PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lars Voller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Voller
vs
Jones

191 cm
31
218 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

190 cm
38
221 lbs
28 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lars Voller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Jones!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voller paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jones misses with a leg kick.
Jones gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Voller.
Voller throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jones.

It looks like Paul Jones has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Voller misses the target.
Voller pushes Jones away with a front kick.
Jones on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Voller. Voller obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice straight punches there by Jones. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jones.
Voller jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jones feints the counter takedown.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones closes the distance and clinches up with Voller, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes Voller against the cage but Voller circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Voller throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jones drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Voller defends it well.
Voller stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Voller wants it to stay on the feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Voller, right into the meat.
Jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Voller's waist but Voller gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jones off to one side.
Lars Voller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Jones.

Voller tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
Voller tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Voller.
Voller tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Voller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Voller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Voller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voller has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Voller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones blocks a body shot from Voller.
Voller lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Jones tries for a takedown but Voller manages to get underhooks.
Voller is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Voller stalling in the clinch.
Voller looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Voller gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jones tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Voller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Voller lands a nice elbow.
Voller lands a shot to the body.
Voller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Voller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Voller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Voller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Voller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Voller misses with an elbow strike.
Voller misses with an elbow strike.
Voller gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Voller - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Voller throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Voller lands a nice elbow.
Voller struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Jones has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Voller seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jones can turn it around.
Voller lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Paul Jones's cut even more.
Voller prevents the takedown attempt.

Jones works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Voller not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Voller is controlling Jones's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Jones lands with a punch from half guard.
Voller trying to hold on to Jones's head to control him but Jones postures up.
Voller keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voller is pressing down on Jones's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Voller controls Jones momentarily but Jones frees himself.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Voller keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Voller has his hands on Jones's head, controlling the position.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Voller works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Voller lands a big head kick that sends Jones tumbling to the mat! Voller takes a step backwards and waves Jones back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Jones is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Nice takedown defense from Voller. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Voller finish him?
Voller lands a nice looking body shot.
Voller scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Voller moves into the clinch successfully.
Voller lands a nice elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voller is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Jones is working for takedown but Voller is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lars Voller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Jones.
Voller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Voller dips a shoulder and cracks Jones with a mighty uppercut! Jones falls back against the cage and Voller unloads with a barrage of strikes! Jones is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Voller screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lars Voller!
Our winner, Lars Voller, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.