PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sydney Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Jones
vs
Hall

189 cm
23
290 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

174 cm
22
245 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

The Big Kabosh

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sydney Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Hall!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hall has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones working Hall over with knees to the body.
Hall looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones landing knees to the head.

It looks like Brian Hall has been cut.
I was talking to Jones's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
Jones lands a good knee to the midsection. Hall won't want to take too many of those.
Hall avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.
Hall being controlled against the cage.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hall blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Hall looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Hall avoids the damage to the body.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hall missing with knees to the body.
Jones avoiding damage as Hall throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Hall has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones prevents a body shot from Hall.
Jones dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hall wants to stall.
Hall tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.

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

Hall moves into the clinch.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hall takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jones lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Hall is rocked!
Jones pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Hall! Jones unloads with more strikes and Hall sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sydney Jones!
Sydney Jones is the new heavyweight champion!