PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is kung fu fighting. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Davis

179 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
23
165 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matthew Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Patrick Davis!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jones manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Davis wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Davis wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Davis prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.
Jones wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Jones tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis stands and throws Jones's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jones dodges the ground and pound from Davis.
Davis throws a strike aimed at the side of Jones's head but Jones avoids it well.
Jones manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Jones tries to kick Davis off but Davis keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Davis works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's two 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.
Davis tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
Davis looking to finish with strikes here!
Davis is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis with a couple of short strikes.
Jones is working to get back to half guard.
Davis throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Jones is trying to stand up.
Davis throwing strikes but Jones bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.

That's four 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.
Davis won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Davis sitting in guard here, content to control.
Davis is looking to stand up but Jones won't let him.
Davis looks gassed!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jones dives in and grabs Davis's left leg, looking for a takedown. Davis pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Jones misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Davis dominated that round.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jones shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Davis as he avoids it easily.

Jones shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jones was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jones tries to control but Davis wriggling away.
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jones with shots to the head and body - Davis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Davis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jones scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Davis?
Jones looking to control but Davis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones unloading with bombs!
Davis is breathing heavily.
Jones breaks from Davis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jones with shots to the head and body - Davis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jones working the ground and pound effectively.
Jones landing shots from mount.
Davis is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
Jones avoids the attempt from Davis to control.
Jones wants to control the pace but Davis is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones controlling from the full mount.
Jones with a couple of short strikes.
Jones cracks Davis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Davis throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jones looking to finish Davis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Davis!
Jones breaks from Davis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jones tries to control but Davis wriggling away.
Jones controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones has hold of Davis's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Davis manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Jones lands a big elbow.
Jones working the ground and pound effectively.
Jones wants to control the pace but Davis is squirming around nicely.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Davis can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Davis looks a forlorn figure.
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones breaks from Davis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
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.
Jones postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Davis looks a forlorn figure.
Jones cracks Davis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jones pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jones lands a nice shot to the head.
Jones landing strikes from the mount and Davis is in trouble!
The referee warns Davis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthew Jones dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jones shoots and misses
and Davis counters with a nice body shot.
Davis stalks Jones and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jones's face. Jones staggers backwards, shaken.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jones.
Davis shoots and misses

and Jones decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Davis's guard.
Jones stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jones wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
Davis trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.
Jones thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones won't allow Davis to sweep him here.
Davis can't keep his opponent in guard - Jones advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jones connects with a nice short shot to Davis's temple.
Jones tries to pass to full mount but Davis defends it.
Jones lands with a punch from half guard.
Jones passes to full mount!
Davis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Davis taking shots to the head.
Jones looking to control but Davis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to control but Jones is having none of it.
Jones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jones controlling from the full mount.
Jones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!
Matthew Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Davis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jones working Davis over with strikes here.
Jones landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones landing strikes from the mount and Davis is in trouble!
Davis is working to get back to half guard.
Jones pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jones with shots to the head and body - Davis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jones landing strikes from the mount.
Jones takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Davis wants to control but Jones is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Davis tries to hold on but Jones pushes him away.

That's four 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 trying to control but he's not successful this time.
BOOM! Jones connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jones scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jones controlling the pace for now.
Davis wants to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Jones trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jones with a couple of short strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matthew 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28

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