PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Mourke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barclay Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bad Long Time by Hawkeye kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Barclay Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mourke
vs
Jones

225 cm
27
300 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

195 cm
29
280 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

White Gorilla Nutrition
White Gorilla Nutrition

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 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricky Mourke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barclay Jones!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones wants to clinch up but Mourke keeps it at a distance.
Mourke shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jones but Jones pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mourkes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jones throws a hook but Mourke blocks it.

Jones gets a clinch.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Mourke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mourke swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mourke swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Mourke is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones forces Mourke back against the cage and clinches.
Mourke is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jones stalling.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Mourke controls the action.

Jones manages to break the clinch.

Jones moves into the clinch.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mourke swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mourke has time to react.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with Mourke.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mourke lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones lands a nice shot that snaps Mourke's head back.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Barclay Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones is looking to clinch but Mourke is avoiding it.
Mourke throws a big shot that misses.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Mourke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones lands with an uppercut that bounces Mourke off the cage and back into range.

Jones forces Mourke back against the cage and clinches.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oh Mourke is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jones lands a right hand.
Mourke wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mourke.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones lands an uppercut, right on the button! Mourke tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Barclay Jones!
After winning the bout, Barclay Jones thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.