PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Black
vs
Jones

180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

185 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dominic Jones!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Black, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Black fails to land with a series of punches.
Black fails to land with a series of punches.
Black throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Jones counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jones.

Jones stands up from Black's guard - Jones perhaps looking for a knockout.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.

Jones drives through and clinches with Black against the cage.
Black is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Black misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Black avoids the head kick by Jones.
Black throws a one two combo.
Black checks a low kick from Jones.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Black is breathing heavily.

Jones clinches up with Black and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Tony Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Black throws a combination that misses

and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jones thows a huge punch but Black dodges it nicely.
Jones drops an elbow to the side of Black's head.

Jones decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Tony Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Black gets caught napping as Jones dives in and scores a takedown. Black manages to retain guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jones stands up and waves to Black to follow him.
Black takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Decent striking displayed by Jones there.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Black bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Jones rushes Black and presses him up against the cage.
Black throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones jumps guard but Black stands there with Jones around his waist. Jones gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Black checks a low kick from Jones.
Black swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Jones counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Black throws his legs up looking for a submission but Jones uses it to pass to side control.

Jones decides to stand back up.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Black moves out of range easily.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones is looking to land body kicks.

Jones shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Black is trying to defend but Jones finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Black has hold of Jones's hands but Jones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jones perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Jones decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Jones clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jones swings for the body but Black moves out of range.
Black walks into a left hand.

Jones fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Black sprawls well initially but Jones persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jones lands a nice short elbow.
Black knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones working over Black with some ground and pound. Black looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jones is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jones decides to stand up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones misses with a body shot.

Jones looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Black!
Jones fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Jones dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Black gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jones shoots for a takedown but Black saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Black throws a combination that misses

and Jones counters by clinching up.

Jones manages to pull guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Let's hope that Jones has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Black is looking to advance position but Jones has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Jones controlling the pace for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Jones lands a big shot there that rocks Black but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jones in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!

Black is rocked!
BOOM! Jones connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh Black is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones lands a big elbow.
Jones controlling his opponent.
Black seems to have got his legs back now.
Jones's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones scoring with strikes but Black is staying in there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jones cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Black taking shots to the head.
Jones is landing with some decent strikes but Black is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dominic Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jones takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jones cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Jones is working for a guillotine from mount but Black frees his head quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Black is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Black flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Jones anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Black and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Jones slips an arm under Black chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Jones has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Jones is squeezing on Black like an anaconda would it's prey. Black fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dominic Jones!