PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernardo Muriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones's entrance music is It's not unusual. A fine choice. Tom Jones is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Jones
vs
Muriel

196 cm
29
220 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

187 cm
27
220 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Determined

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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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bernardo Muriel!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Muriel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Muriel misses with a body punch.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Muriel misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Muriel misses with a body punch.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Muriel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Muriel lands with a short shot to the head.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Muriel.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones prevents a body shot from Muriel.
Muriel scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head.
Muriel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones is trying to push Muriel away but Muriel has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jones prevents a body shot from Muriel.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Muriel has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Muriel misses with a hook from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muriel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Muriel throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muriel taking a breather.
Muriel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Muriel.
Muriel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Muriel lands with a right to the head.
Muriel misses with a body punch.
Muriel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Muriel blocks an uppercut.
Jones tries a body shot but Muriel blocks it.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Jones.
Muriel working aggressively here.
Jones misses with the head strike.
We've been informed that Muriel has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muriel.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Muriel.
Muriel working aggressively here.
Jones cracks Muriel with a nice body shot.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones tries to work over Muriel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muriel.
Muriel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones scores with the left hand. Muriel knows he should have avoided that one.
Muriel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Muriel tries a head kick but it misses.
Muriel wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Muriel scores with a punch to the head.
Jones scores with a jab to the head.
Muriel is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Muriel throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Muriel. Muriel maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Muriel fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muriel lands a hook to the side of the head.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've been told by Jones's head coaches at Platinum MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Muriel lands with a kick to the temple. Jones shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Muriel closes the distance and pushes Jones back into the cage.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Muriel.
Jones lands a right hand.
Muriel scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
A right handed body shot lands from Jones.
Muriel throws a head punch that misses.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Muriel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Muriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Muriel.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Muriel tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Muriel back against the cage.
Jones blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones with a jab.

Jones lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Muriel sprawling to the canvas. Jones follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Muriel hang on?

Muriel is rocked!

It looks like Bernardo Muriel has been cut.

Jones decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Muriel is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Jones fakes the body blow, causing Muriel to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Muriel goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tom Jones!
Tom Jones seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.