PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zedicus Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philemon Christou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jones might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Heroes. Christou comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Slipknot - Disasterpiece kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Zedicus Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jones
vs
Christou

168 cm
20
135 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

168 cm
24
144 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zedicus Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Philemon Christou!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Christou looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Christou stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Christou stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.
Jones manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jones has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Christou's face.
Christou wants to control but Jones is having none of it.
Jones pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jones tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
A nice elbow there by Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones looking to secure an arm triangle but Christou defends it well.
Jones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jones has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Christou's face.
Christou prevents Jones from taking his back.

Jones looking to secure an arm triangle but Christou defends it well.
Jones lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Christou hang on?
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Jones lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jones can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Christou is looking to escape.
Christou is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Jones has taken his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Christou is trying to shake Jones off. He's managed it and has hopped back to his feet! Jones won't be happy about giving up the dominant position.

Jones pushes Christou up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones stalling the fight.
Christou tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Christou looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Christou gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Christou blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Christou has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Christou wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Christou wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones lands a nice uppercut.
Jones lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Christou.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Christou.
Christou blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Christou is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Christou's defenses.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Christou looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones stalling.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.

Christou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jones drives through and clinches with Christou against the cage.

Jones gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Christou wants to get back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Jones uses his free foot to push down on Christou's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Christou.

Jones working for a submission but Christou is keeping him at bay.
Jones has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Christou in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones content just to control the position here.
Christou takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Christou can't escape the position.

Jones is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Zedicus Jones!