PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ted Jackson (ranked 3863 p4p, 399 weight class) and Sebastian Rutten (ranked 5525 p4p, 484 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jackson
vs
Rutten

190 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ted Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sebastian Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rutten moves away.

Rutten gets a takedown into half guard.
Rutten performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Rutten is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Rutten controlling the pace for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rutten moves to back control.

Rutten is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Jackson has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Rutten has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Jackson taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Rutten doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sebastian Rutten!
A very excited looking Sebastian Rutten made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.