PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Jambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Jones
vs
Jambo

180 cm
24
220 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
243 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Jambo!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jambo as he avoids it easily.

Jones scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jambo is refusing to be controlled, as Jones sits in half guard.
Jambo keeping control of the position.
Jambo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.
Jones thows a huge punch but Jambo dodges it nicely.

Jones is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Jambo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jambo is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jambo avoid being mounted?
Jones misses with a head shot. Jambo uses the momentum to regain guard.
Jambo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jones manages to get himself to full guard.
Jambo wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Jambo throws and elbow that misses. Jones uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jambo's guard. Nice move by Jones!

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.
Jambo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Jambo holds on and takes a little breather.
Jones won't allow Jambo to sweep him here.
Jambo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jones manages to get himself to full guard.
Jambo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jambo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jambo sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jambo trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Jambo postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Jones is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Jambo, into his guard.
Jones has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jambo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jambo tries to control but Jones wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jambo controlling the position easily from mount.
Jambo lands with some strikes.
Jambo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jambo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Jambo jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Jones manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Jambo 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.

Johnny Jambo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jambo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jambo showed some decent athleticism there.

Jambo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jones has hold of Jambo's hands but Jambo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jambo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jambo working over Jones with some ground and pound. Jones looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones is staying active underneath Jambo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jambo lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jambo is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Jambo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jambo winds up and cracks Jones with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Jambo is looking for a kimura here.
Jambo scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jambo is trying to control the action in half guard but Jones is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Jambo.
Jambo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Jambo seems to be working for a kimura but Jones defends the submission attempt.
Jambo working the head and body with strikes.
Jambo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jambo not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jambo thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
Jambo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jambo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Jambo seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Jones is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Johnny Jambo!