PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between gerwyn jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Szymon Zembala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zembala has chosen Stemm-Face the pain as his entrance music. gerwyn jones has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

jones
vs
Zembala

188 cm
19
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

189 cm
18
199 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

MAX SUPPS

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, gerwyn jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Szymon Zembala!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
jones is looking to land body kicks.
Zembala looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Zembala swats away the attempt to clinch by jones.

jones decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

jones is looking for a kimura here.
jones is taking a breather. Zembala says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.
jones wants to take a breather but Zembala is having none of it.
Well, if jones is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Nice strikes from jones there.

jones 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.
jones is controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
jones seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Zembala for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
jones working the head and body with strikes.
jones trying to control the action but Zembala is working from the bottom.

The referee stands the fighters back up. gerwyn jones just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

jones closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - jones lands in his opponent's guard.
Zembala has momentary wrist control but jones slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
jones wants to control from the top but Zembala keeps moving.
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.
Zembala keeping moving, preventing jones from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zembala's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

gerwyn jones dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

jones lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zembala's sensitive parts.
jones tries to clinch up but Zembala circles away and keeps his distance.
jones lands with a hook. Zembala tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
jones lands with a shot to the body.

jones scores a takedown into full mount!
jones with good strikes from the mount here!
Zembala is breathing heavily.
jones controlling his opponent.
jones landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's one minute gone in the round.
jones has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Zembala's face.
jones controlling from the full mount.
jones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
jones dominating with strikes here.
jones controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
jones is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Zembala takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
jones controlling from mount.
jones is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zembala can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
jones controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
jones in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! jones connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Zembala taking shots to the head.

jones has hold of Zembala's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Zembala manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
jones is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
jones cracks Zembala with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
jones wants to control the pace but Zembala is squirming around nicely.
jones has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Zembala's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
jones lands a nice shot to the head.
jones looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

gerwyn jones dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

jones shoots in and bounces Zembala off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
jones sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Zembala takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zembala is looking for a triangle but jones pushes his legs off easily.
jones sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Zembala's guard.
Still in half guard, jones seems content to control.

jones is trying to work for a kimura but Zembala is defending well.
jones trying to control the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zembala blocking the ground and pound attempt from jones.
Zembala is trying to get back to full guard.
jones works his way into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
jones looking to control but instead Zembala has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

The referee stands the fighters back up. gerwyn jones just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Zembala tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Szymon Zembala has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
gerwyn jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
jones sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
jones in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zembala can do to turn this around?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
jones working Zembala over with strikes here.
jones content just to control the position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
gerwyn jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well jones 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:26
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... gerwyn jones!