PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elliot Ness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Elliot Ness is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Ness
vs
Jones

191 cm
19
245 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
283 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Elliot Ness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Jones!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ness rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ness pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ness with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones gets underhooks to prevent Ness's takedown attempt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ness throws an elbow but misses.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ness tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Ness has the dominant position.
Ness lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Jimmy Jones has been cut.
Ness unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones looks gassed!
Ness using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ness keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ness keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Ness.
Ness misses with a knee strike.
Ness connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones avoiding damage as Ness throws knees to the body.
Ness with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ness has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ness keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ness escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ness fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jones.
Jimmy Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Ness lands a nice looking body shot.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Ness throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ness counters with a one-two to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ness.
Ness lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ness.

Ness shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ness not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ness missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ness.
Ness throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
Ness thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Jones to regain full guard.
Ness trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ness in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ness dives in and grabs Jones's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes down on Ness's head and hops out.
Jones misses with a combination

and Ness counters by clinching up.
Ness lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ness obliges.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elliot Ness. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ness tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ness.
Ness tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Ness landing knees to the head.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Ness gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ness utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ness with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ness unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Ness escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones misses with a double jab
and Ness counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A big right from Jones misses.
Ness scoring well with a low kick there.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jones tries to avoid it but Ness manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jones to the ground. Jones escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Ness drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jones wants to stand and escape but Ness is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ness throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ness throwing strikes but missing.
Ness trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ness missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ness throws and elbow that misses. Jones uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ness's guard. Nice move by Jones!
Jones sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elliot Ness dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Jones'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 throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ness counters with a nice body kick.

Ness fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.
Ness lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ness creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ness lands an elbow inside.
Ness jumps guard but Jones stands there with Ness around his waist. Ness gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ness displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Ness misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ness.

Ness breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ness counters with a thumping low kick.
Jones misses with a double jab
and Ness counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ness counters with a good low kick that Jones was not able to check.
Ness throws a series of strikes that have Jones backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones scores with a jab to the head.
Ness lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ness goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ness throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Ness lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ness throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Ness fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ness stalling the fight.
Ness lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.

Ness breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones misses with a combination

and Ness holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ness lands a nice elbow.
Ness landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Ness lands an elbow inside.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Ness here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ness scores with a knee to the head.
Ness lands a nice elbow.
Ness lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ness looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Ness won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Ness.
Ness using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ness has Jones pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jones manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elliot Ness. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ness throws an elbow but misses.
Ness throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ness tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Ness throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ness pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones tries to circle away but Ness has him pinned against the cage.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Ness.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to circle away but Ness has him pinned against the cage.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Ness looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Jones is trying to break free.
Ness misses with a knee to the head.
Ness with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ness tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ness.
Ness is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ness keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones tries to circle away but Ness has him pinned against the cage.
Ness lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Ness has him pressed against the cage.
Ness tries to pull guard but Jones holds him up against the cage and eventually Ness drops back down to his feet.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ness's efforts to push away.

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.
Ness misses with an elbow strike.
Ness tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Ness is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Ness gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ness misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Ness keeps him there for the moment.
Ness comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ness tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Ness is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Ness keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ness tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ness tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ness misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Ness keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Ness creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elliot Ness dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Jones's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ness.
Ness loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ness counters with a stiff right hand.
Jimmy Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones misses with a combination

and Ness counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jones won't be happy with that.
Ness creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Jones sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ness postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ness throwing strikes but Jones manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Ness is trying to improve his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ness gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Ness is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ness looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.

Jones stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Jones throws a hook to the side of Ness's head but Ness sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ness connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ness throws a head kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ness, right into the meat.
Nice defenses there by Ness.

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 swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Ness closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ness lands a damaging elbow.
Ness throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ness lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.

Ness's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Ness's shoulder, as Ness tries to avoid the shot.
Ness misses the shot to the body.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ness.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ness makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ness lands with a kick to the temple. Jones shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Ness instigates a clinch.
Ness lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Ness lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Ness manages to break the clinch.
Ness keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Ness throws a nice head kick!

Ness moves into the clinch.

Ness breaks from the clinch.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ness counters with a leg kick.
Ness throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ness cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Ness closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Elliot Ness has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Ness has him pressed against the cage.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ness obliges.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ness throws an elbow but misses.
Ness comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Ness won't allow it.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Ness manages to break the clinch.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.

Ness closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ness fails to pull guard.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Ness is controlling the position.
Ness tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Ness.

Ness breaks the clinch.
Ness keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Ness buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crunch! Ness slams his shin into Jones's torso.
Elliot Ness is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.

Ness closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jones to the mat! Jones manages to get full guard.

Ness thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elliot Ness showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ness 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elliot Ness!