PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Jackson (ranked 6454 p4p, 610 weight class) and Ryota Iwamura (ranked 7608 p4p, 646 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Jackson
vs
Iwamura

188 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryota Iwamura!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iwamura gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Iwamura with a poor takedown

and Jackson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Iwamura! Jackson lets Iwamura back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

It looks like Ryota Iwamura has been cut.

Iwamura gets a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson is looking to escape.
Iwamura looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet.
Iwamura slows the pace down in half guard.
Jackson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jackson is trying to stand up here but Iwamura is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iwamura performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jackson is not content to let Iwamura control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Iwamura misses with a jab to the body
and Jackson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Jackson lands a left and a right that send Iwamura crashing to the mat, dazed. Jackson thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Iwamura tries for a takedown but Jackson circles away easily
and Jackson counters with a huge right that knocks Iwamura out cold! Jackson is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jack Jackson!