PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Jackson (ranked 1750 p4p, 246 weight class) and Devin Tucker (ranked 20965 p4p, 746 weight class). The key to victory for Luke Jackson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Jackson
vs
Tucker

185 cm
27
180 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
175 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luke Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Devin Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jackson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tucker. Tucker circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Tucker takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Jackson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tucker prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.

Jackson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tucker on the side of the head.
Jackson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jackson thuds his right hand into Tucker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Tucker is rocked!

It looks like Devin Tucker has been cut.
Tucker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tucker is still on wobbly legs! Can Jackson finish him?
Tucker gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Jackson gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Jackson!
A less than humble Luke Jackson misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.