PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atticus Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atticus Johnson acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Jackson
vs
Johnson

189 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
213 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Jackson!
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, Atticus Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Tom Jackson has been cut.
Johnson is looking to chop away at Jackson's legs.
Johnson leaves Jackson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jackson shoots in looking for a takedown. Johnson tries to sprawl out of it but Jackson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Johnson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jackson fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jackson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Johnson sprawls well initially but Jackson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Jackson thows a huge punch but Johnson dodges it nicely.
Jackson stops Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Jackson is trying to control. Johnson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jackson is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson prevents Johnson from standing back up.
Jackson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jackson prevents Johnson from standing back up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jackson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Jackson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Jackson is breathing heavily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Johnson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A left and a right from Johnson both land. Nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.
Johnson punishes Jackson's body with a nice straight punch.
Atticus Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jackson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Johnson.

Tom Jackson's cut is getting worse.
Johnson misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johnson drops Jackson with a beautiful combination! Jackson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Johnson is looking for the KO!
Johnson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jackson takes a step back to recover.
Johnson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Tom Jackson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Jackson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johnson scores with a nice strike.
Johnson closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Jeez, Tom Jackson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Johnson throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Jackson colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Johnson as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Jackson is left battered and dazed whilst Johnson and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Atticus Johnson!