PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo De Lima (ranked 2737 p4p, 262 weight class) and Tom Jackson (ranked 4505 p4p, 376 weight class). De Lima comes into the arena with Linkin Park - Numb blaring out of the sound system. Rodrigo De Lima has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

De Lima
vs
Jackson

178 cm
27
145 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo De Lima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Lima swinging wildly here.
De Lima goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
De Lima is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Lima avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Rodrigo De Lima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.
De Lima throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely.
De Lima drops his hands momentarily and Jackson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A swing and a miss from Jackson.
Jackson moves away from the strike by De Lima.
Jackson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Lima moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
De Lima throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Lima looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lima jabs at Jackson's body.
De Lima misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Lima rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jackson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from De Lima.
Jackson throws a nice looking combination but De Lima bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Lima seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
De Lima keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jackson takes a swing at De Lima's ribcage but misses.
Jackson throws a combination. De Lima tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
De Lima swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jackson.
De Lima feints a jab promting Jackson to slip. De Lima then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jackson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
De Lima misses with a wild combination.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from De Lima.
De Lima misses with a wild combination.
De Lima ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Lima.
De Lima throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jackson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Jackson scores with the left hand. De Lima knows he should have avoided that one.
De Lima scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
De Lima fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Despite the aggression on Jackson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
De Lima slips a jab from Jackson.
De Lima throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Lima misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Lima throws a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from De Lima misses.
A nice combination there by Jackson.
De Lima moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jackson takes one on the button.
De Lima throws a combination that misses
and Jackson counters with a three punch combo that has De Lima backing up. De Lima nods at Jackson to acknowledge the strikes.
Jackson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Lima moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De Lima fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Jackson throws a series of punches but De Lima moves out of range.
De Lima lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jackson circles away quickly and effectively.
Jackson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from De Lima.
De Lima is working the combinations to good effect here.
De Lima misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jackson misses with a straight left.
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De Lima misses with the combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by De Lima!
Jackson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jackson throws a nice looking combination but De Lima bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jackson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jackson swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Lima works over Jackson's head and body with a nice combination.
De Lima lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jackson circles away quickly and effectively.
Danga de danga de dang - De Lima scores with a four punch combination!
A jab from Jackson misses.
A combination from De Lima does no damage.
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Lima.
Jackson misses with a double jab.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Lima manages to avoid it.
De Lima misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for De Lima, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De Lima slips a jab from Jackson.
De Lima scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Lima throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely.
De Lima lands a nice hook to Jackson's body. Jackson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
De Lima getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jackson digs a good hook to De Lima's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

De Lima uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.
De Lima misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Lima throws a hook to the side of Jackson's head but Jackson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Lima connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
De Lima throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
A combination from De Lima does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. De Lima does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from De Lima does no damage.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Lima went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like De Lima was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jackson throws a right hand that De Lima ducks under and follows up with a left that De Lima also avoids with ease.
De Lima is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Lima misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Lima misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Lima misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from De Lima misses.
De Lima ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Lima lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jackson tries to bum rush De Lima with a series of wild strikes but De Lima uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jackson throws a poor cross that misses
and De Lima counters with a left and a right that stings Jackson.
De Lima stalks Jackson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jackson's face. Jackson staggers backwards, shaken.
Jackson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Lima moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jackson falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Lima connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
De Lima tries to bum rush Jackson with a series of wild strikes but Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Despite the aggression on Jackson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Lima throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson throws a right and a left that De Lima avoids nicely.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.
De Lima throws a big counter combination but Jackson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Lima looks to land a combination but Jackson avoids it well.
A nice combination there by De Lima.
De Lima throws a series of punches but Jackson avoids them all with ease.
De Lima throws a right hand that Jackson ducks under and follows up with a left that Jackson also avoids with ease.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from De Lima.
It seemed like Jackson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
De Lima will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.
Jackson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
De Lima connects with the punch.
Jackson throws a right and a left that De Lima avoids nicely.
Jackson throws a shot from downtown. De Lima moves away and avoids it.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Lima.
De Lima scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
De Lima looks to land a combination but Jackson avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Lima throws a nice looking combination but Jackson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Lima throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Lima misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
De Lima throws a right hand that Jackson ducks under and follows up with a left that Jackson also avoids with ease.
Jackson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Rodrigo De Lima is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Lima scores with a nice head shot.
Jackson scores with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Jackson. Those never looked like landing.
De Lima throws a good cross that connects.
Jackson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from De Lima.
De Lima fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it.
De Lima fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a shot from downtown. De Lima moves away and avoids it.
Jackson throws a right hand that De Lima ducks under and follows up with a left that De Lima also avoids with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson throws a right and a left that De Lima avoids nicely.
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Jackson. Those never looked like landing.
Rodrigo De Lima is winning the standup battle so far.
De Lima misses with a two punch combination.
De Lima fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It seemed like Jackson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
De Lima misses with a wild combination.
Jackson throws out a counter right but De Lima avoids it with no problem.
De Lima throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Lima throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Lima lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jackson misses with the combination.
Jackson throws a jab when De Lima was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo De Lima dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Lima appears to be looking for a big counter.
De Lima throws a right hand that Jackson ducks under and follows up with a left that Jackson also avoids with ease.
De Lima jabs Jackson right on the nose. Jackson blinks but takes it well.
Some wild striking there from De Lima.
Jackson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Lima moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A big right from De Lima misses.
Jackson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Lima throws a series of punches but Jackson avoids them all with ease.
De Lima lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jackson fails to land with a series of punches.
De Lima fails to land with a series of punches.
De Lima fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Lima ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
De Lima fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Lima misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lima scores with a one two! Jackson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De Lima slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
Jackson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
De Lima throws a series of punches but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson fails to land with a series of punches.
De Lima with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jackson throws a series of punches but De Lima avoids them all with ease.
De Lima lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jackson throws a right hand that De Lima ducks under and follows up with a left that De Lima also avoids with ease.
De Lima misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Lima rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jackson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Lima throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jackson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson takes a swing at De Lima's ribcage but misses.
It looked like De Lima was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
De Lima swinging wildly here.
Jackson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
De Lima will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jackson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from De Lima.
De Lima throws a right hand that Jackson ducks under and follows up with a left that Jackson also avoids with ease.
De Lima misses with a wild combination.
De Lima scores with a jab to the body.
De Lima connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses the shot to the body.
De Lima seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
De Lima swinging wildly here.
De Lima showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.
De Lima lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jackson circles away quickly and effectively.
De Lima dodges the punch combination from Jackson.
De Lima lands a nice looking body shot.
De Lima looks to land a combination but Jackson avoids it well.
De Lima throws a series of punches but Jackson avoids them all with ease.
De Lima tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from De Lima.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jackson.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Jackson. Those never looked like landing.
De Lima throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Lima cracks Jackson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Lima misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from De Lima.
De Lima slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
De Lima throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Lima misses with the combination.
Jackson throws a counter combo.
De Lima throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Jackson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tom Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. De Lima does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Lima looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo De Lima showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Lima has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo De Lima!
Rodrigo De Lima seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.