PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rolo Pup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pup comes into the arena with Stone Cold blaring out of the sound system. Rolo Pup is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Pup
vs
Jones

198 cm
31
215 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

189 cm
24
215 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rolo Pup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jordan Jones!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Pup circles away.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Pup takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jones lands with a hook. Pup tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pup is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jones.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Pup.
Pup has a takedown stuffed.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch lands to the side of Pup 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pup wants to clinch.
Jones getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pup is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jones sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pup takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Pup clinches.
Jones stops a takedown attempt from Pup.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rolo Pup. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Pup slowing the pace effectively.
Jones is pressed up against the cage. Pup has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jones down to the mat. Jones avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pup fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jones avoids it really well and circles away.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from Pup, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pup has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pup shoots in looking for a takedown but Jones manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pup's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pup is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pup throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jones's waist but Jones gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pup off to one side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pup. Pup circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pup moves forwards but Jones connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jones getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jones lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jones throws a combination. Pup tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Pup pushes him off.
Pup shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow Pup down.
Pup shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jones wants to clinch.
Pup throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jones's waist but Jones gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pup off to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks to land a combination. Pup sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Rolo Pup has been cut.

Jones forces Pup back against the cage and clinches.
Pup blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hand to the body from Jones.
Pup displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Jones can't break the clinch.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pup fails to land with a series of punches.
Pup shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pup swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones lands a two punch combo.
Some wild striking there from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A right-left combo lands from Jones.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Jones lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jones misses with a double jab.

Jones clinches up with Pup and pushes him back against the cage.
Pup goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jones prevents it.
Pup is pushing Jones up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pup misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jordan Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rolo Pup'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.

Jones swinging wildly here.
Pup shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pup showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Jordan Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Jones lands a jab.
Pup circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones misses with a body kick.
Jones tries to clinch there but Pup circles away.
Rolo Pup is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pup is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jones.
Pup falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pup.

Jones gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pup to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Jones is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Pup is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jones is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rolo Pup. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones digs a right hand into Pup's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pup's gas tank.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Pup is controlling the position.
Pup is looking for a takedown.
Pup lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.

Pup breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones scores with a decent looking hook.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Pup pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pup is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jones sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jones.
Jones fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jones closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jones scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pup takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jones wants to clinch.
Pup shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jones but Jones pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones lands a jab-cross combination.
Jones is working the combinations to good effect here.
Pup tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Pup bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jordan Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Pup bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Pup moves out of range easily.
Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pup dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pup.
Pup looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Pup throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jones was covering up waiting for the punch and Pup finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Jones is looking to stand up but Pup isn't so interested in that idea.
Pup wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Pup wanted to stand there but Jones had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pup in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Pup stands up from Jones's guard - Pup perhaps looking for a knockout.
A left and a right from Jones both land. Nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Pup.
Pup swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pup swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jordan Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rolo Pup's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Pup closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jones.
Jones throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pup closes the distance and clinches up with Jones, looking for a takedown. Pup pushes Jones against the cage but Jones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pup shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rolo Pup. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Pup circles away.
Pup throws a leg kick that misses.
Pup wants to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch up but Pup circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones scores with a jab to the head.
Pup fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jones tries to clinch up but Pup circles away and keeps his distance.
Pup looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pup changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jones tries to avoid it but Pup manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jones to the ground. Jones escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jones scores with a three punch combo!
A cross from Jones lands.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pup paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pup closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pup tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pup tries to clinch up
and Jones counters with a series of strikes. Pup will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a combination. Pup tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pup avoids the head kick by Jones.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jones.
Jones connects with a jab.
Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pup shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jones slips a straight right by Pup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jones.
Pup slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pup avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pup misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jones tries to clinch but Pup is having none of it.
Nice cross by Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pup has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pup fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pup with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pup dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pup circles away from the clinch attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones defending well as Pup loads up on a big left hand.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Pup fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jordan Jones really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rolo Pup's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pup tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pup changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jones tries to avoid it but Pup manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jones to the ground. Jones escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pup fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pup shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jones misses with the combination.
Pup shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rolo Pup. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Pup takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pup has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jones throws a combination. Pup tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Pup takes one to the chin there.
Pup closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pup fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Pup is looking to land body kicks.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Pup on that attempt.
Pup wants to clinch.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Jones.
Jones throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pup.
Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pup paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pup shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jones defends it nicely.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from Pup, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pup shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pup circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones tries to clinch up but Pup circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jones tries to bum rush Pup with a series of wild strikes but Pup uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones with a hook.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Jones tries to clinch up but Pup circles away and keeps his distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pup.
Pup avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pup manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pup shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jones throws a right hand that Pup ducks under and follows up with a left that Pup also avoids with ease.
Jones connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pup back to the cage. Jones follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Pup fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Danga de danga de dang - Jones scores with a four punch combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pup, pushing him back against the cage.
Pup is trying to pull guard but Jones turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Pup prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Pup controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jordan Jones dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Rolo Pup'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!

Pup fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jones!
Pup shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones sprawls well. He's pushed Pup's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jones throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pup.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rolo Pup. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jones duly obliges.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Pup swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Pup on that attempt.
Pup takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A right-left combo lands from Jones.
Nice shot by Jones.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pup misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Jones.
Pup takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jones lands a nice shot that snaps Pup's head back.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Pup.
Pup trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Jones manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Jones is looking to escape.

Pup seems to be working for a kimura but Jones defends the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Pup preventing the sweep.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Pup is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Well,Pup is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Pup trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jones is working an open guard so Pup takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Jones sizes up Pup with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones tests Pup's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pup shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Jones throws a right hand that Pup ducks under and follows up with a left that Pup also avoids with ease.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pup takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones tries to clinch but Pup is having none of it.
Pup misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pup looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones clinches.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rolo Pup has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pup fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jones avoids it really well and circles away.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No luck for Pup with that takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jones gets the takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pup is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Jordan Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones avoids the strikes from the bottom by Pup.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jordan Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jones winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Jordan Jones!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Jordan Jones!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Jordan Jones!

Jordan Jones wins by unanimous decision!