PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jones Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will McRoberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Junior
vs
McRoberts

189 cm
23
212 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jones Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Will McRoberts!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Junior scores with a takedown into McRoberts's guard.
Junior missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Junior wants to control from the top but McRoberts keeps moving.
McRoberts utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Junior sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed McRoberts's guard.
Junior thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing McRoberts to regain full guard.
Junior with a flurry of punches that miss.
Junior pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McRoberts is keeping the position for now.
Junior throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Junior trying to control the position from guard on top but McRoberts is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Junior working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McRoberts not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
McRoberts keeping moving, preventing Junior from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Junior shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
McRoberts pushes Junior off looking to stand but Junior dives back in and keeps control.
McRoberts moves into full guard.
McRoberts tries to land a sweep but no joy.
McRoberts is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
McRoberts wants to stand up but Junior has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Junior avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McRoberts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McRoberts is trying to control. Junior wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
McRoberts scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Junior tries to get to full guard but McRoberts has control of the leg.
Junior has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. McRoberts is working away from the top position though.
Junior manages to get to full guard.
McRoberts trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Junior is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McRoberts in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McRoberts postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Junior pulls McRoberts in close to prevent any damage.
Junior utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McRoberts trying to control the position from guard on top but Junior is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Junior pulls McRoberts in close to his closed guard and prevents McRoberts from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Junior manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. McRoberts manages to get himself to full guard.

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.
Junior won't allow McRoberts to sweep him here.
McRoberts has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Junior's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
McRoberts is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Junior trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McRoberts seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Junior makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Junior connects with a couple of short punches.
Junior working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Junior preventing the sweep.
Junior lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Junior connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jones Junior dominated that 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.

McRoberts shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Junior pinned against the cage. Junior gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
McRoberts dives in and grabs Junior's left leg, looking for a takedown. Junior pushes down on McRoberts's head and hops out.

Junior shoots in and bounces McRoberts off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Junior throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Junior cracks McRoberts with a solid left hand.
McRoberts manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Junior manages to regain half guard. Good work.
McRoberts is stalling here. Junior is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! McRoberts seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Junior has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McRoberts taking punishment in the form of punches.
Junior is putting a hurting on McRoberts here, landing some big shots from side control.
McRoberts defending against the ground and pound.
Junior cracks McRoberts with a big elbow.
McRoberts can't do much from the bottom here.
McRoberts is breathing heavily.
Junior scoring with punches and elbows.
McRoberts takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

McRoberts is rocked!

It looks like Will McRoberts has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Junior scoring with punches from side control.
Jones Junior overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Junior cracks McRoberts with a big elbow.
Junior connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused McRoberts some visible discomfort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear McRoberts down.
Check out the look on Junior's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Junior landing a few strikes.
Junior lands an elbow.
Junior looks up at the clock and then as McRoberts takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Junior smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Junior cracks McRoberts with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Junior lands a few punches from side control.
McRoberts is trying to get back to half guard.
McRoberts is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Junior off and has taken his back!
McRoberts missing with strikes from the back.
McRoberts missing with punches from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior covering up well under a series of strikes from McRoberts.
McRoberts throws a series of strikes and Junior wriggles onto his back, so he's now mounted. He's in real trouble here.
Junior really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Junior blocking the ground and pound.
McRoberts thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Junior is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

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.
Junior wants to hold on but McRoberts pushes him away.
McRoberts throwing strikes but Junior bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
McRoberts works over Junior with some ground and pound from guard.
Junior lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for McRoberts!
Junior lands a heavy elbow.
Junior landing shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Junior working the ground and pound effectively.
BOOM! Junior connects with a massive shot to the dome!
BOOM! Junior connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jones Junior dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Will McRoberts's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Junior scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Junior scoring with strikes to the body and head.
McRoberts is trying to maintain the position but Junior is very close to passing his half guard.
Junior sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McRoberts defending well though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Junior lands a nice short elbow.
McRoberts is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Junior scores with a couple of nice shots.
Junior is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McRoberts avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Junior.
Junior thows a huge punch but McRoberts dodges it nicely.
McRoberts is trying to control but can't.
McRoberts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Junior trying to pass the guard but McRoberts defending well.
Junior throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Junior sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McRoberts defending well though.
Junior looks to land a strike but McRoberts avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Junior circles away from the clinch attempt.

Junior moves into the clinch.
Junior blocks an uppercut.
McRoberts lands with a left to the head.
McRoberts lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
McRoberts is pressed up against the cage. Junior has hold of a leg and is looking to drag McRoberts down to the mat. McRoberts avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Junior closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
McRoberts is trying to improve his position.
Junior is putting a hurting on McRoberts here, landing some big shots from side control.
Junior is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McRoberts can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior tries to score with some ground and pound. McRoberts controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Junior in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
McRoberts is looking to reverse the position.
Junior grinds an elbow into McRoberts's temple.
McRoberts tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Junior is working McRoberts over with some ground and pound from side control.
Junior lands a decent elbow from side control.
Junior working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Junior throwing shots but missing, from side control.
McRoberts manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Junior desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McRoberts.
McRoberts not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Junior keeping control of the position.
McRoberts missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Junior on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Junior tries to get out of the position.
Junior is trying to defend against the ground and pound but McRoberts scores with a couple of nice shots.
McRoberts looks to land a strike but Junior avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
McRoberts tries to free his leg and advance position but Junior is retaining full guard.
McRoberts throws a strike but Junior rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
McRoberts avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McRoberts not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Junior stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McRoberts swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McRoberts looking to control.
Junior trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McRoberts looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Junior is fending him off so far but McRoberts persists. Nope, Junior circles away and we're back to standing.

McRoberts tries to keep at a distance but Junior has taken the fight into the clinch.
Will McRoberts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones Junior is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Junior gets a trip takedown into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jones Junior showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Junior 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

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