PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Prozak - Under The Rain. Davis has chosen Crash by 12 Stones as his entrance music. Johnny Davis will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Jones
vs
Davis

158 cm
22
145 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
24
145 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jordan Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Davis!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Davis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Davis.
Davis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Davis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones fails to land the takedown.
Davis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Davis throws a one two combo.
Jones defending well as Davis loads up on a big left hand.
Davis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jones backs up against the cage.
Davis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.

Davis closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jones did well to prevent Davis getting side control.
Jones is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Jones is not content to let Davis control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones is trying to get back to full guard.
Jones is trying to maintain the position but Davis is very close to passing his half guard.
Jones is looking to get back to full guard here but Davis has managed to pass to side control instead.
Davis scoring with strikes but Jones is staying in there.
Jones is trying desperately to improve position.
Davis avoids the attempt from Jones to control.
Davis fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to escape the mount.
Jones wants to hold on but Davis pushes him away.
Davis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jones wants to control but Davis is having none of it.
Davis lands with some strikes.
Jones is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Davis breaks from Jones's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jones is breathing heavily.
The referee warns Jones that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Davis controlling the position easily from mount.
Davis postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jones looks a forlorn figure.
Jones really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
A nice elbow there by Davis.
Davis looking to control and managing it successfully.
Davis with shots to the head and body - Jones looks very uncomfortable down there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Davis scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jones is working to get back to half guard.
Davis looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jones is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones wants to control but Davis is having none of it.
Davis lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Davis dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Davis cracks a nice hook into Jones's ribs.

Davis shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Davis passes the guard and advances to mount!
Davis punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jones tries to hold on but Davis pushes him away.
Davis prevents Jones from getting the reversal.
Davis cracks Jones with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davis wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.
Davis landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Jones might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Davis works his way into full mount!
The referee warns Jones that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Davis scores with a couple of good head shots there.
BOOM! Davis connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jones is wriggling around trying to escape.
Davis tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Davis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Davis.
Jones is looking to improve his position but Davis isn't that keen on the idea.
Davis punishing his opponent with strikes.
Davis with good strikes from the mount here!
Davis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Jones is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Oh Jones is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Davis lands a big elbow.
Jones is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Davis lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jones hang on?
Jones tries to hold on but Davis postures up.
Jones seems to have got his legs back now.
Davis with shots to the head and body - Jones looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Davis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Johnny Davis has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jones in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Davis looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jones is trying desperately to improve position.
Davis lands a nice shot to the head.
A nice elbow there by Davis.
Jones is desperately trying to improve his position but Davis has a good base and remains in mount.
Davis looking to finish Jones with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jones!
Davis in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jones tries to reverse the position but Davis maintains control.
Davis lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jones hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
BOOM! Davis connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Davis's attempts to control the action.
Davis in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Davis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Davis scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Davis prevents Jones from getting the reversal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis landing shots from mount.
Davis with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Jones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A punch lands to the side of Jones 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Davis throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Davis fails with the takedown

and Jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Davis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jones fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Johnny Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones defending well as Davis loads up on a big left hand.
Davis misses with an uppercut.
Davis misses with a straight left.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt
and Davis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Jones shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Davis is trying to defend but Jones finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis keeping control of the position.
Davis tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Davis is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jones is trying to control the action in half guard but Davis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jones is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Davis trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jones fails to move to back control.

Jones jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Davis is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Davis and Jones has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Jones working away.
Davis gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Jones is trying to control the action in half guard but Davis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Davis regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Jones.
Davis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
Davis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.
Jones trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Davis scores with a jab.
Davis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jones in his tracks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Davis scores with a jab. Jones acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Davis.

Davis decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Jones wants to get back to full guard but Davis has passed into side control.
The referee warns Jones that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jones is wriggling around trying to escape.
Davis landing punches.
Jordan Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
Jones is desperately trying to improve his position but Davis has a good base and remains in mount.
Johnny Davis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Davis lands with some strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Davis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Davis winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 25:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Davis!