PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Le Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casey Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jerome Le Banner has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Le Banner
vs
Jones

190 cm
25
217 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

The Choke´s On You

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jerome Le Banner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Casey Jones!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Banner scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jones sneaks back into half guard.
Jones wants to control but Banner is keeping busy.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jones manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Casey Jones!
Casey Jones is the new light heavyweight champion!
Casey Jones was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.