PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Oswald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oswald has chosen Bathory-Blood, Fire, Death as his entrance music. Roger Oswald has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jones
vs
Oswald

186 cm
24
195 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
195 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger Oswald!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones looks to land a right hand but Oswald moved out of range.
Oswald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jones lands a jab to the nose.
Jab from Jones.

Oswald closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Oswald missing with knees to the body.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Oswald.
Oswald keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Oswald misses with an elbow strike.
Oswald with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oswald creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oswald tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Oswald wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Oswald moves away from the strike by Jones.
Oswald slips a straight right by Jones.

Jones scores with a takedown into Oswald's guard.
Jones tries to stand but Oswald is controlling from the bottom.
Oswald working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.

Jones drops back looking for a leg! Oswald is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Oswald manages to kick Jones off! Jones jumps back into Oswald's guard.
Oswald avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Oswald manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jones can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Oswald controls the pace.
Jones keeping full guard, as Oswald tries to pass.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jones tests Oswald's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones.
Oswald tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Oswald is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oswald wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oswald tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Oswald.
Jones connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Oswald's hands.
Jones stalks Oswald and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Oswald's face. Oswald staggers backwards, shaken.
Roger Oswald is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oswald stuffs the takedown attempt from Jones. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Oswald wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Oswald doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.

Jones fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Oswald sprawls well initially but Jones persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oswald is trying to stand.
Oswald is trying to maintain the position but Jones is very close to passing his half guard.
Oswald is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Oswald is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Oswald avoid being mounted?
Oswald holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones prevents Oswald from standing back up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice cross by Jones.
Oswald tries to clinch up.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jones.
Oswald is trying to get back to half guard.

Jones decides to stand up, so the ref orders Oswald to his feet.
Jones scores with a jab.

Oswald rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jones is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Oswald has him pressed against the cage.
Oswald misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oswald misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oswald is keeping busy.
Oswald unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Oswald landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oswald lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oswald lands a knee to the body.
Oswald lands a knee to the body.
Oswald with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Oswald lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Oswald.
Oswald with a knee to the head.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Oswald lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Oswald tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Oswald.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oswald is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Jones dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Oswald tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones closes this distance looking for a takedown but Oswald circles away.
Oswald keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Oswald slips under a jab.
Jones throws a hook but Oswald avoids it easily.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Oswald.
Oswald is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Oswald tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Oswald is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oswald is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oswald avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oswald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones misses with a leg kick.
Jones connects with the punch.
Jones lands a lovely overhand right.
Jones lands the left hand.
Oswald wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones tries to bum rush Oswald with a series of wild strikes but Oswald uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Oswald closes the distance and clinches.
Oswald misses with an elbow over the top.
Oswald looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oswald using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Oswald keeps him there for the moment.
Oswald throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Oswald just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Oswald keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Oswald won't allow it.
Jones is trying to break free.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Oswald has double underhooks.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Oswald is controlling the position.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Oswald connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oswald tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Oswald creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oswald lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Oswald crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
Oswald keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Oswald has him pressed against the cage.
Oswald throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Oswald looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oswald lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Oswald just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Oswald misses with a knee to the head.
Oswald misses with an elbow over the top.
Oswald looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oswald looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oswald throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oswald comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oswald lands a nice elbow.
Oswald looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Oswald crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
Oswald using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.
Oswald pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Oswald throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oswald throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones wants to break free but Oswald has control.
Knees to the body from Oswald.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oswald throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Oswald.
With the fighters up against the cage, Oswald throws an elbow but misses.
Oswald throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oswald lands a nice elbow.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Oswald.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Oswald won't allow it.
Oswald misses with an elbow strike.
Oswald pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Oswald throws an elbow that misses.
Jones is leaning against Oswald and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Oswald just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oswald misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oswald.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Jones stalling in the clinch but Oswald improves position.
Oswald using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Oswald.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Oswald keeps him there for the moment.
Oswald trying to land knees to the body.
Jones stalling in the clinch but Oswald improves position.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones is trying to break free.
Oswald throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Oswald using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Jones breaks the clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jones.
Jones landing strikes.
Oswald wants to control but Jones postures up.
Jones lands a few punches from side control.
Jones has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jones is chipping away with strikes.
Oswald managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jones.
Oswald is trying to get back to half guard.
Jones throws a strike aimed at the side of Oswald's head but Oswald avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Jones dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Oswald takes a jab right on the kisser.
A jab from Jones misses.
Oswald tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oswald ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oswald fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Oswald displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Jones takes a swing at Oswald's ribcage but misses.
Oswald uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
Oswald uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Oswald moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Oswald has time to react.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Oswald.
A big left from Jones misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oswald slips under a jab from Jones.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oswald manages to avoid it.
Jones scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oswald clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Oswald.
Oswald lands a nice knee to the body.
Oswald throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oswald tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Oswald lands an elbow inside.
Oswald tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Oswald.
Oswald prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Oswald has him pressed against the cage.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Oswald.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Oswald lands an elbow inside.
Oswald lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oswald creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Oswald pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Oswald throws an elbow that misses.
Oswald throws an elbow but it misses.
Oswald misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Oswald.
Oswald looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oswald throws an elbow that misses.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Oswald has him pressed against the cage.
Oswald creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Oswald pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Oswald looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Oswald is controlling the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oswald.
Oswald prevents a body shot from Jones.
Oswald looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Oswald.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Oswald has double underhooks.
Roger Oswald seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Oswald misses with an elbow strike.
Oswald lands a damaging elbow.
Oswald tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Oswald misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Oswald throws an elbow but it misses.
Good body shot from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jones moves into range and connects with a jab.
Oswald fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Oswald but Oswald pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Roger Oswald has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Oswald gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oswald lands an elbow inside.
Oswald tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones wants to break free but Oswald has control.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Oswald.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oswald wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jones scores with a shot to the body.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oswald is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Jones misses.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oswald with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.
Oswald is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oswald moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
James Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jones cracks Oswald with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.

Oswald fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Oswald.
Oswald throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Oswald.
Oswald misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Oswald has double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Oswald throws an elbow but misses.
Oswald throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oswald lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
A body shot lands from Jones.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jones, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Jones!