PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrique Silva Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodney Jackson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jackson
vs
Silva Gomes

189 cm
25
197 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
182 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Highland Clothing

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 The Island, Rodney Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Henrique Silva Gomes!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson throws the kick towards the body but Silva Gomes avoids it.
Silva Gomes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva Gomes throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Silva Gomes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jackson. That did some damage!
Jackson throws a head kick but Silva Gomes moves out of range.
Silva Gomes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jackson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva Gomes.
Jackson looks to land a right hand but Silva Gomes moved out of range.
Silva Gomes lands a leg kick that knocks Jackson off balance momentarily.
Silva Gomes takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Henrique Silva Gomes has been cut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva Gomes.
Jackson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva Gomes can pounce on him.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva Gomes throws a push kick but Jackson slaps the foot to one side.
Jackson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Silva Gomes scores with a leg kick.
A big right from Jackson misses.
Jackson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jackson misses the shot to the body.
A head kick from Silva Gomes lands but Jackson takes it in his stride.

Jackson lands a big uppercut and Silva Gomes crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Silva Gomes looks OK. Jackson waves Silva Gomes back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva Gomes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva Gomes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jackson scores with a body shot.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick.
Jackson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
Jackson lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Silva Gomes falls backwards - clearly groggy! Jackson dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodney Jackson!
Our winner, Rodney Jackson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.