PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Samson Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonic Boom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jones might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bangarang by Skrillex. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Boom

180 cm
26
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

176 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Samson Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sonic Boom!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a right hand that Boom ducks under and follows up with a left that Boom also avoids with ease.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice body kick there by Boom.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Boom dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jones. That did some damage!
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Boom.
Boom tries to work over Jones's front leg with a kick but Jones checks it.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Boom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boom tries to work over Jones's front leg with a kick but Jones checks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Jones as he connects with a hook.
Jones looks to land a combination but Boom avoids it well.
Boom ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Boom moves out of range as Jones strikes.
Boom lands a head kick!
Jones works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boom misses with a head kick.
Boom throws a leg kick but Jones moved away.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick from Boom.
Boom pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jones is out of range and Boom settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom misses with a low kick.
Boom steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jones throws a jab when Boom was well out of range.
Boom looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Some bone on bone action there as Jones checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Boom throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jones throws a body punch but Boom moves out of range.
Boom tries a low kick but Jones avoids it.
Jones throws a right and a left that Boom avoids nicely.
Boom looks for the body kick but Jones saw that one coming.
Boom finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick from Boom.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Boom.
Jones throws an off balance right hand
and Boom finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Boom tried to score with a low kick but Jones checks it.
Boom lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boom throws a solid leg kick but Jones takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Boom.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boom moves away.
Jones looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jones catches Boom with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Good leg kick by Boom there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boom connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jones catches Boom with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Boom fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jones is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Boom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boom throws a front kick aimed at Jones's knee but Jones avoids it well.
Boom looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A jab lands there for Jones.
Nice defenses there by Boom.
Boom looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Boom pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jones is out of range and Boom settles back down.
Boom scores with a nice body kick.

Jones shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Boom's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boom's head.
Jones showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boom working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.
Jones is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Boom working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Boom avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Boom really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jones. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jones forces his way into half guard.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samson Jones dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jones.
Jones scores with a decent looking hook.
Jones scores with a nice right hand.
Jones changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sonic Boom seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boom tries to score with a low kick but Jones moves his leg out of the way.
Boom tries to land a leg kick but Jones saw it coming and moves away.
Boom lands a leg kick that knocks Jones off balance momentarily.
Boom lands a high kick!
Jones avoids the head kick by Boom.
Boom needs to keep his hands up - Jones had a free shot at his head there.
Jones scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A solid body kick from Boom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones throws a good cross that connects.
Boom throws a push kick but Jones slaps the foot to one side.
Boom lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A big right from Jones misses.
Boom looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Boom fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jones is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom walks into a straight right hand from Jones.
Boom misses with an attempted mid kick.
Boom looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Boom throws a front kick aimed at Jones's knee but Jones avoids it well.
A chopping leg kick lands by Boom.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Boom's head but Boom sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boom thuds his shin into the meat of Jones's side.
Boom turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Boom tries to move into range but Jones moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Boom goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Boom was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Jones closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones scores with punches from side control.

Jones has hold of Boom's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Boom tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Jones cranks the arm and Boom screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Boom, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Samson Jones!
A very excited looking Samson Jones made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.