PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raymond Reddington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jackson
vs
Reddington

185 cm
25
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

189 cm
19
183 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sun-Tzu
MayheM sportswear

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 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, John Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raymond Reddington!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reddington cracks Jackson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Reddington lands a jab to the nose.
Jackson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Reddington.
Reddington walks into a jab.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Reddington moves out of range easily.
Reddington lands a really nice looking cross but Jackson seems unphased.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Reddington circles away and keeps his distance.
Reddington swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Reddington sizes up Jackson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jackson drops his hands momentarily and Reddington takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson slips under a jab.
Reddington works Jackson's body with a nice hook.
Reddington lands with a good body shot.
A head kick from Jackson lands but Reddington takes it in his stride.
Reddington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reddington's corner calls for a 1-2. Reddington obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jackson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reddington throws a lazy uppercut
and Jackson counters with a body kick.
Reddington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
Raymond Reddington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reddington misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reddington looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackson is just out of range.
Jackson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Reddington lands a jab.
Jackson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Reddington circles away.
Reddington throws a hook to the side of Jackson's head but Jackson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reddington changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson wants to clinch but Reddington slips to the side
and Reddington counters with a nice body shot.
Jackson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jackson connects with the punch.
Jackson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reddington to score with a decent uppercut.
Reddington has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Jackson lands with a nice body punch.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reddington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reddington throws out a counter right but Jackson avoids it with no problem.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reddington.
Jackson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Reddington checks a leg kick.
Reddington misses with a few strikes there.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Reddington takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Reddington is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jackson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Reddington misses.
Good exchange - Reddington coming out on top.
Reddington misses with the combination.
Reddington tests Jackson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reddington darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Reddington uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reddington.
Reddington throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jackson on the side of the head.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reddington connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Reddington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jackson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jackson tries to clinch but Reddington is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands with a nice body punch.
Nice defenses there by Jackson.
Reddington scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jackson in his tracks.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reddington swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reddington swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Reddington swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jackson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A lazy left from Reddington finds it's target.
Jackson tries to move into range but Reddington moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Reddington keeps the fight on the outside.
Reddington scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Reddington avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reddington misses with a combination
and Jackson counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reddington feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jacksons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jackson tries to land a front kick but Reddington steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Reddington! But no joy.
Reddington misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reddington avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reddington misses with an uppercut. Jackson saw that one coming.
Jackson scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Reddington swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reddington is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jackson with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Reddington does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Reddington. Beautiful body shot.
Reddington misses with a straight right.
Jackson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A head kick from Jackson lands but Reddington takes it in his stride.
Reddington throws out a powerful jab.
Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jackson tries to clinch but Reddington is having none of it.
Jackson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reddington clobbers Jackson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Reddington scores with the left hand. Jackson knows he should have avoided that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A swing and a miss from Reddington.
Reddington changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Reddington misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reddington throws a looping overhand right but Jackson ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Reddington dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from Reddington.
Reddington throws an overhand right that lands on Jackson's shoulder, as Jackson tries to avoid the shot.
Reddington lands a really nice looking cross but Jackson seems unphased.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reddington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Reddington stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Reddington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Raymond Reddington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reddington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Reddington misses with an uppercut.
Reddington misses with a double jab.
Reddington scores with a nice strike.
Jackson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson lands a nice shot that snaps Reddington's head back.
Jackson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reddington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jackson lands with a hook. Reddington tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Reddington connects with a body shot.
Reddington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jackson has a couple of punches blocked by Reddington.
Reddington scores with a shot to the side of Jackson's head.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reddington avoids it.
Reddington lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jackson throws a head punch that misses.
Jackson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Reddington holds him up against the cage and eventually Jackson drops back down to his feet.
Jackson keeps control of Reddington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Jackson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Reddington just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jackson throws a head punch that misses.
Reddington managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Jackson working aggressively here.
Reddington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson has a couple of punches blocked by Reddington.
A nice left hand lands by Jackson.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reddington.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reddington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reddington throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Reddington misses the shot to the body.
Reddington keeps the fight on the outside.
Jackson tries to clinch but Reddington moves out of range.
Reddington pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Reddington circles away.
Reddington throws a good cross that connects.
Reddington misses with a head kick.
Jackson looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reddington swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reddington slips a jab from Jackson.
A shot to the liver by Reddington. Beautiful body shot.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Reddington keeps it at a distance.
Reddington takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Reddington looks to land a combination. Jackson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reddington with a hook.
Reddington looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.
Reddington misses with a body shot

and Jackson moves into the clinch.
Jackson misses with some punches.

Reddington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jackson moves away from the strike by Reddington.
Reddington scores with the left hand. Jackson knows he should have avoided that one.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick from Reddington.
Reddington cracks a nice hook into Jackson's ribs.
Reddington lands with a shot to the body.
Reddington keeps the fight on the outside.
Jackson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Reddington on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
Reddington throws a body punch but Jackson moves out of range.
Reddington scores with a decent looking hook.
Reddington throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Reddington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Jackson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Some wild striking there from Reddington.
Jackson lands a leg kick that knocks Reddington off balance momentarily.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Reddington circles away.
Reddington let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Reddington scores with a body shot.
Reddington connects with a jab.
Jackson tries to work over Reddington's front leg with a kick but Reddington checks it.
Jackson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Reddington at a distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Jackson.
Nice straight punches there by Reddington. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Reddington.
Reddington punishes Jackson's body with a nice straight punch.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Reddington keeps it at a distance.
Jackson is looking to clinch.
Reddington darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Reddington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reddington throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reddington throws out a counter right but Jackson avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Reddington catches Jackson right on the button with a cross.
Reddington on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice shot by Reddington.
Reddington scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Reddington throws a looping overhand right but Jackson ducks down to avoid it.
Reddington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson moves forwards but Reddington connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Reddington throws an overhand right that lands on Jackson's shoulder, as Jackson tries to avoid the shot.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Reddington throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson swings for the body but Reddington moves out of range.
Reddington is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reddington.
A punch lands to the side of Jackson 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Jackson moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Reddington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jackson moves into the clinch.
Reddington blocking some punches.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Reddington avoids the damage to the body.
Reddington blocks a body shot from Jackson.
Reddington blocks a body shot from Jackson.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jackson misses with some punches.
Reddington lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reddington lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jackson digs a right hand underneath Reddington's ribcage. Reddington let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reddington can't break the clinch.
Jackson throws a punch but it's blocked by Reddington.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reddington lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Jackson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Reddington holds him up against the cage and eventually Jackson drops back down to his feet.
Jackson tries to work over Reddington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jackson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reddington lands a hook that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Jackson working aggressively here.
Jackson misses with the head strike.
Jackson working aggressively here.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Reddington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson effectively controlling the action here.
Jackson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reddington's elbow.
Jackson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jackson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
John Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson struggles to land a body shot inside as Reddington controls his hands.
Jackson throws a head punch that misses.
Raymond Reddington is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jackson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Reddington manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raymond Reddington comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Reddington winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raymond Reddington!
Raymond Reddington decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.