PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Zat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zat comes into the arena with Open your eyes by Alter Bridge blaring out of the sound system. Jordan Jones has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gabriel Zat's chin.

Zat
vs
Jones

185 cm
26
200 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

189 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabriel Zat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jordan Jones!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zat connects with a body shot that sends Jones's belly button to the back.
Jones goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jones is looking to clinch but Zat is avoiding it.
Zat takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Zat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Jordan Jones has been cut.
Zat thows a body shot but no joy.
Zat shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones stuffs the takedown attempt from Zat. Zat gets slowly back to his feet.
Zat swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zat scores with a sloppy right hand. Jones should have avoided that one.
Zat fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jones wants to clinch up but Zat keeps it at a distance.
A big left from Jones misses.
Jones throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zat circles away quickly and effectively.
Zat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zat lands a really nice looking cross but Jones seems unphased.
Jones throws a body punch but Zat moves out of range.
Jones throws a right and a left that Zat avoids nicely.
A cross from Jones lands.
Zat misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Zat pushes him off.
Zat tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jones swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Zat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jones darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jones scores with a nice right hand.
Zat tries to clinch up.
Jones throws a series of punches but Zat moves out of range.
Zat tries to move into range but Jones moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones moves into the clinch.
Zat tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jones pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zat jumps guard but Jones stands there with Zat around his waist. Zat gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Zat goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Zat throws a leg kick but Jones sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jones lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Zat backs up against the cage.
A combination from Jones does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zat looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zat. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.

Zat darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jones gets full guard.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zat throws a strike but Jones rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zat utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones postures up in Zat's guard and throws a big left but Zat blocks it.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zat keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.
Zat wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.
Jones wants to control from the top but Zat keeps moving.
Jones sitting in guard, not really doing much.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones pushes down on Zat's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jordan Jones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jordan Jones's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Horrible takedown by Zat or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Zat shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jones but Jones pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Zat tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jab from Jones.

Jones gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jones controlling the position.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zat has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zat wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Zat postures up and lands a big shot to Jones's brow.
Zat trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Zat is one step ahead there.
Zat trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Zat looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zat postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Zat is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Zat looking to pass the guard.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Zat from controlling successfully.

We're going to have a standup here because Gabriel Zat wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Zat throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a left and a right that stings Zat.
Jones moves out of range of the leg kick from Zat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Zat.
Zat misses with the combination.

Zat shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jones's guard.
Jones is looking to stand up but Zat isn't so interested in that idea.
Jones manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Zat wants to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Jones can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Zat is looking to escape.
Jones throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Zat because Jones loaded up on that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking to finish with strikes here!
Jones trying to control but Zat is having none of it.
Zat has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Jones's lack of action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zat manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Zat dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jordan Jones's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jones misses with a combination
and Zat counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Zat misses with a wild combination.
Zat fails with a takedown attempt.

Zat gets a double leg takedown into Jones's guard.
Jones is looking to stand up but Zat isn't so interested in that idea.
Zat controls from within his opponent's guard.
Zat throwing strikes but missing.
Zat postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zat looking to pass the guard.
Zat scoring with punches to the head and body.
Zat wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Zat trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zat looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Jones wants to stand but Zat is controlling the position.
Zat looking to sit in guard and control but Jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Zat is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Zat gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zat looking to pass the guard.
Zat won't allow Jones to get back to his feet.
Zat wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Jones wants to stand but Zat is controlling the position.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zat postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zat looking to pass the guard.
Zat trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Zat throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Zat is controlling him.
Zat wants to stand but Jones is controlling his posture from full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Zat clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jordan Jones's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Zat shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Jones clinches up against the cage.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zat scores with a one two! Jones had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jones jabs at Zat's body.
Jones swinging wildly here.
Jones lands with a kick to the temple. Zat shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Jones clinches up against the cage.

Zat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zat takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zat misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jones catches Zat with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zat throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Zat is looking to wear down Jones with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jones looks to land a combination. Zat sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Zat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zat swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jones counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zat.
Zat with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.
Gabriel Zat is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Zat throws a series of strikes that have Jones backpedaling.
Zat throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.

Zat shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Jones can't escape the position.
Zat tries to control but Jones wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zat throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
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 is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Zat throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jones because Zat loaded up on that one.
Jones is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Zat throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Jones holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Zat tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Zat landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zat throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Gabriel Zat overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zat pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Zat trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Zat throwing strikes here but Jones is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Zat trying to control but Jones is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zat misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jones gets back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zat trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Zat thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones tries to roll over but Zat keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Zat had his way with Jordan Jones in that round.
The cut man is working on Jordan Jones's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Zat shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Zat gets slowly back to his feet.
Zat lands with a right hand.
Jones moves out of range of the leg kick from Zat.
Zat needs to keep his hands up - Jones had a free shot at his head there.

Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zat stalling in the clinch.
Zat jumps guard but Jones turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Zat keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.

Zat turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Zat manages to end up in side control.
Jones can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zat misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Zat tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Zat in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Jones is trying to improve his position.
Jones is not content to let Zat control the position.
Zat tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zat lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jones down.
Zat wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Jones's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The strikes coming from Zat are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jones can't do much from the bottom here.
Zat trying to control the position but Jones is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones dodges the ground and pound from Zat.
Zat creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Jones sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Zat working the ground and pound but Jones is defending the strikes.
Zat sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Jones is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Zat misses with the ground and pound.
Zat working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Zat trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Zat laying and praying for a moment but Jones takes advantage and regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Jones wants to control but Zat is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Zat is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Zat wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Zat showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Zat has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Gabriel Zat!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Gabriel Zat!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Gabriel Zat!

Gabriel Zat wins by unanimous decision!