PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Tudeski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Everybody Knows. Tudeski has chosen I'm the champioen as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Jones
vs
Tudeski

190 cm
25
271 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

190 cm
26
285 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Tri Light Clothing

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimmy Tudeski!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tudeski slaps away a takedown attempt from Jones, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Tudeski's head but Tudeski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tudeski moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Alex Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones dives in and grabs Tudeski's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tudeski pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Tudeski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Jones tries to clinch up but Tudeski circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tudeski's waist but Tudeski gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jones off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tudeski closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tudeski scores with a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tudeski can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Tudeski tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Tudeski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones has Tudeski pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tudeski manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tudeski has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Tudeski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Jones tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tudeski misses with a punch on the inside.
Tudeski is stalling here.
Tudeski missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tudeski.
Tudeski connects with a knee to the head.
Tudeski putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tudeski creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tudeski tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Tudeski displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Jones has Tudeski pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tudeski manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tudeski trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tudeski into the cage.
Tudeski gets underhooks to prevent Jones's takedown attempt.
Tudeski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tudeski tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tudeski prevents the takedown attempt.
Jones has Tudeski pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tudeski manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Tudeski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Tudeski digs a right hand into Jones's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jones's gas tank.
Jones has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Tudeski avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jones tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tudeski just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tudeski with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tudeski.
Tudeski continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Tudeski with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tudeski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jimmy Tudeski.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tudeski but Tudeski pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Tudeski moves out of range easily.
Tudeski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tudeski lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Tudeski pushes him off.
Tudeski lands a lovely overhand right.
Jones shoots for a double leg takedown but Tudeski sprawls well. He's pushed Jones's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jones lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jones.

It looks like Jimmy Tudeski has been cut.
Tudeski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Tudeski misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jones scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tudeski keeps working.
Tudeski is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Jones has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Jones is trying to ground and pound but Tudeski uses the momentary lack of control by Jones to regain half guard.
Jones with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jones moves into full mount! Tudeski won't be happy about that!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Tudeski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Tudeski's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jones is looking to clinch but Tudeski is avoiding it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jones.
Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tudeski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Jones closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tudeski to the mat! Tudeski manages to get full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Tudeski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tudeski is one step ahead there.
Tudeski must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tudeski is trying to stand up here but Jones is controlling him well.
Tudeski is breathing heavily.
Tudeski won't allow Jones to pass to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jones passes to full mount!
Jones thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Tudeski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jones. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tudeski wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jones.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones with a couple of short strikes.
Tudeski is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
Jones landing strikes from the mount.
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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones working for a submission but Tudeski is keeping him at bay.

Jones is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tudeski has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Jones thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jones tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poor strikes thrown by Jones there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Jones dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Tudeski's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tudeski slaps away a takedown attempt from Jones, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Jones is looking for a kimura here.

Jones gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones blocks the body kick.
Tudeski lands a nice looking body kick.
Jones fails to land the takedown.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Tudeski shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tudeski pinned against the cage. Tudeski gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tudeski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones avoids the head kick by Tudeski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Jones drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Jones has gone for a leg lock! Tudeski slips out almost immediately though and dives into Jones's guard.
Jones working a defensive guard here.
Jones striking off his back but it's not causing Tudeski any problems.
Jones wants to sweep here but Tudeski controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tudeski avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones controlling from mount.

Jones is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Tudeski has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Tudeski!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tudeski trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jones's guard.

Jones uses the cage to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:27

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