PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franklin Dexteria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Hoist the Colours. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jones
vs
Dexteria

186 cm
24
214 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

197 cm
27
220 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Franklin Dexteria!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice body kick from Jones.
Jones throws a right hand that Dexteria ducks under and follows up with a left that Dexteria also avoids with ease.
Dexteria throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jones cracks Dexteria with an open hand slap.
Franklin Dexteria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dexteria throws a combination that misses
and Jones counters with a series of strikes. Dexteria will be more careful next time no doubt.
That kick from Jones tenderised Dexteria's leg. Dexteria is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jones fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dexteria is out of range.
Dexteria throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jones!
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!
Jones avoids the body shot from Dexteria.
Dexteria throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Dexteria looks gassed!

Jones gets a clinch.
Dexteria dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dexteria swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Jones.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dexteria looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dexteria has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Dexteria lands a takedown into guard.
Jones working a defensive guard but Dexteria manages to pass into side control anyway.
Dexteria tries to advance to mount but Jones instead regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dexteria trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Jones is pressing down on Dexteria's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Jones looking for a guillotine here but Dexteria defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jones escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dexteria gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones has his foot on Dexteria's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dexteria works his way back into a safe position though.
Dexteria must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dexteria won't allow Jones to sweep him here.

Jones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Jones is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Dexteria wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.

Jones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dexteria trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones has his foot on Dexteria's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dexteria works his way back into a safe position though.
Dexteria trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

Jones looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Dexteria has picked Jones up and slammed him! Jones can't keep hold of the triangle and Dexteria manages to pass to side control!
Dexteria is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dexteria blocks the strikes from Jones.
Dexteria perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Jones is refusing to be controlled, as Dexteria sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Jones dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A slapping leg kick lands for Jones.
Dexteria moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dexteria throws a push kick but Jones slaps the foot to one side.
Dexteria throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dexteria throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones swinging wildly here.
Dexteria fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Dexteria connects with a single shot there.
Dexteria misses the shot to the body.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Dexteria throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
David Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dexteria ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dexteria throws a leg kick but Jones sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Dexteria.
Dexteria scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dexteria stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dexteria sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab from Dexteria.
Dexteria throws a leg kick
and Jones counters with a body kick that stops Dexteria in his tracks momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dexteria has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dexteria misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dexteria wants to land a leg kick but Jones is out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jones.
Dexteria lands a front kick.
Jones cracks the inside of Dexteria's front leg.
Jones shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A slapping body kick lands there for Jones.
Dexteria missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dexteria tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Dexteria.
Dexteria is breathing heavily.
Dexteria throws a lazy uppercut

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

Jones thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones thows a big elbow that misses.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Dexteria is retaining full guard.
Jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
David Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dexteria avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jones is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jones works over Dexteria with some ground and pound from guard.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Dexteria is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dexteria looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Dexteria is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Dexteria blocks nicely.
Dexteria looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jones puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Jones lands strikes from half guard.

Jones is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dexteria sees it coming and defends easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dexteria trying to hold on to Jones's head to control him but Jones postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dexteria is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dexteria avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that David Jones will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jones steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dexteria. That one must have hurt.
A clash of legs there as Dexteria blocks the low kick.
Dexteria thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dexteria scores with a nice right hand.
Jones tries to land a front kick but Dexteria steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dexteria scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dexteria just misses with a punch to the body.
Dexteria avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Dexteria does no damage.
Dexteria rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dexteria takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dexteria fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones connects with a leg kick. Dexteria looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Dexteria's head but Dexteria sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dexteria works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dexteria looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Jones turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dexteria is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dexteria does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice body kick from Jones.
Jones lands a jab to the head.

Jones closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Dexteria did well to prevent Jones getting side control.
Dexteria is not content to let Jones control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dexteria keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dexteria with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dexteria wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.
Dexteria taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
Jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dexteria with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jones stops Dexteria from getting back to his feet.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Jones winds up and cracks Dexteria with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dexteria blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.
Jones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Jones passes the guard and advances to mount!
A nice elbow there by Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working Dexteria over with strikes here.
Jones raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jones has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dexteria's face.
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Franklin Dexteria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones lands a nice shot to the head.
Dexteria takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jones pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones tries to control but Dexteria wriggling away.
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dexteria is looking to escape.
Jones raining down shots from the mount!
Jones lands with some strikes.
David Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dexteria looks a forlorn figure.
Jones has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The referee warns Dexteria that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Dexteria is rocked!
Jones trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dexteria is still in real trouble! Can Jones finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dexteria regains half guard.
Dexteria seems to have recovered his senses.
Jones controlling the action here.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jones, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

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