PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Duggan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Never Say Never-Justine Bieber Feat. Jaden Smith. Jim Duggan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Jones
vs
Duggan

185 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jim Duggan!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duggan is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Duggan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jones shoots for a takedown but Duggan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Duggan moves out of range of the body kick from Jones.
Duggan tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Duggan tries to clinch up.
Jones throws a series of punches but Duggan moves out of range.
Jones is trying hard to land a takedown here. Duggan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones closes the distance and clinches up with Duggan, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes Duggan against the cage but Duggan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Duggan tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones tries to bum rush Duggan with a series of wild strikes but Duggan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Duggan tries to clinch up.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Duggan sprawls well. Duggan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Duggan tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jones.
Duggan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duggan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Duggan doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Duggan is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Duggan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Duggan wants it to stay on the feet.
Duggan tries to clinch up.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Duggan but Duggan pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duggan is looking to clinch.
Duggan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Duggan tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jim Duggan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duggan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duggan moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Duggan tries to clinch up.
Jones throws a series of punches but Duggan moves out of range.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Duggan throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Duggan is just out of range.
Jon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duggan tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Duggan.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Duggan is just out of range.
Duggan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Duggan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones dives in and grabs Duggan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Duggan pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Jones tries for a takedown but Duggan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Duggan doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Jones swinging wildly here.
Duggan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duggan is looking to clinch.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duggan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duggan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Duggan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Duggan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duggan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duggan blocks a head kick by Jones.
Duggan moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Duggan tries to sprawl out of it but Jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Duggan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Duggan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duggan tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Duggan tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Duggan wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Duggan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Duggan tries to clinch up.
Duggan moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Duggan is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jim Duggan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Duggan on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Jones fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Duggan to the ground. Jones is now in Duggan's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Jones seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Duggan trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.

Jones stands up and waves to Duggan to follow him.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Duggan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jon Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Jones dives in and scores a takedown into Duggan's guard.
Duggan controls Jones momentarily but Jones frees himself.
Duggan is breathing heavily.
Jones controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jones is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jones works over Duggan with some ground and pound from guard.
Jones 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.
Duggan being controlled here, momentarily.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones tests Duggan's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Duggan is rocked!
Jones looks for the body kick but Duggan saw that one coming.
Duggan is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Duggan avoids the head kick by Jones.
Duggan seems to have recovered his senses.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Jones scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Check out the look on Jones's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Check out the look on Jones's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Jones is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Duggan looks calm but he's in trouble here. Jones gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Duggan is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Jones lets go of the hold and Duggan can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jon Jones!
Jon Jones decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.