PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Charles
vs
Jones

170 cm
24
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Angelo Charles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Jones!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Reed Andrews and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles tries to clinch up.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marcus Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charles stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Charles wants it to stay on the feet.
Jones thows a leg kick but Charles checks it
and Charles counters with a nice body shot.

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Charles. Charles maintains the clinch.
Jones tries to pull guard but Charles forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Charles stalling in the clinch.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Jones tries to pull guard but Charles won't allow it.
Angelo Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Jones.
Jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jones is looking for a takedown.
Charles lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Charles.
Charles really is a fat lump.
Jones wants to take the fight to the mat but Charles manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jones looks winded!
Jones is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Charles turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Charles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Charles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Charles tries to clinch up.
Charles tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Charles moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones dives in and grabs Charles's left leg, looking for a takedown. Charles pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.

Charles moves into the clinch successfully.
Charles is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Charles taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Charles can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right from Charles on the inside.
Charles controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Angelo Charles.
Charles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Charles gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice body kick from Charles.
Jones has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Charles.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones has Charles pressed against the cage, preventing Charles from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Charles stops a takedown attempt from Jones.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Charles.
Charles working hard to break the clinch.
Charles stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Charles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jones gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Charles to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Charles postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Charles won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones keeps trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Charles with a flurry of punches that miss.

Jones is looking for a triangle but Charles pushes his legs off easily.
Charles keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jones's head.

Charles gets to his feet - Jones follows without any prompting.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Charles manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Jones on his heels. He'll look to pass Jones's guard now, I'm sure.

Jones is working an open guard so Charles takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Charles rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.
Charles stalling in the clinch.
Charles is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Charles prevents the takedown attempt.

Charles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angelo Charles dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jones tries to keep at a distance but Charles has taken the fight into the clinch.
Charles is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Jones gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Jones prevents Charles from improving his position.
Jones seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Charles does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Charles makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Charles's waist but Charles gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jones off to one side.
Jones is breathing heavily.

Charles feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Charles might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Charles stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Charles feints a jab promting Jones to slip. Charles then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jones slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Charles pushes Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Charles wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones letting Charles take a breather here.
Nice body punch from Charles - that landed with a thud.
Jones wants to take the fight to the mat but Charles manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jones is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Charles pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Angelo Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Jones.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Charles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Charles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jones.
Charles doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.

Charles moves into range and clinches up with Jones.
Charles is stalling here.
Jones drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Charles gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short right from Charles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Charles.

Charles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Charles is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.

Charles closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Charles 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.

Charles is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jones has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jones moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles cracks Jones with a solid left hand.

Charles stands up and waves to Jones to follow him.
Jones misses with a body kick.
Charles goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Charles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Charles gets tackled into the cage by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones taking a breather.

Charles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to land a body kick
and Charles counters with a left and a right that stings Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angelo Charles dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Charles moves into the clinch.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Charles controls the action.
Charles holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jones tries to pull guard but Charles forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jones tries for a takedown but Charles manages to get underhooks.

Charles breaks the clinch.
Charles displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Charles moves out of range easily.
Angelo Charles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Charles throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Charles.
Jones shoots in but no luck this time.
Angelo Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Charles.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Jones enables Charles to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Jones manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Charles throws a big elbow that misses.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Charles has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Charles is looking to work some ground and pound but Jones has wrist control.

Charles thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Jones is working an open guard so Charles takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Charles closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Jones's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Charles is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Charles gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Charles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from Jones.
Charles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Charles rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.
Jones keeps control of Charles as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Charles breaks the clinch.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown but Charles manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jones's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones tries to keep at a distance but Charles has taken the fight into the clinch.
Charles throws a knee to the head but misses.
Charles leaning against his opponent.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Charles - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jones has Charles pressed against the cage.
Jones drops down looking for an ankle pick but Charles pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Marcus Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Charles tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Charles to keep the fight standing.

Charles breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Charles fails with an attempt to clinch.

Charles instigates a clinch.
Angelo Charles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Angelo Charles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Charles has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angelo Charles!