PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamel Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jamel Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nelson
vs
Jones

180 cm
25
280 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

180 cm
26
260 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roy Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jamel Jones!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson misses with a looping right.
Nelson misses with a combination

and Jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Jones has hold of one of Nelson's legs. Nelson is fighting the takedown attempt but Jones gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Jones scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones trying to control but Nelson is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.

Nelson is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Jones presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.

Jones jumps guard and drags Nelson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Nelson throws an elbow that misses. Jones uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nelson's guard. Nice move by Jones!

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones prevents Nelson from getting back to his feet.
Jones sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Jones stands up over Nelson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nelson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jones passes into side control.
Nelson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jones gets to mount! Nelson was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
Nelson is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
Jones blocks Nelson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jones pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jones is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Nelson goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jamel Jones!