PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Jones (ranked 2396 p4p, 3668 weight class) and Kajulik Van Dorner (ranked 311 p4p, 416 weight class). Van Dorner has chosen Fancy Fan Action as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Kajulik Van Dorner was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Jones
vs
Van Dorner

179 cm
26
194
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
27
196
4 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kajulik Van Dorner!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A chopping leg kick lands by Van Dorner.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Van Dorner counters with a good low kick that Jones was not able to check.
Van Dorner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jones is out of range and Van Dorner settles back down.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Dorner.
Jones misses with a double jab

and Van Dorner moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Van Dorner breaks from the clinch.
Jones shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Van Dorner pinned against the cage. Van Dorner gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
As Jones backs off Van Dorner throws a huge counter combo but Jones manages to avoid it all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jones avoids the head kick by Van Dorner.
Van Dorner throws a big shot that misses.
Van Dorner throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Jones half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Van Dorner connects with a nice looking jab.
Jones dives in and grabs Van Dorner's left leg, looking for a takedown. Van Dorner pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Van Dorner 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.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Van Dorner saw that one coming.
Jones changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Van Dorner tries to avoid it but Jones manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Van Dorner to the ground. Van Dorner escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jones looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Dorner tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Van Dorner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Dorner throws a lazy head kick

and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones trying to control from half guard but Van Dorner is working away.
Van Dorner flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Jones is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Van Dorner defends it well.
Van Dorner is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Dorner punching from the bottom.

Van Dorner is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Jones has latched onto it... Big trouble! Jones pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Van Dorner is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jack Jones!
Jack Jones decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.