PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between BJ Benn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Benn
vs
Jones

185 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

222 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, BJ Benn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, King Jones!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Jones closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Benn defending well though.
Jones throwing shots but Benn is blocking nicely.
Benn wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.

Jones is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Benn doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jones.

Jones is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Benn has managed to free his arm - good work.
Benn is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Benn is trying to maintain the position but Jones is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Benn!
Benn wants to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Benn is trying desperately to improve position.
Jones landing shots from mount.

It looks like BJ Benn has been cut.
Benn might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Benn can't escape the position.
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jones throws some wild stikes that Benn manages to avoid easily.
Benn tries to lock up and control but Jones gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jones controlling the position easily from mount.
Benn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is in the full mount, landing strikes.

BJ Benn's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Benn holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jones tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jones lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Jeez, BJ Benn's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). King Jones!