PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raymond Vladimirovitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Vladimirovitch's choice of entrance music: Sweet Child O' Mine. This should be fireworks!

Jones
vs
Vladimirovitch

189 cm
28
236 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

193 cm
32
240 lbs
8 - 12 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josh Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raymond Vladimirovitch!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vladimirovitch.

Jones changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Vladimirovitch looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Vladimirovitch is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Jones tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jones has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Vladimirovitch is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones working the ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Vladimirovitch, who protects the arm well.

Jones goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Vladimirovitch rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Jones's guard! Nice work there by Vladimirovitch!

Vladimirovitch avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Vladimirovitch stands up over Jones, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jones lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Vladimirovitch!
Vladimirovitch is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones cracks Vladimirovitch with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jones lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Vladimirovitch hang on?
Jones landing shots from mount.
Jones pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jones postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Vladimirovitch out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Jones goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Josh Jones!