PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abbe Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sydney Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faria comes to the cage accompanied by Toni Montano - 10 Godina live. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Sydney Jones was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Faria
vs
Jones

195 cm
27
265 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

189 cm
28
290 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abbe Faria!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sydney Jones!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones moves away from the strike by Faria.

Faria closes the distance and clinches.
Faria softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jones tries a body shot but Faria blocks it.
Faria misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Faria backwards.
Faria controlling the action here for a moment.
Jones taking a breather.
Faria throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Faria.
Jones looks winded!
Faria landing knees to the body.
Jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
I was talking to Faria's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jones prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short right from Faria on the inside.
Faria lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Faria with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Faria stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria landing knees to the body.
Faria unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Faria lands a nice shot to the body.
Faria scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Faria.
Faria throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Faria with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Faria slowing the pace effectively.
Faria misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Faria.
Faria scores with a nice hook to the head.
Faria trying to land knees to the body.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Faria has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.
Faria lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Faria leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to maintain a safe position but Faria gets an underhook and turns Jones into the cage.
Faria working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Faria scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones takes a shot to the head.
Jones is trying to maintain a safe position but Faria gets an underhook and turns Jones into the cage.
Faria is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jones is defending well.
Still in the clinch, Faria scores with a nice short uppercut.
Faria landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Faria lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Faria lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Faria scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head.
Faria lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones takes a shot to the head.
Faria using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Faria scores a nice knee to the body.
Faria scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Faria lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Jones is rocked!
Faria avoiding damage.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Faria finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faria jerks Jones's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Jones drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Faria goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Faria because Jones was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Abbe Faria!
Abbe Faria retains his heavyweight title!
Our winner, Abbe Faria, 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.