PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Trigger (ranked 256 p4p, 883 weight class) and Che Von Cru (ranked 42 p4p, 121 weight class). Trigger comes to the cage accompanied by Bang Bang by Monophonics. Cru has chosen the stranger as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Che Von Cru was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Trigger
vs
Cru

190 cm
27
212
16 - 6 - 0

191 cm
24
205
8 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Conviction

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 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jackson Trigger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Che Von Cru!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Cru.
Trigger takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Trigger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cru.
Cru dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Trigger. That did some damage!

Trigger moves into the clinch successfully.
Trigger prevents a body shot from Cru.
Cru misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trigger throws a punch but it's blocked by Cru.
Cru looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Trigger swings wildly with an uppercut but Cru uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cru blocks an uppercut.
Trigger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cru tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cru lands an uppercut.
Cru misses with the head strike.
Our sources have told us that Trigger has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Trigger pushes Cru back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Cru manages to break the clinch.
Cru has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Trigger.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cru misses the jab.
Cru misses with a left hand
and Trigger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trigger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Cru misses.
Trigger with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cru to score with a decent uppercut.
Trigger throws a head kick but Cru moves out of range.
Cru attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Trigger misses the shot to the body.
Cru throws a low kick but Trigger avoids it.
Trigger takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Trigger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trigger throws a hook but Cru avoids it easily.
Trigger takes one to the side of the head.
Trigger just misses with a punch to the body.
Cru misses with a straight left.
Trigger misses with a hook.
Cru with a nice calf kick.
Trigger smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Trigger scores with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cru attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Trigger moves in looking to clinch but Cru pushes him off.
Cru swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Trigger takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cru just misses with a punch to the body.
Cru ducks under a wild hook from Trigger.
A solid body kick from Cru.
Trigger's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cru connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Trigger scrambles back to his feet.
Trigger throws a looping overhand right but Cru ducks down to avoid it.
Cru lands the left hand.
Trigger slips under a jab from Cru.
Che Von Cru seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cru takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cru misses the jab.
Trigger is looking to counter punch.
Cru avoids the body shot from Trigger.
Trigger looks to land a left hand but Cru moved out of range nicely.
Trigger misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cru keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cru throws an overhand right that lands on Trigger's shoulder, as Trigger tries to avoid the shot.
Trigger swings for the body but Cru moves out of range.
Trigger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Cru to counter with a crisp jab.
Cru pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cru shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Trigger eats them both and turns towards Cru to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Trigger wants to slow Cru down by chopping away at his legs.
Trigger closes the distance but Cru moves to the side
and Cru connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Trigger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Trigger slips a straight right by Cru.
Trigger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cru smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Trigger throws a body punch but Cru moves out of range.
Cru swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cru jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cru uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trigger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good work by Cru as he checks the leg kick.
Cru connects with a single shot there.
Trigger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cru swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cru takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cru throws a body shot but no joy.
Cru misses with a looping right.
Trigger walks into a jab.
Cru walks forward, straight into a front kick from Trigger.
Trigger misses with a jab to the body
and Cru counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cru slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Cru on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cru connects with a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Trigger blocks the leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Trigger on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Che Von Cru dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Trigger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cru checks a leg kick.
Che Von Cru seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Trigger swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cru! But no joy.
Trigger misses with a jab to the body
and Cru counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Cru misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Trigger misses the target.
Trigger darts in trying to clinch
and Cru counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trigger wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trigger throws a low kick, looking for Cru's leg but Cru calmly moves out of range.
Trigger misses with a leg kick.
Trigger takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Trigger checks a low kick from Cru.
A telegraphed right hand from Cru misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cru lands with a thumping leg kick.

Cru tries to keep at a distance but Trigger has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cru misses with a body punch.
Trigger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cru's elbow.
Cru takes a knee right on the jaw!
Trigger prevents a body shot from Cru.
Trigger lands with a short shot to the head.

Cru pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trigger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cru paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Trigger staying out of range there.
Trigger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cru blocks the body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cru! But no joy.
Trigger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cru moves away.
Cru throws a hook but Trigger avoids it easily.
Trigger lands with a hook. Cru tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Trigger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cru.
Cru throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trigger sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Cru.

Trigger closes the distance and clinches.
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!
Still in the clinch, Trigger scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cru tries to work over Trigger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trigger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cru misses with some punches.
Cru lands a nice uppercut.
Cru tries to work over Trigger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cru misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson Trigger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cru misses with the head strike.
Cru lands a body shot.
Cru throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cru throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short left from Cru.
Trigger blocks a body shot from Cru.

Cru escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A clash of legs there as Cru blocks the low kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cru lands with a nice body punch.
Cru has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Trigger looks to score with a jab to the body but Cru is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Cru.
Trigger checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cru circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cru waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trigger.
Trigger is looking to counter punch.
Cru throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cru does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Trigger is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A jab from Trigger finds it's way through Cru's defenses.
Trigger's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cru connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Trigger scrambles back to his feet.
Nice shot by Cru.
Cru looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cru lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cru swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trigger connects with a right hand. Cru shakes it off.
Cru swats away the attempt to clinch by Trigger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cru connects with a body shot that sends Trigger's belly button to the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cru scores with a nice right hand.
Trigger misses with a wild body shot.
Trigger throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cru throws out a counter right but Trigger avoids it with no problem.
Cru throws a leg kick but Trigger moved away.
Trigger avoids a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trigger. Cru does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cru throws a head kick that misses.
Trigger looks to score with a jab to the body but Cru is just out of range.
Cru connects with a leg kick.
Trigger missing with a left hand there. Cru was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cru tries to work over Trigger's front leg with a kick but Trigger checks it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Che Von Cru showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Trigger avoids the body shot from Cru.
Trigger throws a hook to the side of Cru's head but Cru sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cru misses with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Trigger.
The fighters circling - Cru throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trigger swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice cross by Cru.
Cru misses with a looping left.
Trigger blocks the body kick.
Trigger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cru motions for Trigger to come forward. Cru throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trigger throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cru counters with a nice uppercut.
Cru looks for the body kick but Trigger saw that one coming.
Trigger tries to clinch up
and Cru counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cru tests Trigger's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Trigger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cru.
Cru throws a wild body kick that Trigger sees coming a mile off.
The fighters circling - Trigger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cru attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Trigger on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Trigger comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cru lands with a straight right. Trigger didn't see that one coming.
Cru swings for the body but Trigger moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Trigger on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cru fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Trigger has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cru walks into a jab.
Cru scores with a push kick.
Nice straight punches there by Trigger. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Trigger.
Cru cracks Trigger with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trigger lands with a hook. Cru tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jackson Trigger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trigger moves out of range of the body kick.
Cru throws a predictable looking body shot
and Trigger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cru misses the shot to the body.
Cru lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cru connects with a jab.
Trigger lands a nice shot to the body.
Trigger looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Trigger moves into the clinch.
Cru lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Trigger.
Trigger blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Cru fails to land.
Trigger pushes Cru back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cru tries a body shot but Trigger blocks it.
Trigger throws a head punch that misses.
Trigger connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Che Von Cru has been cut.
Cru takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A knee to the head by Trigger.
A knee to the head by Trigger.

Cru is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trigger working the clinch nicely. Cru is working for position but Trigger cracks him with a big knee to the head! Cru crumples up against the cage and Trigger lands two more shots before the ref can save Cru! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Jackson Trigger!
A relieved looking Jackson Trigger thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.