PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the ring accompanied by Mushroomhead. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Jones
vs
Ryan

180 cm
25
215 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
210 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Bio-Tech Industries

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Richard Ryan!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as Jones blocks the leg kick.
Ryan swinging wilding here.
Ryan throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice combination there by Jones.
Ryan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Ryan gets caught flat footed, as Jones shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jones working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ryan's head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones distracts Ryan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones with a nice head shot there.
Ryan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Jones is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Ryan blocks nicely.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Ryan.
Ryan looks gassed!
Jones prevents Ryan from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jones connects with a couple of short punches.

Jones drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jones jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jones cracks Ryan with a solid left hand.
Jones scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Ryan has wrist control.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jones stands up over Ryan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Jones drops back looking for a leg! Ryan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ryan manages to kick Jones off! Jones jumps back into Ryan's guard.
Ryan has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.
Jones with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jones is working Ryan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jones distracts Ryan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Jones postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jones is pushing down on Ryan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ryan is fighting to maintain full guard but Jones has managed to sneak the leg through.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jones is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Jones dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ryan drops his hands momentarily and Jones takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jones is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jones lands a jab to the nose.
Jones lands a head shot.

Jones scores with a takedown into Ryan's guard.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ryan's head.
Jones connects with a couple of short punches.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones is working Ryan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ryan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ryan is breathing heavily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands a couple of elbows.
Jones works over Ryan with some ground and pound from guard.
Jones slips nicely into half guard.
Ryan tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.

Jones is looking for a kimura but Ryan is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jones to get the leverage.
Jones winds up and cracks Ryan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jones landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jones working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Jones.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jones drops an elbow to the side of Ryan's head.
Jones lands with a punch from half guard.
Jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ryan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jones connects with a nice short shot to Ryan's temple.
Jones working over Ryan with some ground and pound. Ryan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Jones is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Ryan!
Jones scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ryan?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Ryan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jones has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ryan's face.
Jones with shots to the head and body - Ryan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!

Ryan has left one of his arms exposed and Jones doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Ryan screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jim Jones!