PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sam Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heimo Hats (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Amazing - Kanye West. Heimo Hats struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 157.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Heimo Hats told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Jones
vs
Hats

195 cm
18
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

201 cm
22
165 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Hellbent, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sam Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Heimo Hats!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hats tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Hats throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hats shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hats throws out a leg kick but Jones moves out of range and Hats only half commits.
Hats fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch but Hats moves out of range.
Hats circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hats wants to clinch

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hats blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hats takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Jones will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hats up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hats takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones lands a nice knee to the body.
Jones landing knees to the body.
Hats looks gassed!
Jones scores a nice knee to the body.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones lands a nice knee to the body.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Hats drags the fight down to the ground.
Jones looking to pass the guard.

Hats is working an open guard so Jones takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Jones looks to clinch

and Hats counters with a takedown into side control.
Jones really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones is not content to let Hats control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking for a sweep.
Hats trying to control the position but Jones is working away.
Jones parries the strikes from Hats easily there. Hats is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jones to escape.
Jones is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hats off and has taken his back!
Jones controlling from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hats controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Jones gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Jones avoiding Hats 's attempts to control his hands.
Jones controlling the position well here. Hats rolled but Jones kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Jones struggling to keep hold of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones is really struggling to control Hats but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Hats trying to get back to his feet but Jones is in full control for now.

Hats showing good submission defense here.
Jones trying to control momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Jones dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hats avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones tries to clinch up but Hats circles away and keeps his distance.
Hats misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hats changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hats will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones tries to clinch up but Hats circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to clinch but Hats is having none of it.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Hats pushes him off.
Hats is breathing heavily.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch

so Hats counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Hats misses with a leg kick

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Hats shrugs off.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Hats looking for a takedown.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hats lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones landing knees to the body.
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hats lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones scores with a knee to the head.
Jones lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Hats takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones stops a takedown attempt from Hats.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hats lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones with a knee to the head.
Hats lands a nice uppercut.
Hats 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.
Sam Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heimo Hats.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jones prevents the takedown attempt.
Hats takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Hats blocks it.
Hats has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hats jumps guard but Jones stands there with Hats around his waist. Hats gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hats drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jones pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hats misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones tries to clinch but Hats moves away

and Hats counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hats.
Jones pulls Hats in close to prevent any damage.
Hats tries to stand but Jones is controlling from the bottom.
Hats tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatsis looking to pass into half guard but Jones pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Jones is in guard.
Hats trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.
Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Jones decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hats, up you get!
Jones tries to clinch there but Hats circles away.
Sam Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Hats pushes him off.
Hats misses with a double jab

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heimo Hats 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! And we move into the final round!

Hats swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heimo Hats is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hats closes the distance looking to clinch

and Jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hats fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hats presses Jones against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hats lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones taking a breather.
Hats missing with knees to the body.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hats wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hats is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hats takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Jones.
The is referee keeping an eye on Jones - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hats tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Knees to the body from Jones.
Jones with a knee to the head.
Jones lands an elbow just above Hats 's eye.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Hats in his tracks for a moment.
Jones has Hats pressed against the cage.
Hats can't get the takedown.
Sam Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heimo Hats.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hats lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones lands a knee to the head.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hats's face.
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Hats content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jones prevents Hats from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hats tries to pull guard but Jones holds him up against the cage and eventually Hats drops back down to his feet.
Hats avoiding damage.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hats's defenses.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Hats in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Jones.

Hats manages to break the clinch.
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch there but Hats circles away.
Jones is looking to clinch but Hats is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch up

and Hats counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jones won't be happy with that.
You can see the frustration on Jones's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Hats stands up.
Hats closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hats circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hats counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hats keeps the fight on the outside.
Hats keeps the fight on the outside.
Hats circles away from the clinch attempt

and Hats counters with a shoot takedown. Jones fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hats stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hats postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Heimo Hats comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hats has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heimo Hats!