PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Muay Plata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tron Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Plata kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Creeping Death. The crowd seem to be enjoying Jones's choice of entrance music: Angry Tronny. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Plata
vs
Jones

183 cm
21
195 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
194 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Muay Plata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tron Jones!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Plata can pounce on him.
Plata looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Good leg kick by Plata there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Plata misses with a body kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Plata - that will leave a mark!
Plata misses with a hook.
Plata swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones checks the leg kick.
Plata lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Plata wants to land a leg kick but Jones is out of range.
Plata scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plata explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jones tries for a takedown but Plata sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jones looks gassed!
Plata fails to land with a series of punches.
Plata lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Plata circles away.
Jones shoots in for a double leg but Plata sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Plata scores with a jab.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Plata.
Plata misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Plata.
Plata lands a head kick. Jones smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Jones is rocked!

It looks like Tron Jones has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Plata misses with a body kick.
Plata scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Plata moves out of range of the body kick.
Plata bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Plata throws a one two combo.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Plata finish him?
Plata swinging wilding here.
Jones seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plata catches Jones with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Plata throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jones shoots in and drives through. Plata sprawls well.
Muay Plata has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tron Jones.
Plata avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab by Plata.
Jones tries to clinch up but Plata circles away and keeps his distance.
Plata lands a slapping body shot.
Nice defenses there by Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Plata finds it's way round the side to connect with Jones's head.
Plata is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Plata chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Plata.
Plata misses with a wild body shot.
Plata swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones takes a kick to the side of the head.
Plata tries a head kick but it misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Plata throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Plata swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Plata swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Plata misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Plata swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Plata can pounce on him.
A head kick misses from Plata.
Jones tries to clinch up but Plata circles away and keeps his distance.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Plata fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Plata throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Plata misses with a leg kick.
Jones stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Plata.
Plata tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Plata throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A punch combination from Plata misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Plata misses with a straight left.
Plata misses with a straight right.
Plata lands a with a good body shot.
Plata misses with a head kick.
Plata jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Plata.
Jones wants to clinch up but Plata keeps it at a distance.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Plata throws a leg kick which misses Jones's front leg but catches the back leg as Jones tries to avoid it.
Plata works the jab nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Plata.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Plata.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Plata.
Plata takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A jab from Plata finds it's way through Jones's defenses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Plata throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Plata fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jones.
Plata cracks Jones with an open hand slap.
Jones is trying desperately to land a takedown but Plata is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Jones.
Plata throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Plata fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Plata throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Plata looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Jones walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muay Plata dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tron Jones's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A good leg kick by Plata.
Plata loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Plata scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Plata looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Plata goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Plata lands a head kick. Jones smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jones moves out of range as Plata strikes.
Plata misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plata throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Muay Plata is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Plata connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Muay Plata is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.
Plata bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Oooh a lovely combination from Plata sends Jones down but not out. Plata dives into side control looking to finish.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard.
Jones struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to reverse the position.
Jones manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Plata knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch up but Plata circles away and keeps his distance.
Plata throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Plata avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Plata misses with a head kick.
Plata misses the jab.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Plata buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Plata pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Plata throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Plata goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Muay Plata is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Plata scores with a punch to the head.
Nice takedown defense from Plata. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Plata looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A lazy body kick from Plata

and Jones counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Plata!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Plata is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Jones is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Plata is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tron Jones!