PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ben Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Prozak - Under The Rain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Smith
vs
Jones

171 cm
19
155 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

158 cm
27
145 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ben Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jordan Jones!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Smith!
Smith is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Smith is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
Jones lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Smith is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jones lands a big shot there that rocks Smith but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Smith is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Jones looking to finish Smith with some ground and pound. This is bad for Smith!
Jones pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jones putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Smith is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
Smith is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones lands with some strikes.
Jones with the ground and pound from mount.

Smith is rocked!
BOOM! Jones connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh Smith is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands a big shot to the head and Smith winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jordan Jones!