PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jovani Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uno Louner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jones
vs
Louner

178 cm
24
185 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

178 cm
25
183 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jovani Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Uno Louner!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louner shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Louner takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Louner throws a right hand that misses

and Jones counters with a nice double leg into side control. Louner won't be happy with that.
Jones fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Louner wants to control but Jones postures up.
Jones taking a breather here.
Louner sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louner moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Louner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Louner trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jones on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jones tries to get out of the position.
Louner passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jones being controlled for a moment.
Louner trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louner in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Louner throws a strike aimed at the side of Jones's head but Jones avoids it well.
Louner tries to score with some ground and pound. Jones controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jones is not content to let Louner control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The ground and pound from Louner seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Louner controls the position from side control.
An elbow from Louner crashes against the mat.
Louner is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Louner postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Uno Louner will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jones takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Louner works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Jovani Jones has been cut.
Louner lands a jab.
Louner misses the body punch
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Louner doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Jones counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Louner is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Louner seems keen to control Jones's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to control from the top but Louner keeps moving.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Louner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Louner throws a poor cross that misses

and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jones is keen to just control but Louner is a slippery customer.
Louner tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louner keeping control of the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Louner is staying active underneath Jones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Jovani Jones has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louner lands with an overhand left.
Louner tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Jones decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Louner's guard.
Jones trying to control but Louner is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Louner has Jones pulled in close to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Donk. Louner catches Jones right on the button with a cross.

Louner drives through with a takedown into Jones's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Jones has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Louner off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Louner misses with a hook

and Jones counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Louner wriggles free and stands up.
Louner fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jones avoids it really well and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jovani Jones dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jovani Jones'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 swings widly with a right hand
and Louner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Louner throws a right hand that misses
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Louner has his takedown stuffed
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Louner throws an off balance right hand
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones fails to land the takedown.
Louner is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Louner misses with a left hand
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Louner darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Louner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Louner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jones counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Louner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jones drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Louner.
Jones fails with the takedown
letting Louner counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jovani Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good shot there by Louner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Louner.
Louner attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Louner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Jones counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jones.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Louner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Louner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jovani Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Louner throwing strikes but missing.
Jones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Louner on the ground.
Louner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Louner postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Louner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Louner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Louner works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Louner working the head and body with strikes.
Louner landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Louner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Louner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jones defending well though.
Louner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Louner keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Louner working over Jones with some ground and pound. Jones looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

And that's the end of the fight!
Uno Louner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Louner has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Jovani Jones!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Uno Louner!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Uno Louner!

Uno Louner wins by split decision!