PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rahman Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Larsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larsen has chosen Ennio Morricone - A Fistful Of Dollars 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
Larsen

199 cm
22
295 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

195 cm
27
283 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rahman Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lars Larsen!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Lars Larsen has been cut.

Jones clinches with his opponent.
Larsen throws an elbow but it misses.
Larsen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Larsen.
Jones lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Larsen lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.

It looks like Rahman Jones has been cut.
Jones presses Larsen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Larsen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Larsen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Larsen pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Larsen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Larsen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Larsen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones cracks Larsen with a nice body shot.
Larsen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Jones.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Larsen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Larsen blocks a body shot from Jones.
A right hand to the body from Jones.
Larsen looks gassed!
With the fighters up against the cage, Larsen throws an elbow but misses.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Larsen backwards.
Jones holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Larsen backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Larsen.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Larsen misses with an elbow strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Larsen taking a breather.
Larsen misses with an elbow strike.
Jones is trying to maintain a safe position but Larsen gets an underhook and turns Jones into the cage.
Larsen prevents a body shot from Jones.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larsen pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Larsen misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones pushes Larsen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Larsen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Larsen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jones is keeping busy.
Jones is trying to maintain a safe position but Larsen gets an underhook and turns Jones into the cage.
Larsen looking to stall.
Jones displaying some good clinch control by pressing Larsen up against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Jones.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Larsen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Larsen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jones presses Larsen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
Jones cracks Larsen with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jones dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jones cracks Larsen with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nice body punch from Jones.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.

That has opened up Lars Larsen's cut even more.
Larsen missing with knees to the body.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Larsen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.
Jones pushes Larsen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jones lands a right hand.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Larsen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Larsen avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

The cut above Lars Larsen's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Larsen throws an elbow but it misses.
Larsen pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones has Larsen pressed against the cage.
Jones lands a right hand.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Larsen backwards.
Larsen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Larsen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Larsen pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Larsen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Jones pressing his opponent against the cage.
Larsen throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rahman Jones dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jones defending well as Larsen loads up on a big left hand.
Larsen tries to clinch up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones.
Larsen wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Larsen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Larsen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jones connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Larsen scrambles back to his feet.
Larsen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Larsen is looking to score with low kicks.
Larsen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Lars Larsen's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Jones lands a jab.
Larsen is looking to clinch.

Jones pushes Larsen up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Larsen is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones is trying to maintain a safe position but Larsen gets an underhook and turns Jones into the cage.
Larsen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Lars Larsen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rahman Jones!
Rahman Jones retains his super heavyweight title!