PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Idi Ota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Jackson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ota
vs
Jackson

184 cm
28
287 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

195 cm
29
289 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Kangaroo Punch (Formally Happy Pills) - Laundry 90

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Idi Ota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Ben Watson and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ota walks into a left hand.

It looks like Idi Ota has been cut.
Ota tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ota tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ota manages to avoid it.
Ota is looking for a counter combo.
Jackson misses the shot to the body.

Ota forces Jackson back against the ropes and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ota just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jackson's brow.
Jackson tries to circle away but Ota has him pinned against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ota.
Jackson looks winded!
Ota looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Ota putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jackson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ota landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ota lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ota tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
Ota is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ota putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jackson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ota misses with a knee to the head.
Ota lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jackson.
Ota landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ota working Jackson over with knees to the body.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like John Jackson has been cut.
Ota gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ota scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ota gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Ota.
Ota landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ota obliges.
Ota scores a nice knee to the body.
Ota lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up John Jackson's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ota working Jackson over with knees to the body.
Ota scores a nice knee to the body.
A hook to the body from Ota.
Ota lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ota landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ota utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ota lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Ota.
I was talking to Ota's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ota looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Ota.
Ota using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jackson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ota presses Jackson against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ota lands a nice knee to the body.
Ota gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ota utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ota lands a nice knee to the body.
Ota with a knee to the head.

The cut above John Jackson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jackson avoiding damage as Ota throws knees to the body.
Ota with a knee to the head.
Ota lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ota obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ota lands a nice elbow.
Ota lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.

John Jackson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ota connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jackson takes a shot to the head.
Ota lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at John Jackson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Idi Ota!
A very excited looking Idi Ota 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.