PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roy Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shamrock has chosen Smells Like Teen Spirit as his entrance music. Jason Shamrock has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Roy Jones's chin.

Jones
vs
Shamrock

180 cm
25
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
181 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roy Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shamrock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones clinches but Shamrock breaks the clinch
and Shamrock counters with a three punch combo that has Jones backing up. Jones nods at Shamrock to acknowledge the strikes.
Shamrock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.

Jones forces Shamrock back against the cage and clinches.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Shamrock has the dominant position.

Shamrock lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Shamrock prevents Jones from standing back up.
Shamrock works his way into full mount!

Shamrock looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Shamrock working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shamrock is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Jones to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Jones shrugs it off.
Shamrock trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Shamrock is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Jones has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Jones!
Jones preventing the sweep.
Jones is looking to stand up but Shamrock won't let him.
Jones has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Jones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.
Shamrock looks gassed!

Shamrock thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Shamrock trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jones is looking to stand up but Shamrock isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock looking to pass the guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jones!

Shamrock darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Shamrock is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Shamrock stops Jones from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shamrock.

Shamrock looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Shamrock tries to pass to full mount but Jones defends it.
Shamrock stops Jones from getting back to his feet.

Shamrock seems to be working for a kimura but Jones defends the submission attempt.

Shamrock seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Jones has recovered full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Shamrock dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Shamrock.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Roy Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shamrock sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shamrock misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jones darts in trying to clinch

and Shamrock counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jones won't be happy with that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Shamrock drags him back down.

Shamrock tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Shamrock has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Shamrock is breathing heavily.
Jones is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Shamrock wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jones, who protects the arm well.
Shamrock is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shamrock on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Shamrock is dominant here and he's now got Jones's back!
Shamrock missing with strikes.
Jones is trying to stand back up.

Shamrock is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Jones has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Shamrock working for a choke but Jones is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shamrock is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Jones has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Jones is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Jones won't enjoy being in this position. Shamrock looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Jones is tapping - it's over boys! Shamrock picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jason Shamrock!
Jason Shamrock is the new middleweight champion!