PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Jackson (ranked 1903 p4p, 2154 weight class) and Gunna Win (ranked 288 p4p, 321 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jackson
vs
Win

188 cm
25
210
5 - 0 - 0

198 cm
26
205
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Curtis Jackson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gunna Win!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jackson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jackson 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jackson won't allow Win to get back to his feet.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Win keeps moving.
Win preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Win working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jackson .
Win is looking to stand up but Jackson isn't so interested in that idea.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses. Win uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jackson 's guard. Nice move by Win!

Win wants to stand but Jackson is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Win is looking to work some ground and pound but Jackson has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Win throwing strikes from guard but Jackson blocks nicely.
Jackson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Win's guard.

Jackson wants to control from the top but Win keeps moving.
Jackson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jackson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jackson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jackson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Win bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jackson 's guard.

Win stopping the sweep attempt from Jackson .
Jackson pulls Win in close to prevent any damage.
Jackson wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Win is stalling in the full guard.
Win working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Win stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jackson swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Win is looking to stand up but Jackson won't let him.
Jackson has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Jackson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Win controlling from the top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jackson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Win lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Jackson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jackson misses with a head shot. Win uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Win working a defensive guard here.
Jackson is looking to work some ground and pound but Win has wrist control.
Jackson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Win's head.
Win pulls Jackson in to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jackson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Win really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jackson . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jackson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Win keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Win utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Win preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jackson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jackson postures up in Win's guard and throws a big left but Win blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Curtis Jackson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Jackson .
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Win as he jumps to the side.
Curtis Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Win leaves Jackson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Curtis Jackson . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Win stuffs the takedown attempt from Jackson . Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
Jackson looks for a takedown but Win sprawls well.
Left hook, right uppercut from Win.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson shoots in and drives through. Win sprawls well.
Jackson shoots in looking for a takedown but Win manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jackson 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Win feints a jab promting Jackson to slip. Win then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jackson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jackson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jackson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Win looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Win tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Jackson presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Win can do anything to dispel that myth.
Win wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jackson .
Win has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Jackson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Win can't escape the position.
Jackson misses with a head shot.
Win is in a horrible position here. Jackson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jackson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson with good strikes from the mount here!
Jackson avoids the attempt from Win to control.
Jackson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Win is bucking up trying to escape but Jackson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jackson with a couple of short strikes.

Win is rocked!
Win is breathing heavily.
Jackson lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Win! Jackson sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Win and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Curtis Jackson !