PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Stack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen Az Yet - Last Night as his entrance music. Tyrone Jones has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with David Stack's chin.

Stack
vs
Jones

190 cm
22
195 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

192 cm
26
197 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Stack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyrone Jones!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stack ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stack lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Stack throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jones scores with a leg kick.
Stack fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stack defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Stack misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones throws the kick towards the body but Stack avoids it.
Jones takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Stack digs a good hook to Jones's body.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Stack.
Donk. Stack catches Jones right on the button with a cross.

Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Jones.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Stack's ribcage.
Stack is breathing heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Jones.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stack.

Jones steps into range and cracks Stack with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Stack flops backwards and Jones dives into his guard looking to finish!

Stack is rocked!
Jones throws a strike but Stack rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Oh Stack is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stack wanted to stand there but Jones had control of the position.
Stack seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stack stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.
Jones seems keen to control Stack's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stack stops Jones from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stack stands and steps away. Jones gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jones looks for the body kick but Stack saw that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Stack.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stack will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stack misses with a body shot
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
Stack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Stack.
Stack connects with a jab.
Jones moves away from the strike by Stack.
A jab from Stack does it's job there.
Stack fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stack with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Jones cracks Stack with a big right hand and Stack goes down!

Stack is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Stack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones thows a big elbow that misses.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones postures up in Stack's guard and throws a big left but Stack blocks it.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Stack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones tries to stand but Stack is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Jones dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jones lands with a nice body kick.
Stack thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jones with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stack to score with a decent uppercut.
Stack throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stack.
Stack goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
David Stack is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Jones drops Stack with a big left hand and mounts him. Stack is in big trouble!
Oh Stack is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

It looks like David Stack has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jones throws some wild stikes that Stack manages to avoid easily.
Jones misses with a head shot.
Jones thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Stack seems to have got his legs back now.
Jones controlling from mount.
Jones throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Poor strikes thrown by Jones there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jones throwing strikes here but Stack is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Stack is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jones is landing with some decent strikes but Stack is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jones looking to ground and pound but Stack is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to control but Stack wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones looking to finish with strikes here!
Jones misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working the ground and pound effectively.
Jones thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Stack is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Jones thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Stack is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Stack trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws some wild stikes that Stack manages to avoid easily.
Jones throwing strikes here but Stack is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jones throwing strikes here but Stack is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jones thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Jones there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jones misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on David Stack's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Jones misses with a hook.

Jones bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Stack! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stack preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones postures up in Stack's guard and throws a big left but Stack blocks it.
Jones prevents Stack from getting back to his feet.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Stack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Stack's head.

Stack is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Stack is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones stalling the fight.

Stack breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stack throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Stack looks to land a combination. Jones sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Stack moves away from the strike by Jones.
David Stack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Stack controls the action.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stack lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Jones effectively controlling the action here.
Stack wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stack avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stack backwards.
Jones landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Come on Jones - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Stack takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stack wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Stack takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stack.
Jones stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jones is stalling here.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Jones.
Stack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stack blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Jones breaks the clinch.

Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stack, pushing him back against the cage.
Jones has Stack pressed against the cage, preventing Stack from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones lands a body punch.
Good body shot from Jones.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short uppercut from Jones.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Stack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
David Stack has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stack moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
Stack swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrone Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30

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