PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Davido Monto (ranked 423 p4p, 60 weight class) and Bubba Jones (ranked 559 p4p, 75 weight class). Davido Monto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Monto
vs
Jones

182 cm
22
195 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
200 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Vegan Gains

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Davido Monto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bubba Jones!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Monto throws a big right hand that misses.
Monto won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Monto wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Jones wants to sweep here but Monto controlling him for the moment.
Jones is still trying to improve position.
Jones lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jones working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

Monto looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Monto wants to sweep but no luck.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Monto looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Monto looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Monto looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Monto looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jones must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Monto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jones can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jones postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jones with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Monto's head.

Monto is rocked!
Jones connects with a couple of short punches.
Oh Monto is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Monto looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jones passes into side control.
A big shot lands for Jones! That's hurt Monto! Will he recover? Jones fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bubba Jones!
Bubba Jones is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Bubba Jones thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.