PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luther Jackson (ranked 86 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gordon Harper (ranked 4187 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jackson
vs
Harper

185 cm
27
197 lbs
16 - 1 - 0

182 cm
27
190 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luther Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gordon Harper!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jackson forces Harper back against the cage and clinches.
Harper tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Harper back against the cage.
Harper is working Jackson over against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jackson.
Harper swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Harper.
Harper throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
Harper prevents the takedown attempt.
Harper misses with a hook from the clinch.

Jackson tightens his grip and picks Harper up, before dumping him to the ground. Harper manages to land in guard.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Harper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jackson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jackson pushes down on Harper's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jackson not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harper defending well though.
Harper is trying to get back to full guard.
Jackson trying to control the action but Harper is working from the bottom.
Jackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jackson lands a nice short elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Harper can do anything to dispel that myth.
Harper on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jackson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Harper!
Jackson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Harper?
Jackson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Harper hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson unloading with bombs!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Harper in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Harper is rocked!

Jackson working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Harper looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Jackson! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Luther Jackson!
Luther Jackson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.