PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Haymaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marvin Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Haymaker
vs
Jones

190 cm
22
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
22
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gerald Haymaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marvin Jones!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Haymaker.
Haymaker throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Haymaker shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
Haymaker checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jones has his takedown stuffed

and Haymaker counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Jones kicks Haymaker off and gets to his feet.
Haymaker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jones changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Haymaker tries to avoid it but Jones manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Haymaker to the ground. Haymaker escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Haymaker looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jones!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jones gets back to half guard.
Jones is trying to maintain the position but Haymaker is very close to passing his half guard.

Jones looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Jones is pressing down on Haymaker's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jones manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones looks gassed!
Haymaker throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jones. What's that going to do exactly?
Jones landing shots from mount.
Jones pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Haymaker working to try and regain half guard.
Haymaker tries to hold on but Jones postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones landing punches.
Jones fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jones unloading with bombs!
Haymaker is looking to get to half guard.
Jones landing strikes from the mount.
Haymaker is looking to improve his position but Jones isn't that keen on the idea.
Jones with a couple of short strikes.
Haymaker is in all sorts of trouble here.
Haymaker throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jones cracks Haymaker with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jones looking to finish Haymaker with some ground and pound. This is bad for Haymaker!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haymaker in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jones working the ground and pound effectively.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones landing strikes from the mount.
Jones lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Haymaker can't escape the position.
Jones with the ground and pound from mount.
Haymaker tries to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Jones unloading with bombs!
Haymaker is looking to improve his position but Jones isn't that keen on the idea.
Jones punishing his opponent with strikes.
Haymaker is trying desperately to improve position.
Jones cracks Haymaker with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Haymaker hang on?
Haymaker is in a horrible position here. Jones smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jones throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jones has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Haymaker's face.
Jones is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Haymaker taking shots to the head.
Jones looking to finish Haymaker with some ground and pound. This is bad for Haymaker!

Haymaker is rocked!
Haymaker takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Jones's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marvin Jones!