PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomo Hitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and carlos Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hitman
vs
Jones

192 cm
19
242 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
230 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tomo Hitman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, carlos Jones!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hitman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Jones has managed to clinch.
Hitman tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
Hitman tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones lands an elbow just above Hitman 's eye.

It looks like Tomo Hitman has been cut.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Hitman wants to break free but Jones has control.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Hitman is blocking nicely.
Jones lands an elbow just above Hitman 's eye.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hitman's face.
Hitman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Jones lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hitman tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Hitman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones lands strikes from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hitman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jones working over Hitman with some ground and pound. Hitman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jones looks gassed!
Jones stops Hitman from getting back to his feet.
Jones thows a huge punch but Hitman dodges it nicely.
Hitman wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.
Jones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jones landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jones works his way into side control.
Jones cracks Hitman with a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Hitman managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jones.
Hitman defending against the ground and pound.
Hitman manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Jones looks to land a strike but Hitman avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hitman wants to stand and escape but Jones is having none of it.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hitman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jones distracts Hitman with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Hitman is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jones slips nicely into half guard.
Jones sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hitman defending well though.
Jones thows a huge punch but Hitman dodges it nicely.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hitman pushes Jones off looking to stand but Jones dives back in and keeps control.
Jones working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

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

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jones checks a low kick from Hitman.
Hitman keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hitman tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Jones counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hitman!
Jones punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jones lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hitman is in a horrible position here. Jones smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jones landing shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Jones with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

carlos Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tomo Hitman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hitman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hitman throws a combination that misses

and Jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Hitman takes a knee to the side of the body.

Jones ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jones no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Jones keeping full guard, as Hitman tries to pass.
Hitman wants to stand and escape but instead Jones has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hitman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hitman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hitman is keeping the position for now.
Jones throws a strike but Hitman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
carlos Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hitman is looking to stand up but Jones won't let him.
Hitman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Hitman from controlling successfully.
Hitman wants to stand but Jones is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hitman throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hitman with a poor takedown

and Jones decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hitman's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones throws and elbow that misses. Hitman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jones's guard. Nice move by Hitman!
Hitman showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones is controlling Hitman's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

carlos Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tomo Hitman's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hitman misses with a combination

and Jones decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hitman's guard.
Jones postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hitman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hitman is adopting a defensive guard.
Hitman controls Jones momentarily but Jones frees himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jones distracts Hitman with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Hitman is keeping the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hitman throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Hitman throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Hitman misses with a few strikes there.
Hitman misses with a wild combination.
Hitman misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.

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.
Hitman missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Jones clinches with his opponent.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Jones landing knees to the body.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hitman's efforts to push away.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Hitman wants to break free but Jones has control.
Hitman blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Hitman looking for a takedown.
Jones is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hitman managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Hitman blocks with his arms.
Hitman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
Hitman slowing the pace effectively.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Hitman blocks it.
Hitman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hitman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hitman pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Hitman blocks with his arms.
Hitman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Hitman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones landing knees to the body.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Hitman shrugs off.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hitman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tomo Hitman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Hitman is trying to drag Jones to the mat but Jones just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Jones has Hitman pressed against the cage, preventing Hitman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hitman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hitman avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Hitman in his tracks for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hitman's face.
Hitman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hitman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knees to the body from Jones.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Hitman in his tracks for a moment.
carlos Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Hitman tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Hitman back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
carlos 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30

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