PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saku Thirtynine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thirtynine is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Speed 2 Remix by Tetsuya Komura . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jones
vs
Thirtynine

175 cm
31
167 lbs
15 - 10 - 1

178 cm
35
169 lbs
17 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Saku Thirtynine!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thirtynine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Thirtynine shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Thirtynine showed some decent athleticism there.
Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Thirtynine works his foot free and advances to mount.
Thirtynine trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jones is trying to escape the mount.
Thirtynine throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Jones wants to hold on but Thirtynine pushes him away.
Thirtynine with the ground and pound from mount.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Thirtynine's attempts to control the action.
Thirtynine landing shots from mount.
Jones is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Thirtynine's attempts to control the action.
Thirtynine sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones working to try and regain half guard.
Thirtynine looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thirtynine with the ground and pound from mount.
Thirtynine with a couple of short strikes.
Thirtynine landing strikes, looking to finish!
Thirtynine is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thirtynine looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thirtynine throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jones because Thirtynine loaded up on that one.
Thirtynine looking to ground and pound but Jones is blocking nicely.
Thirtynine working Jones over with strikes here.
Thirtynine trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Thirtynine looking to ground and pound but Jones is blocking nicely.
Thirtynine content just to control the position here.
Thirtynine tries to control but Jones wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thirtynine sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Thirtynine cracks Jones with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thirtynine throwing strikes here but Jones is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Thirtynine lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jones hang on?

Thirtynine goes for an armbar but Jones turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Jones.

Thirtynine is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Thirtynine keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Thirtynine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones stops Thirtynine from standing up.
Thirtynine is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Thirtynine is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jones has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jones is looking to escape.
Thirtynine is trying to control the action in half guard but Jones is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Thirtynine lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Jones manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Thirtynine misses with a wild combination.
Thirtynine scores with a shot to the body.
Jones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thirtynine misses with a looping left.
Thirtynine misses with a double jab.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thirtynine moves away.
Saku Thirtynine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jones stuns Thirtynine with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thirtynine lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Michael Jones has been cut.
Jones blocks a jab.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Thirtynine.
Thirtynine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones tries for a takedown but Thirtynine sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Thirtynine looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Thirtynine persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
Thirtynine moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Thirtynine drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Thirtynine wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Thirtynine with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jones has Thirtynine pulled in close to control his posture.
Thirtynine is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Thirtynine trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

Saku Thirtynine has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jones cracks Thirtynine with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones tests Thirtynine's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Thirtynine misses with a body shot.
Thirtynine fails with the takedown.
Thirtynine scores with a decent looking hook.
Thirtynine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thirtynine shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Michael Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saku Thirtynine.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thirtynine changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jones tries to avoid it but Thirtynine manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jones to the ground. Jones escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Thirtynine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones lands a jab to the nose.
A jab from Thirtynine misses.
Thirtynine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Thirtynine takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Thirtynine throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thirtynine.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Thirtynine but Thirtynine pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thirtynine manages to avoid it.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Thirtynine shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Thirtynine was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Thirtynine is looking to take Jones's back but instead Jones gets back to half guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thirtynine is looking to stall here but Jones recovers full guard.
Thirtynine trying to move into half guard but instead Jones has managed to sweep!
Jones cracks Thirtynine with a solid left hand.

Thirtynine is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Jones has his hands clasped together but Thirtynine extends an breaks Jones's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Thirtynine.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Saku Thirtynine!