PBP Commentary

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

Jackson
vs
Keresztes

184 cm
20
205 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

193 cm
26
210 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lyoto Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jaric Keresztes!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keresztes misses with a straight right.

Jackson has Keresztes up against the cage in a clinch.
Keresztes controlling the action here for a moment.
Keresztes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jackson is defending well for now.
Jackson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jackson avoiding damage as Keresztes throws knees to the body.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keresztes has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson working aggressively here.
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Keresztes has the dominant position.
Keresztes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jackson avoids it.
Keresztes scores a nice knee to the body.
Keresztes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackson blocks it with crossed arms.
Keresztes tries to land a knee to the head but Jackson blocks with his arms.
Jackson misses with a punch to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jackson misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jackson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Keresztess head.
Keresztes tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
Keresztes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Keresztes pushes off an throws an elbow but Jackson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Keresztes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Keresztes misses with a knee to the head.
Keresztes pressing his opponent against the cage.
Keresztes taking a breather.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Keresztes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson misses with the head strike.
Keresztes landing knees to the head.
Jackson misses with a hook to the ribs.

Jackson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson with a jab.

Jackson gets a clinch.
Keresztes avoiding damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keresztes tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Keresztes missing with knees to the body.
Jackson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jackson tries to throw a body punch but Keresztes avoids it by throwing Jackson back against the cage.
Keresztes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Keresztes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jackson avoiding damage as Keresztes throws knees to the body.
Keresztes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jackson is defending well for now.
Keresztes misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keresztes is struggling to control the position.
Jackson has a couple of punches blocked by Keresztes.
Jackson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Jackson.
Jackson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keresztes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Keresztes lands a knee to the body.
Keresztes is looking to control Jackson's arms but Jackson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Keresztes has his back to the cage.
Keresztes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Keresztes.
Keresztes looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Jackson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keresztes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Keresztes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jackson is defending well for now.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keresztes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Keresztes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackson lands a leg kick that knocks Keresztes off balance momentarily.
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!
Jackson scores with a leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jackson!
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Good leg kick by Jackson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Keresztes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Keresztes is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Are you kidding me?! Jackson ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Keresztes clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lyoto Jackson!
Lyoto Jackson very nearly forgot to thank Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.