PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Terry Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ayman homayed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes into the arena with Nas - Hero blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
homayed

175 cm
21
168 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

175 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terry Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, ayman homayed!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Columbo Gatti and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones closes the distance and pushes homayed back into the cage.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
homayed wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones cracks homayed with a nice body shot.
Good body shot from Jones.
homayed looks gassed!
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
homayed takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
Stalling in the clinch from Jones.
homayed jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jones walks away with a smile on his face. homayed gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Jones clinches.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Jones.
A bit of stalling here from Jones.
Jones gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Jones for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Jones is working homayed over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is working homayed over against the cage.
homayed tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
Jones displaying some good clinch control by pressing homayed up against the cage.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jones lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.

homayed is rocked!
Jones digs a right hand underneath homayed's ribcage. homayed let out a lung full of air as it connected.
homayed is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Jones lands with a light punch inside.
A hook to the body from Jones.
Jones stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jones lands a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into homayed's ribcage.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
homayed takes a shot to the head.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of homayed backwards.
Jones lands a hook that snaps the head of homayed backwards.
Jones taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
homayed changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jones fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Jones shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in homayed's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Jones postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jones slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Jones lands an elbow.
Jones is working homayed over with some ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Check out the look on Jones's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones cracks homayed with a big right hand but homayed just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Jones wants to control but homayed is keeping him busy.
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.
homayed is looking to regain half guard here but Jones keeps moving and retains side control.
Jones working the ground and pound from side control.
homayed seems to have recovered his senses.
homayed tries to improve position but can't.
homayed takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
homayed is looking to regain half guard here but Jones keeps moving and retains side control.
Jones in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jones in side control lands a decent elbow.
homayed is not content to let Jones control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones working away.
homayed is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
You can see the frustration on homayed's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
homayed tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jones wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on homayed's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
homayed takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones is putting a hurting on homayed here, landing some big shots from side control.
Jones working the ground and pound.
Jones in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
homayed is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Jones dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jones throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
homayed avoids the head kick by Jones.
homayed takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that homayed can do to turn this around?
homayed tries for a takedown but Jones circles away easily
and Jones counters with a nice leg kick.

Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
homayed fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones obliges.
homayed is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now homayed has his back to the cage.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
homayed is trying to break free.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
homayed tries for a takedown. No joy.
Terry Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ayman homayed.
Stalling in the clinch from Jones.
A short right from Jones.
Jones working homayed over with knees to the body.
Jones landing knees to the body.
homayed is trying to break free.
Jones cracks homayed with a nice body shot.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jones works on homayed's body with a couple of short punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
homayed fails to pull guard.
Jones lands a body punch.
Terry Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short left from Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jones takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A right hook to the body lands for Jones.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jones landing knees to the body.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jones lands a nice knee to the body.
homayed jumps guard but Jones stands there with homayed around his waist. homayed gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jones lands a good knee to the midsection. homayed won't want to take too many of those.
Jones just leaning against homayed, taking a breather.
Jones stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jones prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
homayed taking a breather.
Jones digs a right hand into homayed's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on homayed's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Jones leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jones lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt homayed or not.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.
homayed has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones tries to work over homayed's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
homayed drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jones gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jones has homayed pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jones gets underhooks to prevent homayed's takedown attempt.
Jones stalling.
Jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
homayed is struggling to control the position.
Jones stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Terry Jones.
homayed shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

homayed gets caught flat footed, as Jones shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jones wants to control from the top but homayed keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
homayed working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Jones dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.

homayed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
homayed with a poor takedown
and Jones counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps homayed thinking.
homayed takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Jones changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. homayed looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jones cracks homayed with an elbow. That is naaassty.
homayed tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
homayed is trying to improve his position.
Jones lands a decent elbow from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
homayed tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jones wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
homayed being controlled for a moment.
Jones working away.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Jones shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches homayed napping and manages to drive through into side control!
homayed is trying to control Jones's posture but Jones avoids it.
homayed taking a bit of punishment here - Jones scoring with strikes.
Check out the look on Jones's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
homayed is looking to regain half guard here but Jones keeps moving and retains side control.
Jones connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused homayed some visible discomfort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones grinds an elbow into homayed's temple.
Jones scores with punches from side control.
homayed is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jones is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
homayed can't do much from the bottom here.
Jones lands an elbow.
The strikes coming from Jones are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jones tries to move to mount but homayed blocks the move with his legs.
Jones wants to control but homayed is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
homayed gets back to half guard.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
homayed trying to control from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
homayed darts in trying to clinch
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
homayed shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Jones closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. homayed did well to prevent Jones getting side control.
Terry Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones wants to take a breather but homayed is having none of it.
homayed trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jones is nestled in close to homayed, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
homayed tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Jones controlling the action here.
Jones has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
homayed is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
ayman homayed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones is nestled in close to homayed, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

And that's the end of the fight!
Terry Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jones has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:25
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:26
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:25

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