PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dwayne Jackson (ranked 2125 p4p, 1841 weight class) and Kenichi Misahawa (ranked 285 p4p, 253 weight class). Jackson comes into the arena with Undisputed Champion blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
Misahawa

192 cm
26
210
7 - 5 - 0

183 cm
26
210
5 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Good gas tank

EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dwayne Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Kenichi Misahawa!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson throws a series of punches but Misahawa avoids them all with ease.
Misahawa is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Misahawa throws a series of punches but Jackson avoids them all with ease.
Jackson attempts a counter takedown but Misahawa avoids it well and moves away.
Misahawa moves forwards but Jackson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Misahawa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jackson slips under a jab.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jackson misses with a looping left.
A big left from Jackson misses.
Misahawa misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Misahawa throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Jackson half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A punch combination from Misahawa misses.
Jackson misses with a hook to the body

and Misahawa moves into the clinch.
Misahawa blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Misahawa scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Misahawa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Misahawa landing knees to the head.

It looks like Dwayne Jackson has been cut.
A short body shot lands from Misahawa as the two fighters clinch.
Misahawa lands a nice knee to the body.
Misahawa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Misahawa misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson is working for takedown but Misahawa is calmly controlling the position for now.
Misahawa lands a good knee to the midsection. Jackson won't want to take too many of those.
Jackson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Misahawa after a bit of a struggle.
Misahawa gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jackson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dwayne Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Misahawa working Jackson over with knees to the body.
Misahawa with a knee to the head.
Misahawa tries to land a knee to the head but Jackson blocks with his arms.
Misahawa is working Jackson over against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Misahawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Misahawa.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson letting Misahawa take a breather here.
Jackson can't get the takedown.
Jackson can't get the takedown.
Misahawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackson blocks it with crossed arms.
Misahawa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Misahawa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Misahawa lands a good knee to the midsection. Jackson won't want to take too many of those.
Misahawa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Misahawa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Misahawa crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Jackson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Misahawa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jackson jumps guard but Misahawa stands there with Jackson around his waist. Jackson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Misahawa lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misahawa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jackson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jackson has a couple of punches blocked by Misahawa.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Misahawa forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Misahawa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Misahawa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jackson tries to throw a body punch but Misahawa avoids it by throwing Jackson back against the cage.
We've been informed that Misahawa has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Misahawa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jackson tries for a takedown but Misahawa manages to get underhooks.
Jackson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Misahawa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Misahawa tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
Misahawa stops a takedown attempt from Jackson.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misahawa.
Jackson wants to take the fight to the mat but Misahawa manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson is trying to drag Misahawa to the mat but Misahawa just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Jackson misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misahawa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Misahawa misses with a knee strike.
Misahawa landing knees to the body.
Misahawa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Misahawa takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Misahawa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Misahawa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Misahawa with a knee to the head.
Misahawa lands a knee to the body.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!

Dwayne Jackson's cut is getting worse.
Misahawa with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson misses with a punch on the inside.
Misahawa pushes Jackson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Misahawa on the inside.
Jackson looking for a takedown.

Misahawa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenichi Misahawa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dwayne Jackson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Misahawa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.

Misahawa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kenichi Misahawa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Misahawa forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A right handed body shot lands from Misahawa.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Misahawa forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jackson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Misahawa walks away with a smile on his face. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dwayne Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Misahawa. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Jackson lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Misahawa.
Jackson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Misahawa throws a right hand that Jackson ducks under and follows up with a left that Jackson also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson lands a body shot.

Misahawa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jackson, pushing him back against the cage.
Jackson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Misahawa just stands there and leans against the cage.
Misahawa tries to land a knee to the head but Jackson blocks with his arms.
Misahawa misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Misahawa avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Misahawa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Misahawa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Jackson.
Misahawa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Misahawa scores with a knee to the head.
Misahawa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Misahawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Misahawa pushes Jackson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Misahawa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Misahawa lands with a short shot to the head.
Misahawa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misahawa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson is looking for a takedown.
Misahawa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Misahawa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Misahawa won't allow it.
Misahawa landing knees to the head.
Misahawa misses with a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Misahawa.

Jackson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jackson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson keeping moving, preventing Misahawa from controlling successfully.

Jackson is looking to cinch up a triangle. Misahawa throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Jackson's body to avoid the submission. Jackson has instead reached around Misahawa's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Jackson arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dwayne Jackson!
After the fight, Dwayne Jackson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.