PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bo Lo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jackson
vs
Lo

180 cm
29
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

200 cm
27
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thomas Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bo Lo!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jackson.
Lo cracks a nice hook into Jackson's ribs.
Lo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lo. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.

Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Lo holds him up against the cage and eventually Jackson drops back down to his feet.
Jackson fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lo blocking some punches.
Jackson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lo to keep the fight standing.
Lo misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Lo.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Lo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lo.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Lo holds him up against the cage and eventually Jackson drops back down to his feet.
Lo swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Jackson tightens his grip and picks Lo up, before dumping him to the ground. Lo manages to land in guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lo keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Jackson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson advances position into side control!
Lo defending against the ground and pound.

Jackson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jackson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jackson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lo is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Jackson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jackson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is looking to take a break and control but Lo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lo parries the strikes from Jackson easily there. Jackson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lo to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Jackson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Jackson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jackson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lo, who protects the arm well.
Jackson working the head and body with strikes.

Jackson tries for a kimura but Lo is defending well.

Jackson has hold of Lo's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Lo seems comfortable defending it but Jackson has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Lo is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Lo is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Jackson couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Thomas Jackson!
Thomas Jackson bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.