PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Donny Hammerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen. Donny Hammerson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hammerson
vs
Jones

180 cm
25
190 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

190 cm
21
197 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Donny Hammerson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Oscar Jones!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammerson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hammerson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hammerson misses with a wild combination.

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 lands a big shot there that rocks Hammerson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jones scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jones lands a nice shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones blocks Hammerson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jones fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jones lands a big elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hammerson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Hammerson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jones breaks from Hammerson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jones blocks Hammerson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hammerson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hammerson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hammerson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hammerson's head.
Jones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from Jones.

Hammerson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jones trying to control the action but Hammerson is working from the bottom.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones lands strikes from half guard.
Jones takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones wants to control but Hammerson is keeping him busy.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jones stops Hammerson from getting back to his feet.
Hammerson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jones scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hammerson is trying to stand up here but Jones is controlling him well.
Hammerson wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
Jones is trying to control the action in half guard but Hammerson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones trying to control from half guard but Hammerson is working away.
Hammerson is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hammerson avoid being mounted?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones blocks the strikes from Hammerson.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jones throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hammerson on the side of the head.
Jones closes the distance and clinches up with Hammerson, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes Hammerson against the cage but Hammerson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerson misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones misses with a hook.
Hammerson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Hammerson slips the punch.
Hammerson doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Jones counter with a right hand.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hammerson.
Jones moves out of range as Hammerson strikes.
Hammerson misses with a takedown
and Jones counters with a stiff right hand.

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!
Hammerson is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
Jones in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerson is trying desperately to improve position.
Hammerson is working hard here to advance position.
Jones punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jones looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jones avoids the attempt from Hammerson to control.
Jones breaks from Hammerson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jones in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jones with good strikes from the mount here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammerson wants to control but Jones is having none of it.
Jones landing strikes from the mount.
Hammerson tries to hold on but Jones postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Jones dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hammerson lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Jones staying out of range there.
Jones takes one on the button.
Donny Hammerson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hammerson digs a good body shot into Jones's ribs.
Hammerson looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Jones takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big right from Jones misses.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Hammerson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
Jones might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hammerson slips a straight right by Jones.

Jones decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hammerson gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hammerson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jones doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jones manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Hammerson working for a triangle but Jones defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hammerson wants to sweep but no luck.
Jones postures up in Hammerson's guard and throws a big left but Hammerson blocks it.
Hammerson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Jones must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hammerson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jones is working Hammerson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Hammerson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jones defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones with a nice head shot there.
Hammerson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jones connects with a couple of short punches.
Jones with a nice head shot there.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Jones is working Hammerson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hammerson looking to control.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Hammerson is retaining full guard.
Jones lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jones won't allow Hammerson to sweep him here.
Jones landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerson controls Jones momentarily but Jones frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hammerson wants to get back to full guard.
Hammerson moves into full guard.
Jones working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hammerson's head.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hammerson's head.
Hammerson trying to control the position.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Hammerson is keeping the position.
Jones working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hammerson's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Hammerson blocks nicely.
Jones trying to control but Hammerson is working from the bottom.

Hammerson has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Jones is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Hammerson.
Jones working the ground and pound from side control.
Hammerson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jones connects with a decent elbow.
Hammerson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Jones grinds an elbow into Hammerson's temple.
Hammerson tries to improve position but can't.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Jones in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hammerson misses with a hook.

Jones shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jones landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hammerson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Hammerson is keeping the position.
Oscar Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hammerson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jones trying to control but Hammerson is working from the bottom.
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.
Jones throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hammerson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hammerson is trying to keep Jones in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A punch combination from Hammerson misses.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hammerson.
Jones misses with a hook.
Jones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hammerson.
Hammerson throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Hammerson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jones looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Hammerson is trying to get an arm triangle but Jones is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones tries to buck Hammerson off but Hammerson is having none of it.

Hammerson tries for a kimura but Jones is defending well.
Jones tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerson is hanging on to Jones's back as he tries to escape.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Hammerson is striking from the back but Jones escapes and manages to recover to half guard.
Donny Hammerson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hammerson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hammerson.
A punch combination from Hammerson misses.
Hammerson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donny Hammerson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Hammerson misses.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hammerson.
Hammerson slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hammerson.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jones.
A slow jab from Hammerson misses its intended target.
Hammerson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Hammerson throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Some wild striking there from Hammerson.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oscar Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donny Hammerson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hammerson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hammerson throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Hammerson throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Jones stuns Hammerson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hammerson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Hammerson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Jones slips under a jab.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Hammerson misses with a looping left.
Jones lands a jab to the head.

Hammerson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hammerson showed some decent athleticism there.
Jones pushes Hammerson off looking to stand but Hammerson dives back in and keeps control.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Oscar Jones.
Well Jones has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30

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