PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edward Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edilson Rubiera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rubiera has chosen ratamahatta as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Jones
vs
Rubiera

190 cm
26
280 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

187 cm
23
285 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edward Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edilson Rubiera!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rubiera takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Edward Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones cracks the inside of Rubiera's front leg.
Jones tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jones shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jones explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rubiera shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rubiera looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jones.
Rubiera shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jones pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jones throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rubiera.
Rubiera moves out of range of the body kick.
Jones connects with a leg kick. Rubiera looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That kick from Jones tenderised Rubiera's leg. Rubiera is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rubiera.
Jones throws a wild body kick that Rubiera sees coming a mile off.
Rubiera blocks a leg kick.
Jones throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Edilson Rubiera has been cut.
Jones bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rubiera moves out of range of the leg kick from Jones.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A good leg kick by Jones.
Jones lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice body kick there by Jones.
Rubiera's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.
Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rubiera checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jones cracks a nice hook into Rubiera's ribs.
Rubiera blocks a head kick by Jones.
Rubiera throws a chopping leg kick but Jones manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jones lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Edward Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rubiera is out of range.
Nice body kick from Jones.
Rubiera blocks a head kick by Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to score with a low kick but Rubiera moves his leg out of the way.
Rubiera moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
Jones digs a good hook to Rubiera's body.
Jones throws the kick towards the body but Rubiera avoids it.
Jones scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rubiera doesn't seem bothered though.
Jones throws a leg kick but Rubiera sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jones.
A head kick from Jones lands but Rubiera takes it in his stride.
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rubiera on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rubiera has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good leg kick by Jones there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jones fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rubiera has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jones misses with a kick to the body.
Jones misses with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jones.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rubiera takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jones bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edilson Rubiera's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rubiera takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A clash of legs there as Rubiera blocks the low kick.
Edward Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Rubiera on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rubiera can do to turn this around?
Jones lands a high kick!
Whack! Jones lands a heavy head kick that drops Rubiera. The ref tackles Jones to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Rubiera was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Edward Jones!