PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between BJ Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul Haq (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abdul Haq is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Jones
vs
Haq

180 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, BJ Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abdul Haq!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones moves out of range as Haq strikes.
Haq fails to land the takedown.
Jones feinted with a counter takedown.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haq moves away.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Haq has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
An inside leg kick from Jones misses.
Haq has a takedown stuffed.
Jones is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Haq avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haq dives in for a single leg takedown but Jones sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
BJ Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abdul Haq.
Haq looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones lands a nice looking body shot.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Haq.
It seemed like Haq was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jones throws a body punch but Haq moves out of range.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haq tries for a takedown but Jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jones throws a series of punches but Haq moves out of range.
Haq uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
Jones throws a body punch but Haq moves out of range.
Jones lands with a nice combination. Haq backs away looking to recover.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haq.
Abdul Haq seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Haq does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones takes a swing at Haq's ribcage but misses.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
Jones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Jones scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Haq is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones in side control lands a decent elbow.
Haq is still in real trouble! Can Jones finish him?

Jones working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Jones lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Jones scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Haq is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Jones can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). BJ Jones!