PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kev The Ultimate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

The Ultimate
vs
Jones

197 cm
22
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
20
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Inexperienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kev The Ultimate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam Jones!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a front kick that sends The Ultimate stumbling back into the cage.
The Ultimate looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.
The Ultimate keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jones blocks a head kick by The Ultimate.
The Ultimate fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones tries a low kick but The Ultimate avoids it.
Horrible takedown by The Ultimate or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Adam Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Ultimate misses with a head kick.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably

and The Ultimate counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Jones kicks off The Ultimate and gets to his feet.
The Ultimate fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones lets loose with a powerful body kick. The Ultimate will feel that in the morning.
A head kick by Jones misses

and The Ultimate counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Ultimate trying to control from half guard but Jones is working away.
Jones is trying to maintain the position but The Ultimate is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, The Ultimate seems content to control.
Jones is trying to stand back up but The Ultimate is controlling him

Jones pushes The Ultimate off and gets back to his feet.
Jab by Jones.

Jones rushes The Ultimate and presses him up against the cage.
Jones fails to pull guard.
The Ultimate is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Ultimate has his back to the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The Ultimate tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kev The Ultimate. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Ultimate dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
The Ultimate takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Kev The Ultimate has been cut.
The Ultimate connects with a knee to the head.
Jones keeps control of The Ultimate as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Jones has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics The Ultimate uses from the top position.
The Ultimate cracks Jones with a solid left hand.
The Ultimate 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 Ultimate is trying to control the position but Jones postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Ultimate wants to sweep but no luck.
The Ultimate is breathing heavily.

Jones gets to his feet - The Ultimate follows without any prompting.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with The Ultimate but The Ultimate pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The Ultimate tries for a takedown but Jones circles away easily
and Jones counters with a big head kick but The Ultimate shrugs it off.
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

The Ultimate looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The Ultimate knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
The Ultimate wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
The Ultimate is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jones is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Jones has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. The Ultimate doesn't defend quickly enough and Jones has managed to lock this one up! Can The Ultimate escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Jones on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Adam Jones!