PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Black Sabbath - Children of the Sea. Carver is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Raining Blood. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Jackson
vs
Carver

187 cm
28
180 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

186 cm
21
184 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

House of Valor
Aspire Clothing

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 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Carver!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carver misses with a body kick.
Jackson misses with a body kick.
Jackson scores with the left hand. Carver knows he should have avoided that one.
Carver misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jackson connects with a jab.
A solid body kick from Carver.
Jackson tries to land a front kick but Carver steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jackson throws a push kick but Carver slaps the foot to one side.
Carver throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Carver does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carver tries to counter by closing the distance.
Carver scores with a kick to the body.
Jackson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Carver throws a low kick but Jackson avoids it.
Jackson tries a head kick but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jackson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carver's coach down at Kangaroo's MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Carver's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Carver moves out of range easily.
Jackson throws the left hand but Carver avoids the punch easily.
Carver lands a jab to the nose.
Jackson blocks a head kick by Carver.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jackson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Carver - the referee stops the clock and Jackson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Carver. Jackson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Carver throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Carver lands with a kick to the temple. Jackson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jackson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jackson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hellfire Antechamber in the buildup to the fight.
Carver closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jackson counters with a solid body kick.
Jackson connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carver takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jackson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Carver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carver throws a head kick but Jackson moves out of range.
Carver connects with a right hand. Jackson shakes it off.
A big left from Carver misses.
Jackson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good shot there by Carver.
Carver throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jackson takes a swing at Carver's ribcage but misses.
Jack Carver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Carver moves into the clinch successfully.
Jackson blocks a body shot from Carver.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Carver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Jackson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carver takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Carver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jackson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Carver.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carver throws a head kick that misses.
Carver tries to clinch up
and Jackson counters with a series of strikes. Carver will be more careful next time no doubt.
Carver throws a head kick that misses
and Jackson counters with a left to the body.
Jackson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Carver takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carver.
Jackson fires out a quick counter leg kick but Carver just manages to avoid it.
Jackson lands with an overhand left.
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jackson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Carver.
Carver wants to clinch
and Jackson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick.
Jackson misses with a two punch combination.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carver.
Carver scores with a hook.
Carver misses with a head kick.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Jackson misses.
Carver steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Jackson.
Carver pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jackson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jackson throws a good cross that connects.
Carver lands with a right hand.
Carver misses with an uppercut
and Jackson counters with a straight right hand.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Carver.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carver is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Carver throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
Jackson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Jackson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Carver looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Carver throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
Carver throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
Jackson fires out a quick counter leg kick but Carver just manages to avoid it.
Carver goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Carver feints and then cracks Jackson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jackson down.
Carver misses with an uppercut. Jackson saw that one coming.
Jackson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jackson blocks the body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Jackson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Carver cracks Jackson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Carver there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jackson blocks a head kick by Carver.
Jackson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Jackson digs a good body shot into Carver's ribs.
Carver is breathing heavily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jackson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson lands a body shot.
Carver throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Carver moves out of range easily.
Nice jab there from Jackson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throws a leg kick which misses Carver's front leg but catches the back leg as Carver tries to avoid it.
Carver is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carver tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carver misses with a low kick.
Carver throws a lazy head kick
and Jackson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jackson.
Carver waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jackson.
Carver tries a head kick but it misses.
Carver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
Jackson throws a looping overhand right but Carver ducks down to avoid it.
Carver wants to clinch up but Jackson keeps it at a distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jackson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Carver - the referee stops the clock and Jackson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Carver. Jackson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Carver scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jackson throws a shot from downtown. Carver moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws the kick towards the body but Carver avoids it.
Carver misses with a lunging right hand
and Jackson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jackson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Carver can do to turn this around?
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carver moves away.
Carver takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Carver was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carver steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jackson. That one must have hurt.
Jackson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Michael Jackson is winning the standup battle so far.
Carver misses with a lunging right hand
and Jackson counters with an inside leg kick.
Carver digs a good hook to Jackson's body.
Carver avoids the head kick by Jackson.
Carver misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jackson counters with a left to the body.
A head kick misses from Carver.
Carver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson moves away from the strike by Carver.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Jackson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Carver doesn't seem phased though.
Carver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carver pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jackson.
Jackson scores with a hook to the body. Carver takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Carver throws a low kick, looking for Jackson's leg but Jackson calmly moves out of range.
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Carver's shoulder, as Carver tries to avoid the shot.
Jackson throws a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Carver.
Carver darts in trying to clinch
and Jackson counters with a body kick.
Jackson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jackson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Carver has time to react.

Carver is rocked!
Carver throws a lazy head kick
letting Jackson counter with a right hand.
Carver is still on wobbly legs! Can Jackson finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson scores with a leg kick.
Jackson cracks a nice hook into Carver's ribs.
Jackson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Carver misses with a lunging right hand
and Jackson counters with a huge left! Carver is in big trouble! He's backing up but Jackson isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Carver from any more damage. A dominating finish by Jackson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Jackson!
A less than humble Michael Jackson misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.