PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pate Parret (ranked 211 p4p, 35 weight class) and Akoni Jackson (ranked 922 p4p, 123 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Parret
vs
Jackson

183 cm
21
195 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

177 cm
30
193 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Condemned
Arcticus University: London

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 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pate Parret!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Akoni Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Parret, right into the meat.
Jackson misses with a hook. Parret ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Parret misses.
Jackson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Parret. Parret obviously looking to wear him down.
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Parret is just out of range.
Parret tried to counter with a leg kick but Jackson avoided it.
Parret uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
A big right from Parret misses.
Jackson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Parret misses with a lunging right hand
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That kick from Parret tenderised Jackson's leg. Jackson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jackson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Jackson does it's job there.
Parret keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Parret uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.
That kick from Parret tenderised Jackson's leg. Jackson is trying to keep his angry face on.
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!
Jackson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jackson misses with an uppercut. Parret saw that one coming.
Parret throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Jackson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parret connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Parret's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jackson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Parret scrambles back to his feet.
Parret takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Akoni Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Parret.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Parret throws a poor cross that misses
letting Jackson counter with a right hand.
Parret blocks a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Parret on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Parret buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Parret thuds his shin into the meat of Jackson's side.
Jackson swings for the body but Parret moves out of range.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parret manages to avoid it.
Jackson slips under a jab from Parret.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parret misses with an uppercut
and Jackson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jackson throws a hook but Parret avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Parret looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson lands a jab to Parret's midsection.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Parret misses with a lunging right hand
and Jackson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Parret throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Parret lands a leg kick that knocks Jackson off balance momentarily.
Parret throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Jackson scores with a hook to the body. Parret takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jackson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Parret buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Jackson misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson walks into a stiff left hand from Parret.

Jackson forces Parret back against the cage and clinches.

Parret breaks the clinch.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jackson misses with an uppercut
and Parret counters with an inside leg kick.
Parret lands a nice hook to Jackson's body. Jackson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jackson misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Parret to counter with a crisp jab.
Jackson misses the jab.
Parret throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jackson lands a right hook to the body.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parret manages to avoid it.
Parret appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Jackson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Parret. Parret obviously looking to wear him down.
Parret uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
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!
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parret uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Parret thinks about countering with a body kick.
Parret throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.
Jackson is looking for the big counter here.
Jackson dips to his left and cracks Parret with an uppercut!
Jackson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Parret is avoiding it.
Parret connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Parret ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jackson misses the jab.
A big right from Parret misses.
A nice side step and Jackson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jackson moves out of range as Parret strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parret throws an overhand right that lands on Jackson's shoulder, as Jackson tries to avoid the shot.
Parret clobbers Jackson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Parret throws a leg kick but Jackson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Parret throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Pate Parret will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Parret lands with a thumping leg kick.
Parret uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Parret sizes up Jackson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jackson misses with a looping right.

Jackson pushes Parret up against the cage in a clinch.
Parret fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parret has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Jackson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jackson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jackson struggles to land a body shot inside as Parret controls his hands.

Jackson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson scores with a jab to the head.
Jackson throws a hook but Parret blocks it.
Parret slips a straight right by Jackson.
Parret scores with the left hand. Jackson knows he should have avoided that one.
Jackson misses with a left hand
and Parret cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Parret pushes him off.
Parret swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Parret, right into the meat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Parret. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Parret throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Jackson connects with a looping right hand.
Jackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Parret throws out the jab.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Parret moved out of range nicely.
Parret half committed to a counter leg kick.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Parret moved out of range nicely.
Parret cracks the inside of Jackson's front leg.
Jackson throws out a loose jab but Parret uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Parret cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parret.
Parret fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parret manages to avoid it.
Parret moves out of range of the strikes.
Parret throwing a counter right hand but Jackson manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parret smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jackson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jackson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A shot to the body from Jackson misses
and Parret counters with a leg kick.
Parret misses with a body shot.
Jackson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Parret tries to work over Jackson's front leg with a kick but Jackson checks it.
Parret scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jackson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Parret on the side of the head.
Parret throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jackson lands a body shot.
Parret feints and then cracks Jackson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jackson down.
Parret uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Jackson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parret throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Parret throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Parret sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jackson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Parret.
Parret defending well as Jackson loads up on a big left hand.
Jackson misses with a lunging right hand
and Parret counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jackson misses with a hook to the body
and Parret counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jackson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jackson throws a right hand that Parret ducks under and follows up with a left that Parret also avoids with ease.
Parret looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Parret misses with a lunging right hand
and Parret takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pate Parret is winning the standup battle so far.
Parret misses with a leg kick.
Jackson misses with an uppercut.
Parret avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Parret misses.
A right-left combo lands from Parret.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jackson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jackson misses with a hook
and Parret counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jackson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Parret does a little dance to reset his feet.
Parret lands with a kick to the temple. Jackson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Parret will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Parret moves out of range.
Parret dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jackson. That did some damage!
Jackson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Parret at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Parret back to the cage. Jackson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Parret's shoulder, as Parret tries to avoid the shot.
Jackson jabs at Parret's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pate Parret will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Parret cracks Jackson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Parret dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jackson. That did some damage!
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Parret does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
Parret throws an off balance right hand
letting Jackson counter with a right hand.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Parret.
Jackson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Parret looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Parret moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Jackson misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parret throws a body punch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jackson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Parret.
Jackson misses with a hook
and Parret cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Parret appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Jackson.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Parret.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jackson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Parret cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab by Parret.
Good leg kick by Parret there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Parret pushes him off.
Parret misses with a low kick.
Jackson misses with a lunging right hand
and Parret counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jackson's knee momentarily.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Parret.
Parret bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good exchange - Jackson coming out on top.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Parret.
Parret feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jackson's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parret bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Parret moves out of range of the strikes.
Parret thows a body kick. Jackson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice side step and Jackson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parret was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.
Parret lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jab from Parret.
Jackson misses with a hook to the body
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Jackson is rocked!
Jackson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Parret fakes the leg kick and cracks Jackson in the body.
Jackson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Parret counters with a nice leg kick.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jackson is still on wobbly legs! Can Parret finish him?
Parret connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jackson momentarily.
Jackson swings for the body but Parret moves out of range.
Parret fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jackson just manages to avoid it.
Jackson misses with an uppercut. Parret saw that one coming.
Parret seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jackson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Parret throws a solid leg kick but Jackson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Parret.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Parret appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jackson walks into a left hand.
Parret slips a jab from Jackson.
A slow jab from Jackson misses its intended target.
Jackson throws a poor cross that misses
and Parret counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jackson darts in trying to clinch
and Parret counters with a massive head kick! KABOOM! Jackson is out cold! A devastating KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Pate Parret!
Pate Parret retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Pate Parret thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.