PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dow Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colin St John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St John has chosen Uilleann Pipes as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jones
vs
St John

198 cm
25
255 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

193 cm
26
250 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160
Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dow Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Colin St John!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jones avoids the body shot from St John.
St John avoids a punch combination nicely.
St John swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones walks into a straight right hand from St John.
St John jabs at Jones's body.
St John uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
St John fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St John manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Colin St John has been cut.
St John avoids the body shot from Jones.
Jones misses with a telegraphed body shot

and St John counters with a shoot takedown. Jones fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jones looking to control.
St John passes Jones's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
St John throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
St John stalling away here and it's allowed Jones to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
St John stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
St John is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
St John showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones is pulling down on St John's head. It's preventing any offense from St John, at least for the moment.
Jones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for St John on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
St John showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
St John looking to sit in guard and control but Jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

St John working a defensive guard here.
Jones wants to stand but St John is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones being controlled here momentarily.
Jones looking to pass the guard.
St John is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

St John working the head and body with strikes.
Jones wants to control but St John is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St John takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones gets back to full guard.
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.
St John working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
St John stays in close to Jones's body and controls the position.
St John's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Let's hope that St John has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colin St John dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Colin St John's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A cross from Jones lands.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Jones swings widly with a right hand

so St John counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jones trying to control the position.
Colin St John has got the better of the ground game so far.
St John passes Jones's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
St John prevents Jones from standing back up.
Jones on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jones tries to get out of the position.
St John trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
St John lands with a punch from half guard.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from St John.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to control but St John is keeping busy and won't allow it.
St John slows the pace down in half guard.
St John is continuing to stall.
Jones trying to control from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but St John ducks down to avoid it.
Jones looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
St John throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and St John counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jones scores with a hook.
Dow Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St John throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from St John misses.
Jones swings away with a body shot that misses

and St John counters with a shoot takedown. Jones fights it but they end up in guard.
St John not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
St John wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St John looking to sit in guard and control but Jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but St John is retaining full guard.
Jones has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
St John tries to land a sweep but no joy.
St John is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Jones wants to get up but he can't break St John's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
St John is pulling down on Jones's head. It's preventing any offense from Jones, at least for the moment.
St John wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jones trying to control but St John is working from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St John is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colin St John showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Colin St John's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Jones throws the left hand but St John avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by St John.
St John tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jones cracks St John with a good jab.
A lazy left from Jones finds it's target.
Jones walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
St John throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St John digs a good body shot into Jones's ribs.
Jones lands with a hook. St John tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dow Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circling - St John throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
St John avoids the body shot from Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a hook to the body

and St John counters with a nice double leg into guard.
St John postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
St John is working Jones over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
St John trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Jones controls St John momentarily but St John frees himself.

Jones is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. St John is aware though and is defending well.
St John scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
St John has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St John controls from within his opponent's guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

St John scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dow Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St John is trying to control. Jones wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
St John is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
St John lands with some strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St John tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
St John lands a couple of good shots and Jones has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
St John is punishing Jones with strikes - can he finish him?!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St John tightening his grip on Jones, looking for the choke.
St John biding his time, controlling Jones.
St John missing with strikes.
St John loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Jones hold on?

Jones is rocked!
St John is raining down hard shots and and Jones has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Colin St John!
A very excited looking Colin St John 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.