PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mooui Tai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mooui Tai has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Tai
vs
Jones

190 cm
19
265 lbs
2 - 3 - 1

190 cm
19
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mooui Tai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charles Jones!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Tai moves out of range easily.

Jones decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tai is looking to escape.
Jones lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from Jones.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Jones lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tai looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tai is breathing heavily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jones lands a nice short elbow.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ground and pound from Jones.
Tai is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jones scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jones lands a nice short elbow.
Tai knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones slips a nice elbow through Tai's hands, connecting with Tai's forehead.
Tai on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jones lands strikes from half guard.
Jones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tai on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jones seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jones prevents Tai from standing back up.
Jones winds up and cracks Tai with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tai has hold of Jones's hands but Jones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jones drops an elbow to the side of Tai's head.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Jones is nestled in close to Tai, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tai avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tai tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Tai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones shoots in but no luck this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tai doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Tai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tai.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tai.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Tai misses with a two punch combination.
Tai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tai.
Tai goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tai is looking to slow Jones down with leg kicks.
Tai scores with a push kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mooui Tai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tai moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Tai throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tai is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Tai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tai thows a body kick. Jones tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tai tries to clinch up.
Tai works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.
Tai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Tai gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jones to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones postures up in Tai's guard and throws a big left but Tai blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Jones dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tai scores with a nice body kick.

Jones scores a takedown into full mount!
Tai is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Charles Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jones putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jones landing strikes from the mount and Tai is in trouble!
Jones punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jones lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jones throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Jones scoring with strikes but Tai is staying in there.
Jones throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jones looking to ground and pound but Tai is blocking nicely.
Tai avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones unloads with some shots from mount but Tai bucks and avoids them well.
Jones lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tai squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Jones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jones looking to finish Tai with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tai!
Jones lands with some strikes.
Jones lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Tai wants to get back to his feet.
Jones lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tai taking shots to the head.
Jones lands a big shot there that rocks Tai but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two 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.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Jones lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jones is landing with some decent strikes but Tai is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jones landing shots from mount.
Jones lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jones is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jones lands a heavy elbow.
Jones working Tai over with strikes here.
The referee warns Tai that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jones lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jones looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Jones with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tai in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jones lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tai hang on?
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jones postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tai looks a forlorn figure.
Tai is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The referee warns Tai that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jones lands with some strikes.
Jones putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jones cracks Tai with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jones landing punches.

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.
Tai is bucking up trying to escape but Jones cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jones with good strikes from the mount here!
The referee warns Tai that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Jones landing strikes from the 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 Tai's face.
Jones lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tai hang on?
Jones working Tai over with strikes here.
Jones lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jones in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jones cracks Tai with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tai trying desperately to get to his feet.
Jones lands a heavy elbow.
Jones in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Jones closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tai to the mat! Tai manages to get full guard.
Jones is in close to Tai's body, working some short punches and elbows.
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 missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tai avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tai is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jones stands up over Tai, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jones is in close to Tai's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tai pushes Jones away with a front kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tai throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries a head kick but it misses.
Jones takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mooui Tai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tai.
Tai tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Tai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones throws a body kick the misses

and Tai holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tai prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tai gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jones.
Nice elbow from Tai.

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.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tai.
Tai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jones is working for takedown but Tai is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mooui Tai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Jones.
Tai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tai scores with a knee to the head.

Jones has hold of one of Tai's legs. Tai is fighting the takedown attempt but Jones gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Jones passes Tai's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jones working over Tai with some ground and pound. Tai looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Jones slips a nice elbow through Tai's hands, connecting with Tai's forehead.
Nice strikes from Jones there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands strikes from half guard.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jones stops Tai from getting back to his feet.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jones working Tai over with strikes.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jones seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tai has hold of Jones's hands but Jones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tai with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Jones.
Jones drops an elbow to the side of Tai's head.
Jones drops an elbow to the side of Tai's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jones seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jones winds up and cracks Tai with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jones is nestled in close to Tai, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tai is trying to stand back up but Jones is controlling him
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.
Jones lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jones winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Jones!