PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Player (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones's entrance music is Angry Johnny. A fine choice. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Jones
vs
Player

193 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jonathan Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Player!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Player takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jones on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Jonathan Jones has been cut.
Jones shoots in but no luck this time.

Jones drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Player has his feet on Jones's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Player misses with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Player throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from Player.
No joy there for Player, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Player throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Player throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
John Player seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Player digs a good hook to Jones's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Player throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jones counters with a thumping low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Player misses the target.
A head kick misses from Jones.
Player misses with a wild combination.
Jones fails to land the takedown.
Player will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones scores with a jab to the head.
A combination from Player does no damage.
A good leg kick by Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Player throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Jones is looking to slow Player down with leg kicks.
Player ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jones.
Player looks gassed!
Player avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Player shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonathan Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Player misses with a jab to the body
and Jones counters with an outside leg kick.
Jones connects with the punch.
John Player is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Player is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jones rather than just go for the knockout.
Player throws a combination that misses

and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Player wants to get back to his feet.

Player is defending against the submission attempts here by Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Player looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jones wants to pass to mount but Player is defending the position.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones is trying to control. Player wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Player looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones trying to mount his opponent but Player defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Jones is working for a submission of some sort.
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.
Ground and pound from Jones.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones throwing shots but Player is blocking nicely.
Player is trying to stand up here but Jones is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jones manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Player on his heels. He'll look to pass Player's guard now, I'm sure.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Player keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Player really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jones. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Player wants to stand up but Jones is controlling him.
Player keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Player is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jones is controlling him.
Jones wants to control from the top but Player keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jonathan Jones has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Player misses with a two punch combination.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones scores with a shot to the body.
Player throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with an outside leg kick.
Player is breathing heavily.
Player misses with a jab, cross combination.
Player misses with a double jab.

Jones darts in and clinches Player up against the cage.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Player in his tracks for a moment.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Player takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like John Player has been cut.
Jones working the clinch nicely. Player is working for position but Jones cracks him with a big knee to the head! Player crumples up against the cage and Jones lands two more shots before the ref can save Player! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Jonathan Jones!
During a confident post fight interview, Jonathan Jones thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.