PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica (Stone Cold Crazy). Jones has chosen Mushroomhead as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stone
vs
Jones

178 cm
21
215 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
215 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jim Jones!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stone cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stone with a hook.
Stone slips under a jab.
Stone avoids the head kick by Jones.

Stone gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jones to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Stone tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stone working a defensive guard but Jones passes into half guard.
Stone trying to control here.
Jones looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Stone keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stone is pressing down on Jones's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Jones scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
Stone has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
Jones won't allow Stone to sweep him here.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones working some strikes from top position.
Stone throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Stone blocks nicely.
Jones distracts Stone with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jones with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Stone controlling Jones's posture.

Jones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Jones stands up over Stone, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Stone is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Stone trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
Stone trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.
Jones working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Stone's head.
Stone wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
Jones is working Stone over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Stone looking to control.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stone working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Stone wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.
Jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stone controls Jones momentarily but Jones frees himself.
Jones with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Stone is trying to control the position but Jones postures up.
Stone is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Stone thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Stone fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jones sprawls well initially but Stone persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Jones landing small, sideways elbows.
Jones misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Stone misses with a head shot. Jones uses the momentum to regain guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stone won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Stone.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Stone.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones misses with a double jab
and Stone counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Jones dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice uppercut lands for Jones. That snapped Stone's head back.
Jones connects with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jones.
Nice shot by Stone.

Stone gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jones to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Stone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jim Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jones connects with a couple of short punches.
Stone wants to improve his position but instead Jones has moved into half guard.
Stone tries to roll over but Jones keeps him under control.
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 Stone's temple.
Jones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jones drops an elbow to the side of Stone's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone works his way to full guard. Good work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Jones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stone has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
Jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.
Jones landing some decent shots from guard.
Jones lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jones stands up over Stone, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jones won't allow Stone to sweep him here.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Stone's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.
Jones connects with a couple of short punches.
Stone working a defensive guard here.
Jones is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Stone blocks nicely.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jones thows a big elbow that misses.
Stone bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.
Jones punching from the bottom - just letting Stone know he's still in a fight.
Jones throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Stone scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stone takes a decent strike to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stone missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Stone looking to pass the guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Stone feints and as Jones raises his hands in defense, Stone changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jones trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Stone is looking to work some ground and pound but Jones has wrist control.
Stone landing with the ground and pound.
Stone throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
Jones manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stone manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stone throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Stone is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Stone has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
Stone utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stone looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.
Jones postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Stone had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Stone waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Stone gets caught flat footed, as Jones shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Stone trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Jones postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stone working a defensive guard here.
Stone throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Stone trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stone lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone 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.
Stone is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Stone is trying to control Jones's posture but Jones avoids it.
Stone takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Stone is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Stone is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jones scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jones landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Stone is looking to improve his position.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jones lands a nice short elbow.
Stone wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Stone.
Stone controls Jones momentarily but Jones frees himself.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jones is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Stone.
Jones connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.
Stone wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Stone has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jones lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Jones tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jones lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Stone working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stone connects with a couple of short punches.
Jones throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Stone scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
James Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four 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.
Stone thows a big elbow that misses.
Jones striking off his back but it's not causing Stone any problems.
Jones striking from the bottom here.
Stone lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jim Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stone postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Stone trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones trying to control the position here.
Stone throwing strikes but missing.
Stone distracts Jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jones has his hands on Stone's head, controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jim 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30

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