short right from Jackson on the inside.
Karhu looking to slow down the pace here.
Jackson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Karhu backwards.
Jackson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jackson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karhu tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Karhu back against the cage.
Jackson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jackson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karhus head.
A short uppercut from Jackson.
Jackson tries to work over Karhu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karhu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karhu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karhu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jackson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karhu stalling against the cage.
Karhu lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Jackson 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 head kick.
Jackson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karhu can do to turn this around?
Jackson slips a jab from Karhu.
Jackson lands a nice looking body shot.
Michael Jackson is winning the standup battle so far.
Karhu is looking to clinch but Jackson is avoiding it.
Karhu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Jackson throwing a counter right hand but Karhu manages to avoid it.
Karhu tries to move into range but Jackson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jackson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Karhu is rocked!
Karhu walks straight into a right hand from Jackson - that's dropped him! Jackson jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Karhu from any more punishment! Karhu complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Michael Jackson!
A very excited looking Michael Jackson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.