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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zach Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson has chosen All Eyez On Me by 2Pac as his entrance music. Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zach Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xavier Jackson!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jackson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Perez controlling the pace.
Perez is trying to control the action in half guard but Jackson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Perez moves into full mount! Jackson won't be happy about that!
Jackson taking shots to the head.
Perez wants to control the pace but Jackson is squirming around nicely.
Jackson tries to hold on but Perez pushes him away.
Jackson is trying to stand up.
Jackson is looking to get to half guard.
Perez lands a heavy elbow.
Jackson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jackson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Perez trying to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Perez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez is working for a guillotine from mount but Jackson frees his head quite easily.
Jackson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Perez with good strikes from the mount here!
Perez trying to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Perez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Perez cracks Jackson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Perez with the ground and pound from mount.
Perez with good strikes from the mount here!
Perez lands a big shot there that rocks Jackson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez cracks Jackson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jackson is in a horrible position here. Perez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jackson is rocked!
Jackson can't escape the position.
Perez blocks Jackson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Perez dominating with strikes here.
Perez scoring with strikes but Jackson is staying in there.
Perez trying to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Poor strikes thrown by Perez there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jackson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jackson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jackson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez raining down shots from the mount!
Jackson is still in real trouble! Can Perez finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Perez. What's that going to do exactly?
Jackson seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice elbow there by Perez.
Perez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Perez working Jackson over with strikes here.
Jackson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Perez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jackson?
Perez lands a big elbow.
Jackson working to try and regain half guard.
Perez landing strikes from the mount.
Perez scoring with strikes but Jackson is staying in there.
Jackson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Perez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jackson is squirming around, avoiding Perez's attempts to control the action.
Perez avoids the attempt from Jackson to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Perez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Perez landing strikes from the mount and Jackson is in trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jackson is looking to escape.
Jackson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Perez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jackson is in a horrible position here. Perez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Perez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Perez is landing with some decent strikes but Jackson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zach Perez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Perez fails to land with a series of punches.
Jackson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jackson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jackson manages to break the clinch.
Jackson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Perez circles away.
Jackson scores with a hook.
Perez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Perez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Perez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jackson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Perez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Perez stops Jackson from standing up.
Perez scoring with some ground and pound.
Jackson keeping moving, preventing Perez from controlling successfully.
Jackson trying to keep a closed guard but Perez is proving a slippery customer.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Perez seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson wants to improve his position but instead Perez has moved into half guard.
Jackson is trying to stand up here but Perez is controlling him well.
Perez drops an elbow to the side of Jackson's head.
Jackson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Perez working the head and body with strikes.
Jackson tries to kick Perez off but Perez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Jackson wants to improve his position but Perez is controlling well.
Jackson is not content to let Perez control the position.
Perez 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.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jackson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Perez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Perez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Perez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Perez misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Perez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jackson managing to control the position.
Perez preventing the sweep.
Perez trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Perez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Perez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jackson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Perez off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Perez throws a nice looking combination but Jackson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zach Perez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Perez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perez closes the distance and clinches.
Jackson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Zach Perez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xavier Jackson.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Perez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Perez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Perez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Perez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Perez wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
Perez connects with a couple of short punches.
Perez trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jackson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Jackson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Perez trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Perez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Perez wants to clinch up but Jackson keeps it at a distance.
Perez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Perez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jackson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jackson punching from the bottom.
Jackson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jackson wants to sweep here but Perez controlling him for the moment.
Perez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Perez cracks Jackson with a solid left hand.
Jackson wants to stand and escape but Perez is having none of it.
Jackson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson looking for a sweep. Not yet Jackson, not yet.
Perez tries to free his leg and advance position but Jackson is retaining full guard.
Perez works over Jackson with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zach Perez dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Perez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Jackson throws a combination that misses
and Perez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Perez works on Jackson's body with a couple of short punches.
Jackson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Perez tries to pull guard but Jackson holds him up against the cage and eventually Perez drops back down to his feet.
Perez drags the fight down to the ground.
Zach Perez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Perez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Perez keeping full guard, as Jackson tries to pass.
Perez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jackson!
Perez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jackson is working to get back to half guard.
Jackson is squirming around, avoiding Perez's attempts to control the action.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jackson is looking to improve his position but Perez isn't that keen on the idea.
Perez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Perez landing punches.
Perez tries to control but Jackson wriggling away.
Jackson tries to lock up and control but Perez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Perez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Perez with a couple of short strikes.
Perez working the ground and pound effectively.
Jackson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Perez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Perez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Perez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perez dominating with strikes here.
Jackson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jackson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Perez landing strikes from the mount.
Jackson is working to get back to half guard.
Perez trying to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Perez lands a big elbow.
Perez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Perez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez lands with some strikes.
Jackson gets back to half guard.
Perez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jackson is trying to maintain the position but Perez is very close to passing his half guard.
Jackson manages to escape and get back to his feet!
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Perez.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jackson, pushing him back against the cage.
Perez fails to pull guard.
Perez keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson is pressed up against the cage. Perez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jackson down to the mat. Jackson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zach Perez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Perez closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jackson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Perez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jackson's waist but Jackson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Perez off to one side.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Perez keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson connects with a single shot there.
Perez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Perez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jackson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Perez showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Perez prevents Jackson from getting back to his feet.
Perez lands a couple of digs.
Jackson keeping full guard, as Perez tries to pass.
Perez trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jackson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Xavier Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Perez throws out a powerful jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zach Perez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Perez 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zach Perez!
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