PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bones Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Forrest Gryphen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gryphen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tubthumping. Forrest Gryphen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jones
vs
Gryphen

188 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

191 cm
24
216 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bones Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Forrest Gryphen!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gryphen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jones. That did some damage!
Jones lands with a cross.
Jones connects with a single shot there.

It looks like Forrest Gryphen has been cut.
Gryphen shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones sprawls well. He's pushed Gryphen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A cross from Jones lands.
Jones cracks Gryphen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jones goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gryphen lands a leg kick that knocks Jones off balance momentarily.
Jones misses with a hook
and Gryphen counters with a good low kick that Jones was not able to check.
Gryphen scores with a nice head shot.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gryphen circles away quickly and effectively.
Gryphen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gryphen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gryphen shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bones Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Forrest Gryphen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gryphen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones throws a jab when Gryphen was well out of range.
Jones misses with a straight right.
A good leg kick by Gryphen.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice straight punches there by Jones. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jones.
Gryphen throws a body kick that misses.
Gryphen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gryphen is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones lands a jab-cross combination.
Good exchange - Jones coming out on top.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gryphen scoring well with a low kick there.
Bones Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones lands a body shot.
Gryphen is trying desperately to land a takedown but Jones is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Gryphen.
Jones misses with a combination
and Gryphen counters with an inside leg kick.
Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gryphen drops his hands momentarily and Jones takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jones scores with a punch to the head.

Gryphen is rocked!
Gryphen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gryphen is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Nice straight punches there by Jones. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jones.
Jones scores with a shot to the body.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gryphen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Gryphen seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with the left hand. Gryphen knows he should have avoided that one.
Gryphen throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.
Gryphen slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Jones misses.
Jones is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jones scores with a sloppy right hand. Gryphen should have avoided that one.
Nice body punch from Jones.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jones.
Jones takes a swing at Gryphen's ribcage but misses.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gryphen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gryphen slips under a jab.
Gryphen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gryphen throws a low kick but Jones avoids it.
Gryphen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jones.

It looks like Bones Jones has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gryphen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Gryphen tries to clinch up.
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
and Gryphen counters with an outside leg kick.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones scores with a jab to the body.
Gryphen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jones connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gryphen scrambles back to his feet.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jones avoids the head kick by Gryphen.
Gryphen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gryphen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gryphen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jones stuffs the takedown attempt from Gryphen. Gryphen gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bones Jones dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones scores with a jab. Gryphen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gryphen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bones Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Forrest Gryphen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones sizes up Gryphen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gryphen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gryphen misses with a straight right.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Jones lands a slapping body shot.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gryphen moves away.
Gryphen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones digs a good hook to Gryphen's body.
Donk. Jones catches Gryphen right on the button with a cross.
Gryphen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gryphen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jones throws a hook but Gryphen blocks it.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Gryphen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Jones has got the better of the exchanges.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by Gryphen.
Gryphen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones throws a hook but Gryphen avoids it easily.
Gryphen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jones darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gryphen throws out a leg kick but Jones moves out of range and Gryphen only half commits.
Gryphen misses with a looping right.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Gryphen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Gryphen slips under a jab from Jones.
Jones listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gryphen walks into a left hand.
Jones walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gryphen.
Gryphen is looking to slow Jones down with leg kicks.

Gryphen dives in and scores a takedown into Jones's guard.
Gryphen throws a big right hand that misses.
Gryphen is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gryphen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Gryphen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gryphen trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Gryphen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Gryphen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gryphen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jones connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gryphen scrambles back to his feet.
Gryphen 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.
Gryphen tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Gryphen is just out of range.
Gryphen cracks Jones with an open hand slap.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gryphen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones throws a one two combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bones Jones dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Gryphen slips a jab from Jones.
Jones scores with a body shot.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Gryphen is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Jones moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bones Jones!
A relieved looking Bones Jones thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.