PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darren Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bailey
vs
Jones

180 cm
23
197 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Jones!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jones there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bailey slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Bailey's head but Bailey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Bailey.
Jones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jones swinging wildly here.
Bailey missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones swings for the body but Bailey moves out of range.
Bailey misses with a wild body shot.
Bailey lands a nice shot to the body.
Bailey definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones throws a jab when Bailey was well out of range.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Bailey is out of range.
A jab from Bailey misses.
Jones thuds a left hand into Bailey's body.
Jones moves out of range as Bailey strikes.
Jones keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones throws a right hand that misses
and Bailey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ray Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bailey takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones swings for the body but Bailey moves out of range.
Bailey fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jones scores with a jab to the body.
Bailey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jones doesn't seem bothered though.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks to land a combination but Bailey avoids it well.
Jones lands a jab to Bailey's midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Bailey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bailey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice combination there by Jones.

It looks like Darren Bailey has been cut.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Bailey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bailey fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jones avoids it really well and circles away.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bailey throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Jones tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Bailey is in Jones's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bailey's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Bailey from controlling successfully.
Jones trying to control the position.
Bailey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bailey throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ray Jones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Darren Bailey's cut.
That's time! Bailey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jones misses with a hook.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bailey takes one to the side of the head.
Bailey shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones sprawls well. He's pushed Bailey's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bailey takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bailey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Bailey shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bailey moves out of range of the leg kick from Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bailey.
Bailey ducks under a wild hook from Jones.

Bailey closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jones did well to prevent Bailey getting side control.
Jones manages to get to full guard.
Bailey scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bailey landing with the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bailey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Bailey is really struggling to control Jones but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Bailey engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bailey avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jones is trying to keep Bailey in close.
Bailey distracts Jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Bailey from controlling successfully.
Bailey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bailey trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bailey lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Bailey is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bailey is looking to work some ground and pound but Jones has wrist control.
Bailey with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jones has momentary wrist control but Bailey slips an elbow through the middle.
Jones is pulling down on Bailey's head. It's preventing any offense from Bailey, at least for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey throws a big elbow that misses.
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bailey.
Bailey throwing strikes but missing.
Bailey passes into half guard.
Bailey works his way into full mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bailey tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bailey lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Bailey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Darren Bailey's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jones throws a leg kick but Bailey moved away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jones, as that shot connected.
Jones lunges at Bailey with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bailey's hand.
Jones moves away from the strike by Bailey.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Bailey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bailey throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Bailey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jones checks a leg kick.
Bailey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bailey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones takes a swing at Bailey's ribcage but misses.
Jones walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bailey.
Jones scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jones throws a combination. Bailey tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Bailey moves out of range easily.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Bailey throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jones throws the left hand but Bailey avoids the punch easily.
Bailey closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ray Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bailey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Bailey throws a leg kick but Jones moved away.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bailey was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Bailey lands a leg kick that knocks Jones off balance momentarily.
Ray Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones misses with a double jab
and Bailey counters with a left to the body.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a jab to the body.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bailey takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Bailey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
Jones throws a leg kick but Bailey sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bailey connects with a single shot there.
Jones paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bailey slips under a jab from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoids the body shot from Bailey.
Bailey lands a body shot.
Jones cracks Bailey with an open hand slap.
Bailey blocks a low kick nicely.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bailey.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bailey.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!