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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bishop Rome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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183 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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190 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eddie Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bishop Rome!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rome.
Jackson clinches with his opponent.
Jackson has a couple of punches blocked by Rome.
Rome looking to slow down the pace here.
Rome breaks the clinch.
Jackson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rome.
Rome avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rome lands with a hook. Jackson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rome connects with a body shot.
Rome fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson tries to clinch there but Rome circles away.
Rome swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Rome showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rome swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rome keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rome throws a lazy right hand but Jackson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rome swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
Rome can't find room to land a body shot as Jackson controls the action.
Jackson is struggling to control the position.
Rome fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson stalling.
Jackson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rome backwards.
Jackson throws a head punch that misses.
Jackson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Rome forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Rome breaks from the clinch.
Jackson wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jackson moves into the clinch.
Jackson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rome blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rome blocks an uppercut.
Rome taking a breather.
Jackson leaning against his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rome working aggressively here.
Jackson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rome up against the cage.
Jackson breaks the clinch.
Rome smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rome lands a body shot.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rome swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson is looking to clinch.
Rome tests Jackson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rome steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Rome thuds his right hand into Jackson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jackson throws a poor cross that misses
and Rome counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rome misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from Rome. Those never looked like landing.
Rome throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sloppy strikes from Jackson. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rome circles away.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rome sprawls well. Rome wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
Jackson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson blocking some punches.
Rome is looking to control Jackson's arms but Jackson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rome has his back to the cage.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Jackson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rome wants to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson lands a nice uppercut.
Jackson can't find room to land a body shot as Rome controls the action.
Jackson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bishop Rome will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rome.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rome circles away.
Rome misses the shot to the body.
Rome throws a shot to the body.
Eddie Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rome connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jackson moves into the clinch.
Rome trying to stall but Jackson improves his position.
Rome blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rome taking a breather.
Jackson leaning against his opponent.
Still in the clinch, Jackson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jackson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rome.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Rome blocks a body shot from Jackson.
Jackson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rome looking to slow down the pace here.
A right hand to the body from Jackson.
Jackson scores with a shot to the side of Rome's head.
Rome is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jackson is keeping busy.
Rome's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Eddie Jackson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rome breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jackson looks to land a right hand but Rome moved out of range.
Bishop Rome is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rome throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Rome throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jackson on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rome lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rome swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rome paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rome connects with a body shot.
Rome cracks Jackson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rome looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Rome scores with a jab to the body.
Rome's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jackson under the eye.
Nice jab there from Rome.
Jackson is rocked!
A jab from Rome does it's job there.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rome lands with a nice body punch.
Jackson walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Rome! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bishop Rome!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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