PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Domenik Panayotov (ranked 1657 p4p, 198 weight class) and Luther Jackson (ranked 684 p4p, 88 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Panayotov
vs
Jackson

183 cm
25
185 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
197 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Domenik Panayotov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luther Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panayotov looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.

Jackson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Jackson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jackson gets to mount! Panayotov was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Panayotov is working to get back to half guard.
Panayotov is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson landing strikes from the mount.
Jackson works his way to his opponent's back.
You can see the frustration on Panayotov's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

Panayotov is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jackson is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Panayotov taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Jackson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luther Jackson! Luther Jackson retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Luther Jackson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.