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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson has chosen Sail as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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143 lbs
36 - 32 - 1 |
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21
145 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 32 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Luiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Jackson !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luiz clinches with his opponent.
Luiz lands with a light punch inside.
Jackson jumps guard but Luiz stands there with Jackson around his waist. Jackson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jackson is trying to pull guard but Luiz turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jackson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Luiz to keep the fight standing.
David Luiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Jackson .
Luiz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A punch combination from Luiz misses.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jackson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Luiz jabs Jackson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jackson ducks right into an uppercut from Luiz.
Good standup being displayed there by Luiz as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luiz throws a one two combo.
Jackson is rocked!
Luiz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz has Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Luiz lands a right hand.
Luiz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Luiz manages to break the clinch.
Luiz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jackson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Luiz.
Luiz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jackson walks into a left hand.
Jackson is still on wobbly legs! Can Luiz finish him?
Jackson ducks straight into an uppercut from Luiz and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Jackson manages to regain guard straight away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luiz stands and steps away. Jackson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson fails with the takedown
and Luiz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Luiz misses with a combination
and Jackson counters with a shoot takedown. Luiz fights it but they end up in guard.
Jackson seems to have recovered his senses.
Jackson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Luiz's guard.
Jackson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Luiz scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Luiz swinging wildly here.
Luiz jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Luiz closes the distance and pushes Jackson back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
David Luiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luiz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Luiz is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Luiz rushes Jackson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Luiz breaks the clinch.
Luiz connects with a body shot that sends Jackson 's belly button to the back.
Luiz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jackson .
Jackson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Luiz but Luiz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've been told by Luiz's head coaches at Roosters Coop that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Luiz cracks a nice hook into Jackson 's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luiz scores with a shot to the body.
Luiz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luiz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luiz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jackson s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Luiz digs a good body shot into Jackson 's ribs.
Luiz rushes Jackson and presses him up against the cage.
Luiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luiz drops Jackson with a left and a right! Oh, Jackson is hurt - Luiz dives into side control looking to finish!
Jackson tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Luiz presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luiz content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Luiz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Luiz instigates a clinch.
Luiz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson takes one to the side of the head.
David Luiz is winning the standup battle so far.
Luiz scores with a jab to the head.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses
and Luiz counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Jackson falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). David Luiz!
The defeated Joe Jackson had this to say: 'It was a gud fight and he came out well, he did wat he did. I would like to say sorry to my fans and I promise to be back strong and better if he is gonna accept a rematch!!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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