PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rung Thrym (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apollo Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thrym comes to the cage accompanied by We Are - Hollywood Undead. The crowd seem to be enjoying Jackson's choice of entrance music: LIVING IN AMERICA BY JAMES BROWN. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Thrym
vs
Jackson

195 cm
25
222 lbs
14 - 2 - 1

179 cm
33
217 lbs
23 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction

Conquer
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rung Thrym!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Apollo Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Thrym, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thrym misses with a looping right.
Jackson lands a slapping body shot.
Thrym looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Thrym avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Jackson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Thrym checks a leg kick nicely.
Thrym throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jackson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thrym sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson throws the kick towards the body but Thrym avoids it.
A cross from Thrym lands.
Jackson drops his hands momentarily and Thrym takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Thrym tries to score with a low kick but Jackson moves his leg out of the way.
Jackson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Thrym.
Apollo Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left lands for Jackson.
Thrym takes a swing at Jackson's ribcage but misses.
Jackson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Thrym avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Jackson throws a front kick aimed at Thrym's knee but Thrym avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrym throws a body kick that misses
and Jackson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jackson slips a jab from Thrym.
Nice straight punches there by Thrym. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thrym.
Jackson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thrym looks to land a body kick but Jackson moved away.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thrym fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jackson just manages to avoid it.
Thrym misses with an uppercut.
Thrym is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A good leg kick by Thrym.
Thrym throws a leg kick
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thrym shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jackson throws a push kick but Thrym slaps the foot to one side.
Jackson looks for the body kick but Thrym saw that one coming.
Jackson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Thrym counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Thrym takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thrym is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Thrym tries a head kick but it misses.
Thrym lands a leg kick that knocks Jackson off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thrym lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thrym buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Thrym misses its intended target.
Jackson feints the counter takedown.
Thrym tries a low kick but Jackson avoids it.
Thrym moves out of range of the leg kick from Jackson.
Thrym looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Jackson scores with a hook to the body. Thrym takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thrym uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
Thrym was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Thrym scores with a sloppy right hand. Jackson should have avoided that one.
Thrym cracks Jackson with an open hand slap.
Thrym checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Thrym misses the jab.
Jackson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thrym.
Decent striking displayed by Jackson there.
Jackson checks a leg kick.
Thrym throws a leg kick but Jackson moved away.
Thrym looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackson is just out of range.
Jackson wants to land a leg kick but Thrym is out of range.

Jackson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Thrym tries to get to full guard but Jackson has control of the leg.
Jackson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Thrym moves into full guard.
Thrym keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Thrym wants to hit a switch here but Jackson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Thrym there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Thrym really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Thrym is working hard here to advance position.
Thrym tries to hold on but Jackson pushes him away.
Thrym is in a horrible position here. Jackson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jackson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson landing strikes, looking to finish!

Thrym is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Apollo Jackson will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Thrym throws a leg kick that misses.
Thrym checks the leg kick.
Rung Thrym is winning the standup battle so far.
Jackson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
Thrym moves out of range of the leg kick from Jackson.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thrym.
Thrym is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jackson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Thrym misses the target.
Thrym scores with a body shot.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thrym throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jackson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jackson throws a head kick but Thrym moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A quick step to the side and Thrym tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jackson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thrym.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thrym connects with an inside leg kick.
Jackson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Thrym rather than just go for the knockout.
Jackson drops his hands momentarily and Thrym takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Thrym lands a head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thrym manages to avoid it.
Jackson scores with a nice head shot.
Jackson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jackson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jackson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Thrym avoids it well.
Jackson wants to slow Thrym down by chopping away at his legs.
Thrym uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jackson has time to react.
Jackson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thrym is fending him off so far but Jackson persists. Nope, Thrym circles away and we're back to standing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Thrym, as that shot connected.

Jackson throws a left that rocks Thrym and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Jackson dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Thrym regain composure!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

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!
Thrym manages to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jackson works his way into side control.
Thrym is trying to improve his position.
Sloppy strikes there by Jackson.
Jackson controls the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Jackson.
Jackson is chipping away with strikes.
Apollo Jackson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jackson scoring with punches from side control.
Thrym tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jackson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jackson scores with a couple of short elbows.
Jackson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thrym sneaks back into half guard.
Thrym desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jackson tries to pass to full mount but Thrym defends it.
Thrym is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jackson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Thrym does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Thrym tries to roll over but Jackson keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jackson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jackson trying to control the action but Thrym is working from the bottom.
Thrym trying to hold on to Jackson's head to control him but Jackson postures up.
Nice strikes from Jackson there.
Ground and pound from Jackson.
Thrym tries to get to full guard but Jackson has control of the leg.
Jackson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thrym with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jackson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jackson drops Thrym with a big left hand! Thrym is injured, injured bad! Jackson jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Apollo Jackson!
During a confident post fight interview, Apollo Jackson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.