PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Desailly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobbie Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Desailly
vs
Jones

176 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

185 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Anderson Desailly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobbie Jones!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones misses with a body shot.

Jones clinches with his opponent.
Desailly takes a knee to the side of the body.

Jones decides to pull guard.
Desailly stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Jones manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Desailly will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Desailly misses with a two punch combination.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Desailly shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Desailly gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jones tries to clinch there but Desailly circles away.
Jones keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Desailly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones tries to clinch up but Desailly circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to clinch up but Desailly keeps it at a distance.
Desailly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bobbie Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones is looking to clinch but Desailly is avoiding it.
Jones wants to clinch up but Desailly keeps it at a distance.

Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Desailly is blocking nicely.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Anderson Desailly has been cut.
Jones misses with a knee strike.

Jones successfully pulls guard.

Jones wriggles free and stands up.

Desailly bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jones is not content to let Desailly control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Desailly asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Desailly decides to stand back up. Desailly steps back and let's Jones get back to his feet.
Desailly shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Desailly swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones takes a swing at Desailly's ribcage but misses.
Desailly will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Desailly is breathing heavily.
Jones lands with a kick to the temple. Desailly shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Desailly tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jones swivels and escapes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Desailly is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jones has Desailly pushed against the cage.

Desailly pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Jones decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Desailly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Desailly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jones tries to clinch but Desailly moves out of range.
Desailly has a takedown stuffed.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch but Desailly moves out of range.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Desailly fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Danga de danga de dang - Jones scores with a four punch combination!
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Desailly paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Desailly smiles and moves away.
Desailly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bobbie Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Desailly pushes him off.
Desailly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jones.

Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobbie Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Desailly's cut.
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.

Jones thuds a left hand into Desailly's body.
Desailly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jones.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Desailly swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Jones has Desailly up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones scores with a knee to the head.

Desailly breaks from the clinch.
Desailly throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Desailly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Desailly fails to land the takedown.
Jones lands a high kick!
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Desailly avoids the head kick by Jones.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Desailly shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anderson Desailly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Desailly looking to stall.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Desailly's defenses.
Jones avoiding damage.

Jones drags the fight down to the ground.
Desailly trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

Jones has his feet on Desailly's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Desailly tries to clinch but Jones moves away
and Jones counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Desailly clinches but Jones breaks the clinch
and Jones counters with a body kick that stops Desailly in his tracks momentarily.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Desailly's front leg but catches the back leg as Desailly tries to avoid it.

Jones moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Desailly tries to clinch up

and Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Desailly fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Jones clinches up with Desailly and pushes him back against the cage.
Jones working Desailly over with knees to the body.
Jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Desailly.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Desailly is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Anderson Desailly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobbie Jones.
Jones looking to slow down the pace here.
Desailly is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Desailly manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Desailly's ribcage.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Desailly has the dominant position.
Desailly stops a takedown attempt from Jones.

Desailly is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Jones can't fight it off and eventually Desailly manages to take the fight to the floor. Jones looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Desailly manages to pass to side control.
Jones pushes Desailly off looking to stand but Desailly dives back in and keeps control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desailly is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Desailly is trying to control. Jones wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Desailly tries to stand but can't do so whilst Jones controls his leg.
Desailly passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jones!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobbie Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Anderson Desailly's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Desailly counters with a big head kick but Jones shrugs it off.
Desailly wants to clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jones.
Jones is looking to clinch but Desailly is avoiding it.
Desailly blocks a head kick by Jones.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Desailly counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jones!
Jones is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Desailly has taken his back!
Jones looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Desailly slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.

Jones is trying to get back to his feet. He's worked up on to his knees and now he's on his feet with his head on the canvas, trying to shake Desailly off. It looks like it's working - Desailly slides off, much to his dismay, and we're back to standing! Jones displaying calm under pressure there.

Desailly drives through and clinches with Jones against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Desailly prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Desailly smiles and moves away.

Jones moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jones holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Desailly has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Jones is trying to keep an underhook but Desailly manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Desailly tries to pass to full mount but Jones defends it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desailly 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 is trying to stand.
Desailly keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Desailly passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jones in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

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.
Jones wants to try and get back to his feet.
Desailly landing strikes, looking to finish!
Desailly controlling from mount.
Desailly fails to move to back control.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Desailly showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

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