PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Blood is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jones
vs
Blood

182 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

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Brawler
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Blood!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jones.
Blood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Blood tries to avoid it but Jones manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Blood to the ground. Blood escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from Blood does no damage.
Blood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Blood gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jones to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Blood doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Jones throwing strikes but missing.
Blood looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a strike but Blood rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jones trying to strike off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blood working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jones throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Jones throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Blood moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Blood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Blood wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Blood misses with a double jab.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Blood.
Jones throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Blood in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Blood wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Blood should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Jones taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Blood advances nicely into full mount.
Blood trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jones is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Blood landing strikes from the mount and Jones is in trouble!
Blood is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jones flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jones flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Blood lands a nice shot to the head.
Blood in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Blood landing strikes from the mount.
Blood working Jones over with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blood tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Blood dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Blood doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Jones counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Blood is looking to escape.
Blood moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Blood is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Jones drops back looking for a leg! Blood is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Blood manages to kick Jones off! Jones jumps back into Blood's guard.
Blood is breathing heavily.
Jones lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones drops back looking for a leg! Blood is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Blood manages to kick Jones off! Jones jumps back into Blood's guard.
Blood has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Blood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Blood is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Jones dives into side control.

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.
Blood tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Jones is putting a hurting on Blood here, landing some big shots from side control.
Blood tries to bench press Jones off him but Jones keeps the position.
Check out the look on Jones's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Jones swings around for an armbar but Blood sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Jones's guard.
Blood controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood striking from half guard on the bottom.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blood's head.
Blood flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Jones slips a nice elbow through Blood's hands, connecting with Blood's forehead.

Blood is defending against the submission attempts here by Jones.
Blood slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four 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 is working Blood over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Blood uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Jones with a lazy takedown attempt

and Blood counters with a takedown into side control.
Jones manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Jones looking for submissions off his back.
Blood working over Jones with some ground and pound. Jones looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Blood looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Jones dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Blood tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones with a poor takedown
and Blood counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Blood shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jones defends it nicely.
Blood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Blood counters with a two punch combo.

Jones feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Blood wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.
Blood wants to stand and escape but Jones is having none of it.
Blood not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood wants to sweep but no luck.

Jones thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Blood throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Jones is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Blood thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jones misses with a takedown

and Blood counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Blood avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jones keeps control of Blood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blood is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

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.

Blood breaks the clinch.
Jones tries for a takedown but Blood circles away easily

and Blood counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jones won't be happy with that.
Jones takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jones misses with a strike from the bottom.
Jones is looking for a sweep.
Blood misses with the ground and pound.
Blood trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Jones tries to strike but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws an elbow that doesn't really do any damage.
Jones tries to strike but it doesn't land.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Blood scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Blood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Blood counters with a shoot takedown. Jones fights it but they end up in guard.

Jones has his foot on Blood's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Blood works his way back into a safe position though.
Jones tries to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Blood gets to his feet - Jones follows without any prompting.
No joy there for Blood, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones fails with the takedown.

Blood shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Blood cracks Jones with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jones regains half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jones looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blood controlling the action here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Blood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Blood has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Blood!