PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between dr pepper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mike jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for dr pepper has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

pepper
vs
jones

200 cm
24
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, dr pepper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, mike jones!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

pepper shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
jones sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
pepper thows a huge punch but jones dodges it nicely.
jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from pepper.
jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from pepper.
pepper not landing any meaningful shots this time.
pepper thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
jones moves into full guard.
pepper throwing strikes from guard but jones blocks nicely.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now jones is on top in guard.
jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
jones wants to control from the top but pepper keeps moving.
pepper knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for jones on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
jones stopping the sweep attempt from pepper.
jones looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
pepper thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
jones lands a couple of digs.

jones stands up and waves to pepper to follow him.
pepper shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has jones pinned against the cage. jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
pepper shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has jones pinned against the cage. jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
pepper is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
jones stuffs the takedown attempt from pepper. pepper gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for dr pepper. That's going to take a lot out of him.

jones closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - jones lands in his opponent's guard.
jones slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
jones slips nicely into half guard.
jones controlling the action here.
pepper tries to roll over but jones keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
jones working the head and body with strikes.

jones postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for pepper to stand up.
jones throws and low kick but pepper moves out of range easily.

jones bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
jones has knee on belly and moves into mount.
jones content just to control the position here.
pepper on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if pepper tries to get out of the position.
pepper gives up his back whilst trying to strike.
pepper is in bad spot here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
pepper takes a big shot to the side of the head.
pepper can't escape the position.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

jones has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for pepper! Can he survive? No! He's out! jones gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). mike jones!