PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barney Phife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Landi Jons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phife comes to the ring accompanied by Fernandinho - Mais Alto. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Phife
vs
Landi Jons

189 cm
21
215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

180 cm
24
212 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barney Phife!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Landi Jons!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landi Jons takes one to the chin there.

Phife shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Landi Jons manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Phife throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Landi Jons works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Phife 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.
Phife thows a big elbow that misses.
Phife is looking to work some ground and pound but Landi Jons has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Phife accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Phife accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Phife loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Phife chips away with some ground and pound.
Phife prevents Landi Jons from getting back to his feet.
Phife with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Phife throwing strikes but missing.
Phife is looking to work some ground and pound but Landi Jons has wrist control.
Phife is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landi Jons preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Phife passes into half guard.
Landi Jons is trying to maintain the position but Phife is very close to passing his half guard.
Landi Jons tries to kick Phife off but Phife keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Phife works his foot free and advances to mount.
Landi Jons wants to control but Phife is having none of it.
Phife misses with a head shot.
Landi Jons avoids a series of strikes thrown by Phife.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Landi Jons is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Phife throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Landi Jons is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Phife scoring with strikes but Landi Jons is staying in there.
Landi Jons takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Phife in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Landi Jons taking shots to the head.
Phife throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Landi Jons taking shots to the head.

It looks like Jose Landi Jons has been cut.
Phife looking to finish with strikes here!
Phife throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phife with the ground and pound from mount.

Landi Jons is rocked!

That has opened up Jose Landi Jons's cut even more.
Landi Jons is working to get back to half guard.
Landi Jons is still in real trouble! Can Phife finish him?
Landi Jons seems to have recovered his senses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Landi Jons can do anything to dispel that myth.
Phife with good strikes from the mount here!
Landi Jons working to try and regain half guard.
Phife raining down shots from the mount!

The cut above Jose Landi Jons's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jose Landi Jons's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Barney Phife!