PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jones might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Alice in Chains - Them Bones. Patterson has chosen "I'm Too Sexy" as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Patterson

195 cm
36
249 lbs
34 - 18 - 0

225 cm
33
266 lbs
22 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Knockout power

Brute

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 34 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joseph Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pete Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patterson moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Patterson closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Pete Patterson has been cut.
Pete Patterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jones.
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
Jones's corner calls for a 1-2. Jones obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
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 misses the shot to the body.
Jones leaves Patterson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Patterson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jones connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Patterson scrambles back to his feet.
Patterson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Patterson closes the distance and clinches up with Jones, looking for a takedown. Patterson pushes Jones against the cage but Jones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Joseph Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pete Patterson.
Patterson looks gassed!
Patterson moves to clinch but Jones breaks away
letting Jones counter with a right hand.
Patterson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Patterson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Jones tries to bench press Patterson off him but Patterson keeps the position.
Check out the look on Patterson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jones sneaks back into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Patterson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Patterson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jones defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to improve his position but Patterson is controlling well.
Jones is trying to stand back up but Patterson is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jones wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Patterson is one step ahead there.
Patterson postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Patterson throws a strike but Jones rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Patterson wants to control but Jones passes easily into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones not doing much here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Patterson tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pete Patterson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jones avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Joseph Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Patterson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Jones finds it's way through Patterson's defenses.
Patterson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Patterson.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Patterson shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense.
Patterson tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pete Patterson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Jones finds it's target.
Patterson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jones here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Patterson's head but Patterson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Patterson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Patterson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Patterson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Patterson 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 Patterson off to one side.
Patterson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Patterson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jones digs a good hook to Patterson's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Patterson. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Jones there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Patterson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones lunges at Patterson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Patterson's hand.
Jones lands a jab to Patterson's midsection.
Patterson is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Patterson does a little dance to reset his feet.

Jones cracks Patterson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Jones has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Patterson to stand back up!

Patterson is rocked!
Jones lands a slapping body shot.
Patterson is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Jones fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Patterson to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Patterson looks to clinch but Jones throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Patterson taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Joseph Jones!