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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Storm Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wes Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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210 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Storm Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wes Ward!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ward on the side of the head.
Ward misses with a takedown attempt
and Jackson counters with a straight right hand.
Jackson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jackson lands with a nice combination. Ward backs away looking to recover.
Ward will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jackson misses with a low kick.
Ward slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
Jackson throws a combination. Ward tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ward fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice sprawl there from Jackson as Ward shoots in.
Storm Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wes Ward.
Jackson scores with a hook.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jackson controlling the pace for now.
Jackson with a couple of short strikes.
Jackson lands a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson landing strikes from the mount and Ward is in trouble!
Jackson controlling from the full mount.
Ward is in a horrible position here. Jackson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jackson controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ward is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jackson with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jackson. What's that going to do exactly?
Jackson controlling from the full mount.
Jackson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jackson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ward keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
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.
Jackson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson with a couple of short strikes.
Jackson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jackson with good strikes from the mount here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ward hang on?
Ward looks gassed!
Ward takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jackson controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jackson working Ward over with strikes here.
Ward is rocked!
Jackson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jackson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ward's face.
Jackson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ward in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson controlling from the full mount.
Jackson lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Storm Jackson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jackson lands with a cross.
Ward shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jackson defends it nicely.
Ward shoots in but no luck this time.
Jackson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ward with a poor takedown
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Storm Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wes Ward.
Jackson misses with a double jab.
Ward shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jackson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ward's guard now.
Jackson passes into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson working the head and body with strikes.
Jackson stalling.
Storm Jackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ward is breathing heavily.
Ward on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson lands with a punch from half guard.
Jackson is controlling the pace.
Jackson working over Ward with some ground and pound. Ward looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jackson passes to side control.
Jackson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward being controlled for a moment.
Jackson in side control lands a decent elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson taking a breather here.
Ward is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jackson taking a breather here.
Jackson works to advance to full mount. Ward defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ward 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.
Ward takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson with a couple of short strikes.
Jackson controlling his opponent.
Jackson unloading with bombs!
Ward is still in real trouble! Can Jackson finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ward manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ward seems to have recovered his senses.
Jackson working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Ward's face as Jackson controls the position.
Jackson lands some shots froms side control.
Ward takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson advances nicely into full mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson controlling from mount.
Jackson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ward can do to turn this around?
Jackson is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Ward to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Ward shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Storm Jackson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ward with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jackson to score with a decent uppercut.
Jackson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jackson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ward gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Jackson to counter with a crisp jab.
Ward misses with a takedown
and Jackson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ward fails to land the takedown.
Storm Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wes Ward.
Ward takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ward on the side of the head.
Ward is rocked!
Jackson lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Ward sprawling to the canvas. Jackson follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Ward hang on?
Ward is still in real trouble! Can Jackson finish him?
Jackson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Jackson passes to side control.
The referee asks Jackson politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Jackson prefers to stall for the moment though.
Ward takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson lands a nice forearm strike.
Jackson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ward some visible discomfort.
Ward taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jackson in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Ward looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Jackson turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Storm Jackson!
A very excited looking Storm Jackson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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