PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Robby Hatton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hatton
vs
Jones

168 cm
25
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
25
149 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Robby Hatton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Jones!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatton looks to land a combination. Jones sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hatton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hatton works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones tests Hatton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jones throws a series of punches but Hatton moves out of range.

Jones closes the distance and pushes Hatton back into the cage.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones misses with the combination.

Jones has managed to clinch.
Jones blocking some punches.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Hatton jabs at Jones's body.
Jones slips under a jab from Hatton.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Hatton slips under a jab.
Jones misses with a hook. Hatton ducked under it nicely.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hatton counters with a series of strikes. Jones will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hatton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hatton with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hatton closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatton connects with a crisp jab.
Hatton falls off balance throwing a combination

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jones.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones swinging wildly here.
Hatton works Jones's body with a nice hook.
Hatton lands with a right hand.
Hatton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab lands there for Hatton.
Hatton misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones tries to clinch but Hatton is having none of it.
Hatton connects with a nice looking jab.
Hatton misses the shot to the body.
Hatton lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hatton misses with a body shot

and Jones moves into the clinch.
Hatton swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hatton cracks Jones with a good jab.
Ryan Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatton misses the jab.
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hatton connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jones's hands.
Jones takes one on the button.
A jab lands there for Hatton.
Jones tries to clinch but Hatton moves away
enabling Hatton to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Hatton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Hatton sizes up Jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jones throws a combination that misses
enabling Hatton to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hatton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hatton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones looks gassed!
Hatton misses with the combination.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hatton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hatton scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jab, jab by Hatton - just one landing.
Hatton is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones forces Hatton back against the cage and clinches.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Hatton lands the left hand.
Hatton moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hatton counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jones thinking.
Hatton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hatton lands the left hand.
Hatton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Hatton.
Nice shot lands for Hatton.
Hatton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Hatton fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jones doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hatton lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jones scores with a decent looking hook.
Hatton moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jones tries to clinch there but Hatton circles away.
Hatton throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Hatton.
Jones takes one to the side of the head.
A left and a right from Hatton both land. Nice combination.
Hatton connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hatton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hatton closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hatton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hatton throws a good cross that connects.
Hatton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Hatton misses with the combination.

Jones clinches with his opponent.
Jones has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Hatton has him pressed against the cage.
Hatton tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hatton swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jones.
Jones misses with a double jab
and Hatton counters with a three punch combo that has Jones backing up. Jones nods at Hatton to acknowledge the strikes.
Hatton lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Robby Hatton will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hatton throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.

Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hatton goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Hatton.
Hatton takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Hatton swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hatton throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Hatton pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hatton's efforts to push away.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Hatton lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab from Hatton.
Jones takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hatton misses with the combination.
Jones darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hatton stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hatton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hatton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hatton listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hatton with a jab.
Hatton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hatton misses the shot to the body.
Jones avoids the body shot from Hatton.
Nice shot by Hatton.
Hatton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hatton works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.
Hatton lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hatton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Hatton with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hatton bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hatton counters with a three punch combo that has Jones backing up. Jones nods at Hatton to acknowledge the strikes.
A jab from Hatton misses.
Hatton scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jones in his tracks.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hatton.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hatton.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hatton digs a good body shot into Jones's ribs.
Hatton punishes Jones's body with a nice straight punch.
Jones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A shot to the liver by Hatton. Beautiful body shot.
Hatton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hatton connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatton scores with a nice strike.
A shot to the liver by Hatton. Beautiful body shot.
Hatton ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
No joy there for Hatton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hatton lands a body shot.
Hatton jabs at Jones's body.
A punch lands to the side of Jones 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hatton is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hatton punishes Jones's body with a nice straight punch.
Hatton lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Hatton displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hatton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hatton connects with a looping right hand.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hatton.
Jones takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hatton cracks Jones with an open hand slap.
Hatton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nice body punch from Hatton.
Hatton lands a body shot.
A left and a right from Hatton both land. Nice combination.
Jones tries to clinch but Hatton is having none of it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hatton, as that shot connected.
Hatton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A punch combination from Hatton misses.
Nice shot by Hatton.
Hatton lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hatton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hatton swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Hatton moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hatton works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.
Hatton throws a combination. Jones tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hatton lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hatton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robby Hatton dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hatton misses with a few strikes there.
Hatton swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Hatton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hatton throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Hatton counters with a straight right hand.
Jones tries to clinch there but Hatton circles away.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Hatton.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hatton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hatton.
Hatton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jones tries to clinch but Hatton moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hatton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Hatton lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice shot by Hatton.
Hatton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hatton lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to bum rush Hatton with a series of wild strikes but Hatton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hatton lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jones takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hatton ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hatton connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Hatton does no damage.
Jones moves forwards but Hatton connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hatton dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Hatton works the jab nicely.
Hatton lands with a hook. Jones tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jones has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hatton finds it's way round the side to connect with Jones's head.
Hatton swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Hatton works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hatton scores with a jab. Jones acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ryan Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.
Jones takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Hatton works Jones's body with a nice hook.
Hatton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hatton tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Hatton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robby Hatton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Hatton finds it's way through Jones's defenses.
Hatton scores with a decent looking hook.
Hatton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice uppercut there from Hatton.
Hatton scores with a one two! Jones had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hatton scores with a three punch combo!
Hatton fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hatton.
Hatton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hatton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hatton lands with a good body shot.
Hatton lands a jab-cross combination.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hatton throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hatton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hatton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jones stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hatton connects with a right hand. Jones shakes it off.
Hatton lands a head shot.
Hatton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Hatton counters with a straight right hand.
Hatton scores with a body shot.
Hatton misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hatton counters with a straight right hand.
Hatton ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hatton counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A lazy left from Hatton finds it's target.
Jones's corner calls for a 1-2. Jones obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Jones gets a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hatton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Jones is looking to clinch but Hatton is avoiding it.
Hatton lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hatton connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
No joy there for Hatton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Robby Hatton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hatton lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
Hatton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robby Hatton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hatton, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robby Hatton!