PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vicente Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vicente Nunes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Nunes
vs
Jackson

185 cm
26
197 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
197 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vicente Nunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rodney Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nunes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jackson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Vicente Nunes has been cut.
Nunes tries to clinch up.
Rodney Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nunes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jackson.
Nunes misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
Nunes throws a lazy uppercut
and Jackson counters with a stiff right hand.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Nunes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Nunes rushes Jackson and presses him up against the cage.
Jackson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A short right from Nunes on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson takes a shot to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jackson obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.
Jackson looking to stall.
Nunes misses with some punches.
Nunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Jackson controls his hands.
Nunes lands a left hand.
Jackson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nunes is defending well for now.
Nunes has Jackson pushed against the cage.
Nunes misses with some punches.

Jackson breaks the clinch.
Nunes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackson throws a one two combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nunes gets a clinch.
Nunes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nunes can't find room to land a body shot as Jackson controls the action.
Jackson crunches a lovely knee into Nunes's ribcage.
Nunes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nunes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nunes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nunes misses with a body punch.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Nunes blocks with his arms.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Nunes avoids the damage to the body.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Jackson manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Nunes does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes shoots for a takedown but Jackson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jackson throws a combination that misses
and Nunes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jackson throws out a powerful jab.
Nunes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nunes shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jackson defends it nicely.
Nunes lands with a cross.
Jackson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a right hand that Nunes ducks under and follows up with a left that Nunes also avoids with ease.
Nunes slips under a jab from Jackson.
Nunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Nunes.
Jackson shapes to counter with a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nunes.
Nunes avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Nunes shoots in looking for a takedown. Jackson tries to sprawl out of it but Nunes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jackson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
As Nunes backs off Jackson throws a huge counter combo but Nunes manages to avoid it all.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vicente Nunes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodney Jackson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vicente Nunes's cut.
That's time! Nunes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jackson lunges at Nunes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nunes's hand.
Jackson throws a head kick but Nunes moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
Jackson misses with an uppercut
and Nunes counters with a straight right hand.
Nunes shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed Nunes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jackson throws a good cross that connects.
Rodney Jackson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jackson looks for the body kick but Nunes saw that one coming.
As Jackson tries to get set, Nunes tries to push him back and clinch up but Jackson manages to avoid the attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Nunes needs to keep his hands up - Jackson had a free shot at his head there.
Jackson scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jackson cracks Nunes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nunes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jackson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A shot to the body from Nunes misses
letting Jackson counter with a right hand.
Nunes blocks the body kick.
Nunes fails with the takedown.
Jackson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nunes cracks Jackson with a good jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jackson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nunes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jackson can pounce on him.
Nunes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
A head kick misses from Jackson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson scoring well with a low kick there.
Jackson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nunes ducks right into an uppercut from Jackson.
Jackson slips under a jab.
Nice body kick from Jackson.
Jackson punishes Nunes's body with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jackson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nunes scrambles back to his feet.

Vicente Nunes's cut is getting worse.

Nunes moves into the clinch.
Nunes blocks an uppercut.
Nunes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nunes.
Nunes is trying to stall.
Nunes throws a head punch that misses.
Nunes tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Nunes back against the cage.
Jackson scores a nice knee to the body.
Nunes controlling the action here for a moment.
Nunes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jackson obliges.
Nunes tries to score a body lock takedown but Jackson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vicente Nunes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nunes.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Nunes is blocking nicely.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nunes slowing the pace effectively.
A hook to the body from Jackson.
Jackson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nunes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nunes or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodney Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vicente Nunes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Nunes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it.
Nunes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Jackson drops Nunes with a beautiful combination! Nunes stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Jackson is looking for the KO!

Nunes is rocked!
Jackson ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Nunes's jaw. Nunes's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Jackson does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rodney Jackson!
During a confident post fight interview, Rodney Jackson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.