PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barclay Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Armagideon Time by Daddy G & Willie Williams. Gracie has chosen Rob Zombie - Superbeast as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Gracie

195 cm
28
280 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

195 cm
23
280 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barclay Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brock Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gracie.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Gracie slips a straight right by Jones.
Gracie throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Jones checks it.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jones wants to clinch but Gracie slips to the side
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones works over Gracie's head and body with a nice combination.
Gracie connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jab, jab by Gracie - just one landing.
Gracie with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Gracie misses with a left hand
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
Gracie takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Gracie gets a double leg takedown into Jones's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.

Jones uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Jab by Gracie.
Gracie with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barclay Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Gracie.
Gracie misses with a straight left.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Gracie breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Gracie.
Jones is looking to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Jones lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gracie doesn't seem phased though.
Jones scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Jones gets a clinch.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Gracie wants to break free but Jones has control.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Jones throws a head kick that half lands.
Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barclay Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Barclay Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones slips a jab from Gracie.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gracie.
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jones looks to land a combination. Gracie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Jones lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barclay Jones dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gracie darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.
Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jones is leaning against Gracie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gracie tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
Jones stalling the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Gracie is looking to land body kicks.

Jones has Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is working Gracie over against the cage.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Jones lands a head kick!
Jones lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones connects with a nice looking jab.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones scores with a nice head shot.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Jones.
Jones moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gracie defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Gracie shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
and Jones counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Gracie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jones.
Decent striking displayed by Jones there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones closes the distance and pushes Gracie back into the cage.
Gracie can't break the clinch.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Jones working aggressively here.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Jones has Gracie pushed against the cage.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jones stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gracie's brow.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Gracie tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Jones effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Jones pushes Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barclay Jones dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Gracie is looking to clinch.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Jones misses.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Good exchange - Jones coming out on top.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Gracie shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jones napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there.
Gracie chips away with some ground and pound.

Jones has his feet on Gracie's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jones connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gracie's hands.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Gracie drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jones struggling a bit here.
Brock Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to improve position but can't.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones taking a bit of punishment here - Gracie scoring with strikes.
Gracie looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Jones is avoiding damage well.
Jones struggling a bit here.
Jones managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Gracie.
Gracie cracks Jones with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gracie is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Jones will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Jones is looking for a sweep.
Gracie working away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gracie misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to improve his position.
Gracie in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Gracie throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones regains half guard.
Jones is trying to stand up here but Gracie is controlling him well.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gracie trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Gracie prevents Jones from improving his position.
Gracie working over Jones with some ground and pound. Jones looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to stand up here but Gracie is controlling him well.
Gracie thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.

Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jones looks like he's trying to stand up.
Barclay Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gracie.
Jones has hold of Gracie's hands but Gracie slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Gracie is working for a kimura but Jones is defending it quite comfortably.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brock Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barclay Jones!