PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barclay Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Faulkner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff. Faulkner has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Faulkner

195 cm
29
280 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

194 cm
24
224 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

White Gorilla Nutrition

Crashforce Nutrition (Authentic 160Q/159Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barclay Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Faulkner!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faulkner closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Faulkner misses with a looping right.
Faulkner walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jones.
Faulkner looks gassed!
Jones with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Jones rushes Faulkner and presses him up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Faulkner.
Good body shot from Jones.
Jones leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jones lands a body punch.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Faulkner avoids the damage to the body.
Jones has Faulkner pushed against the cage.
Jones lands an elbow just above Faulkner 's eye.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Faulkner blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Faulkner managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Faulkner tries to tie him up.
Jones taking a breather.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Faulkner in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Randy Faulkner has been cut.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Jones lands a left hand.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones stalling the fight.
Faulkner avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Faulkner avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones tries a body shot but Faulkner blocks it.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones lands the left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Faulkner swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Faulkner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jones can pounce on him.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Faulkner swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged Faulkner in a clinch.

Faulkner has Jones pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Faulkner pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Jones tumbling to the mat - Faulkner dives into Jones's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones has his hands on Faulkner's head, controlling the position.
Jones bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Faulkner's guard.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Faulkner is keeping the position.
Jones controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Barclay Jones wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones connects with a jab.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones works the jab nicely.

Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Faulkner managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Jones prevents a body shot from Faulkner.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Faulkner.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Faulkner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Faulkner's front leg but catches the back leg as Faulkner tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barclay Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Faulkner's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jones rushes Faulkner and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Faulkner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jones taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jones is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jones stalling against the cage.
Faulkner managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Faulkner avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Faulkner wants to stall.
Stalling in the clinch from Jones.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice elbow from Jones.

Faulkner is rocked!
Faulkner takes an elbow to the temple.
Faulkner is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Jones pressing his opponent against the cage.
Faulkner is breathing heavily.
Jones has Faulkner pressed against the cage. He pushes Faulkner back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Jones throws a beautiful elbow that sends Faulkner crashing to the floor! Jones piles on the pressure with more strikes! Faulkner is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barclay Jones!