PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Erik Thorvaldson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Thorvaldson
vs
Jackson

186 cm
26
189 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

189 cm
26
197 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Vikai Gear Island
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Erik Thorvaldson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rodney Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorvaldson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thorvaldson punishes Jackson's body with a nice straight punch.
Jackson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thorvaldson scores with a jab. Jackson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Thorvaldson jabs Jackson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jackson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thorvaldson throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Thorvaldson jabs Jackson right on the nose. Jackson blinks but takes it well.
Thorvaldson scores with the left hand. Jackson knows he should have avoided that one.
Jackson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jackson takes one to the chin there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jackson defending well as Thorvaldson loads up on a big left hand.
A low kick from Jackson misses
and Thorvaldson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorvaldson scores with a nice right hand.
Thorvaldson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thorvaldson walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Jackson drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Thorvaldson swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Jackson's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erik Thorvaldson!
Erik Thorvaldson retains his middleweight title!
Erik Thorvaldson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.