PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Mclean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Percy Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Percy Jones has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Roger Mclean's chin.

Mclean
vs
Jones

174 cm
18
214 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

200 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roger Mclean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Percy Jones!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mclean wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Jones manages to pass to side control.
Mclean really is a fat lump.
Jones looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Jones prevents Mclean from standing back up.
Mclean is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jones working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

Mclean has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Jones is on him like a limpet, forcing Mclean back against the cage.
Mclean tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Mclean pulls guard.
Mclean pulls Jones in close to prevent any damage.
Jones won't allow Mclean to sweep him here.
Mclean is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mclean is nestled in close to Jones, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ground and pound from Mclean.
Mclean is nestled in close to Jones, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Mclean is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Mclean is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jones doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Mclean.
Mclean is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mclean trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Jones is trying to control but Mclean passes into side control!
Mclean landing strikes.
Jones on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mclean lands a few punches from side control.

Mclean decides to stand back up.

Mclean has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mclean is trying to pull guard but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Mclean tries to pull guard but Jones holds him up against the cage and eventually Mclean drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roger Mclean. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mclean jumps into guard, dragging Jones to the mat.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mclean tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mclean lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Mclean is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mclean stands up over Jones, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mclean defends well.

Jones throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Mclean escapes and throws Jones's legs to the side, diving into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mclean working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mclean scores with a couple of short elbows.

Mclean stands up and we're back to a striking position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Mclean dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Mclean scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Jones kicks Mclean off and gets back to his feet.
Mclean is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?

Mclean closes the distance and clinches.
Mclean tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jones smiles and moves away.

Mclean darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jones is looking to get back to is feet but Mclean passes into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Mclean scoring with punches and elbows.
Mclean landing strikes.

Mclean thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Mclean thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Mclean working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to buck Mclean off.
Mclean is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Mclean tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mclean has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mclean lands some shots froms side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mclean working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Mclean is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jones has escaped the position, nice work there.

Mclean thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jones looking for a sweep but Mclean has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mclean is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jones can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Mclean putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Jones is rocked!
Mclean postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Jones in real trouble here! The ref calls for Jones to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roger Mclean!