PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fats Jones (ranked 4705 p4p, 4145 weight class) and Boh Boh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boh Boh is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jones
vs
Boh

189 cm
25
243
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
272
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fats Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Boh Boh!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boh shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jones but Jones pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Donk. Jones catches Boh right on the button with a cross.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Boh is defended easily by Jones.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Boh on the side of the head.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from Boh, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jones is looking for a counter combo.
Fats Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boh Boh.
Boh throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Boh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boh misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Boh scores with a jab to the body.
Boh looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Boh looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Jones lands.
Nice shot by Jones.
Boh's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jones connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Boh scrambles back to his feet.

Boh closes the distance and clinches.
Boh drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jones gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Jones manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Boh rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boh ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Fats Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Boh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boh.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones sets himself, and Boh steps forward looking for the clinch! Jones avoids it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Boh sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Boh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Boh has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Boh keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Boh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boh moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Boh clinches with his opponent.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Boh.
Jones seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Fats Jones dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Boh misses with a looping left.
Jones cracks Boh with an open hand slap.
Jones is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Boh tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Boh moves into the clinch.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.

Boh manages to pull guard.
Jones wants to control from the top but Boh keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boh has Jones pulled in close to control his posture.
Boh looking to control.
Jones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Boh on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to stand and escape but instead Boh has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Boh is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Jones is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Jones has escaped and now he's on top!

Jones being controlled here momentarily.

Jones gets to his feet. Boh looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boh can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boh shoots in but no luck this time.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Boh.
Jones was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Boh dives in and grabs Jones's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes down on Boh's head and hops out.
Fats Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boh Boh.
Boh throws a wild body kick that Jones sees coming a mile off.

Boh has taken the fight to the clinch.
Boh has Jones pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jones manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Boh taking a breather.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Boh has double underhooks.
Jones could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to break free but Boh pushes him back against the cage.
Boh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Boh leaning against his opponent.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones stalling in the clinch but Boh improves position.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Boh tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Boh can't get the takedown.
Jones wants to break free but Boh has control.

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 wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Boh has the dominant position.
Boh misses with some punches.
Boh is trying to drag Jones to the mat but Jones just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones prevents the takedown attempt.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones can't break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Fats Jones will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Boh tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Boh looks to move away, Jones throws a big counter combo but Boh just gets out of the way.
Jones misses with a looping left.
Boh is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Jones scores with a jab.
Boh avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Boh closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones circles away.
Jones is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Boh.
Jones leaves Boh with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boh doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fats Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boh Boh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws the left hand but Boh avoids the punch easily.
Boh is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jones with a body shot.
Jones lands with an uppercut that bounces Boh off the cage and back into range.
Boh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Boh does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Fats Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.

Boh clinches up against the cage.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Boh attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Boh closes the distance and clinches.
Fats Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Boh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Boh does no damage.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Boh.
Boh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones lunges at Boh with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Boh's hand.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jones here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Boh wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Boh changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jones tries to avoid it but Boh manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jones to the ground. Jones escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Boh takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Boh.
Boh shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Boh gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Boh's hands.
Boh shoots for a takedown but Jones saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jones throwing a counter right hand but Boh manages to avoid it.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Boh tries to counter with a clinch but Jones shakes him off and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jones misses with a hook. Boh ducked under it nicely.
Boh Boh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boh shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jones as he avoids it easily.
Jones swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Boh tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
And Boh tries to counter it with a takedown but Jones pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Jones looks to land a combination but Boh avoids it well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
and Boh cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Boh Boh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boh tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fats 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27

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