PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Greiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greiner has chosen August Burns Red - Spirit Breaker as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Greiner

191 cm
25
213 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

193 cm
31
217 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Henry Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Greiner!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greiner throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
Greiner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Greiner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Greiner takes a shot to the head.
Jones misses with some punches.
Greiner blocks an uppercut.
Greiner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Greiner slips a straight right by Jones.
Greiner on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Greiner throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A shot in the inside from Greiner.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greiner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Greiner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Greiner avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Greiner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Greiner is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greiner swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Greiner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Greiner throws a combination that misses
and Jones counters with a head kick.
Jones bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Greiner's head backwards.
Greiner throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Greiner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Greiner misses.
Greiner misses with a wild body shot.
Jones is looking to counter the offense by Greiner and move into the clinch.
Jones scores with the left hand. Greiner knows he should have avoided that one.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Greiner moved out of range nicely.
Jones sets himself, and Greiner steps forward looking for the clinch! Jones avoids it this time.
Greiner wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.

Greiner clinches up against the cage.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Greiner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Greiner throws a big shot that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Greiner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Greiner rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.
Greiner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Greiner scores with a knee to the head.
Greiner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Greiner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones tries to work over Greiner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Greiner swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
I was talking to Jones's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Greiner looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Greiner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Greiner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Greiner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones throws a series of punches but Greiner moves out of range.
Greiner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Greiner. That did some damage!
Greiner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones is looking to slow Greiner down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Greiner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Greiner is looking to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Greiner lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jones has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jones and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jones swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged Greiner in a clinch.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Greiner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow Greiner down.
Greiner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones throws a head kick but Greiner moves out of range.
Jones misses with a leg kick.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Greiner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Greiner blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Greiner breaks the clinch.
Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Greiner. That did some damage!
Greiner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Greiner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.
Greiner misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Greiner slips the punch.
Jones cracks Greiner with an open hand slap.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Greiner is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Jones wants to slow Greiner down by chopping away at his legs.
Greiner cracks the inside of Jones's front leg.
Greiner takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones connects with a looping right hand.
Greiner throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Greiner tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Greiner throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Jones is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Greiner misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Jones dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Greiner.
Jones throws a body punch but Greiner moves out of range.
Jones stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jones lands a jab to the nose.
Jones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jab from Greiner.
No joy there for Greiner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Greiner can do to turn this around?
Greiner is looking to clinch.
Greiner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jones was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Greiner throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henry Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones throws the kick towards the body but Greiner avoids it.
Matt Greiner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Greiner rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greiner lands with a short shot to the head.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stalling in the clinch from Jones.
A short uppercut from Jones.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Greiner controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Greiner breaks the clinch.
Greiner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Greiner.
Greiner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Decent striking displayed by Jones there.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Greiner lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Greiner misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
A clash of legs there as Jones blocks the low kick.
Greiner checks a low kick from Jones.
Jones lands a nice hook to Greiner's body. Greiner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Greiner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Greiner blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greiner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Greiner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Greiner is out of range.
Greiner walks into a straight right hand from Jones.
Jones scores with a three punch combo!
A chopping leg kick lands by Jones.

Greiner has managed to clinch.

Greiner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Greiner checks a leg kick.
Greiner throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jones fires out a quick counter leg kick but Greiner just manages to avoid it.
Matt Greiner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Greiner misses with an uppercut
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Greiner tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.

Jones clinches.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.

Greiner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greiner throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jones throws a right hand that misses
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones works Greiner's body with a nice hook.
Jones slips a jab from Greiner.
Jones appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Greiner slips a jab from Jones.
Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jones lunges at Greiner with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Greiner's hand.
Greiner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Greiner wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Greiner.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A leg kick checked by Greiner.
Greiner throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Greiner throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones stalks Greiner and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Greiner's face. Greiner staggers backwards, shaken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greiner takes a jab right on the kisser.

Greiner forces Jones back against the cage and clinches.

Greiner breaks the clinch.

Jones instigates a clinch.
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Greiner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A good leg kick by Jones.
Greiner throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Jones misses with a body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jones.
Jones lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Greiner at a distance.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Greiner avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Jones pushes Greiner up against the cage in a clinch.

Greiner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Greiner tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jones throws a wild body kick that Greiner sees coming a mile off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Jones dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Greiner ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Greiner scores with a shot to the body.
Greiner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Greiner was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromGreiner.
Greiner moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones sets himself, and Greiner steps forward looking for the clinch! Jones avoids it this time.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Greiner moves out of range easily.
Jones avoids the body shot from Greiner.
Jones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jones throws a hook but Greiner avoids it easily.
Jones avoids the head kick by Greiner.
Greiner throws a sloppy head kick
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greiner takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Greiner lands with a hook. Jones tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
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!

Greiner clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greiner presses Jones against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Greiner.
Jones tries a body shot but Greiner blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Greiner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Jones working aggressively here.
Greiner takes a shot to the head.
Greiner avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones avoiding damage as Greiner throws knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
A right hook to the body lands for Greiner.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Greiner.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Greiner is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.

Greiner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Greiner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Greiner lands a two punch combo.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a wild body kick that Greiner sees coming a mile off.
Jones lands the left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Greiner is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Greiner walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jones checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jones is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Greiner.
Greiner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Greiner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Greiner.
Greiner throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jones takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Jones throws a nice outside leg kick.
Greiner's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Greiner darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Greiner.
Greiner has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Greiner throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Greiner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Greiner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jones.
Greiner walks into a stiff left hand from Jones.
Jones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Greiner.
Greiner throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Greiner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Greiner doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Jones seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Greiner lands a head kick!
Jones fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jones digs a good body shot into Greiner's ribs.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Greiner.
Greiner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Greiner lands a slapping body shot.
Matt Greiner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greiner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones moves out of range as Greiner strikes.
Jones throws a right hand that Greiner ducks under and follows up with a left that Greiner also avoids with ease.
As Jones backs off Greiner throws a huge counter combo but Jones manages to avoid it all.
Jones throws a front kick that sends Greiner stumbling back into the cage.
Greiner gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jones.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.
Greiner takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jones thinks about countering with a body kick.
Nice defenses there by Greiner.
Jones moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromGreiner.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Greiner moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jones connects with a high kick.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Greiner.
Jones tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Greiner manages to circle out of the way.
A big left from Jones misses.
Greiner closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greiner lunges at Jones with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jones's hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Henry Jones.
Well Jones has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Henry Jones!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Henry Jones!
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Henry Jones!

Henry Jones wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Henry Jones made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.