PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jamey Jasta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor McCracken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying McCracken's choice of entrance music: Rebels Song - Come out and Fight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jasta
vs
McCracken

174 cm
32
154 lbs
14 - 11 - 2

177 cm
29
155 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamey Jasta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conor McCracken!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Jasta misses.
Jasta throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jasta swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McCracken makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
McCracken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCracken showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jasta.
Jasta scores with a nice head shot.
Jasta throws a right and a left that McCracken avoids nicely.
Jasta scores with a sloppy right hand. McCracken should have avoided that one.
Jasta throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McCracken.
Jasta dips to his left and cracks McCracken with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCracken shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jasta as he jumps to the side.
Jasta has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Samran Muay Thai in the buildup to the fight.
McCracken takes a swing at Jasta's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Jasta wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jasta bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McCracken's head backwards.
Jasta scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jasta throws out a loose jab but McCracken uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jasta jabs McCracken right on the nose. McCracken blinks but takes it well.
Jasta lands a lovely overhand right.
McCracken walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

McCracken is rocked!
Jasta misses with a series of wild punches.
McCracken is still on wobbly legs! Can Jasta finish him?
Jasta has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McCracken.
McCracken seems to have recovered his senses.
Jasta throws a jab when McCracken was well out of range.
Jasta is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McCracken tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jasta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McCracken ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McCracken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jasta moves away.
McCracken moves out of range as Jasta strikes.
McCracken lands a nice looking body shot.
McCracken thumps Jasta with a low kick.
Jasta throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCracken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jasta throwing a counter right hand but McCracken manages to avoid it.
Good shot there by Jasta.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jasta thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCracken flicks out a counter leg kick but Jasta steps away.
Nice straight punches there by Jasta. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jasta.
Jasta takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A nice inside leg kick there by McCracken. That's going to slow Jasta down.
Jasta cracks McCracken with an open hand slap.
McCracken ducks under a wild hook from Jasta.
McCracken looks for the body kick but Jasta saw that one coming.
Jasta misses the jab.
McCracken moves in looking to clinch but Jasta pushes him off.
A big left from Jasta misses.
McCracken looks to land a body kick but Jasta moved away.
McCracken scores with a leg kick.
McCracken lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jasta is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jasta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jasta throws a nice looking combination but McCracken bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCracken swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McCracken defending well as Jasta loads up on a big left hand.
McCracken is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jasta fails to land with a series of punches.
Jasta connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jasta throws a big shot that misses.
A lazy left from Jasta finds it's target.
Jasta paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jasta takes a swing at McCracken's ribcage but misses.
Jasta uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jasta swinging wildly here.
McCracken slips under a jab from Jasta.
McCracken flicks out a counter leg kick but Jasta steps away.
Jasta looks to score with a jab to the body but McCracken is just out of range.
Jasta misses with the combination.
McCracken fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Jasta.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - McCracken throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jasta.
Jasta throws a hook but McCracken avoids it easily.
McCracken throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jasta throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McCracken on the side of the head.

Jasta gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows McCracken to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Jasta has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes McCracken off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick from Jasta lands but McCracken takes it in his stride.
Jasta lands a really nice looking cross but McCracken seems unphased.
Jasta throws a head kick but McCracken moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamey Jasta dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jasta throws a head kick that misses.
Jasta moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMcCracken.
Jasta looks to land a left hand but McCracken moved out of range nicely.
Jamey Jasta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McCracken finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
McCracken tries a low kick but Jasta avoids it.

McCracken has Jasta up against the cage in a clinch.
Jasta stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
McCracken using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jasta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jasta has McCracken pushed against the cage.
McCracken throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jasta lands with a short shot to the head.

Jasta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Jasta. Those never looked like landing.

Oooooh!!! Jasta has knocked McCracken down with a huge combo! Jasta steps away and waves a wobbly McCracken back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCracken is looking to slow Jasta down with leg kicks.
McCracken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McCracken only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jasta avoids the head kick by McCracken.
McCracken throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jasta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCracken moves away.
Jasta swings widly with a right hand
and McCracken finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
McCracken on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McCracken ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice body kick there by McCracken.
Jasta throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on McCracken's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Jasta dives in looking to finish as McCracken flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Jasta's strikes! Jasta is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! McCracken's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but McCracken was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamey Jasta!
Jamey Jasta decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.