PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Denver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jonny Jones Mix kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jonny Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Denver
vs
Jones

180 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Denver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonny Jones!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones blocks a body shot from Denver.
Jones tries to pull guard but Denver holds him up against the cage and eventually Jones drops back down to his feet.
Jones tries to pull guard but Denver won't allow it.

Jones pulls Denver into guard.
Jones has a closed guard, preventing Denver from standing up.

Denver stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Denver lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Jones gets caught flat footed, as Denver shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Jones is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Jones is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Denver has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jones is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Denver scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Denver from controlling successfully.
Denver trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jones's guard.

Jones has his foot on Denver's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Denver works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Denver wants to stand but Jones is controlling his posture from full guard.
Denver sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jones's guard.

Jones looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Denver wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Jones is trying to maintain the position but Denver is very close to passing his half guard.

Jones is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Denver pulls his head out easily.
Denver trying to control from half guard but Jones is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denver looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Denver.
Denver is trying to control the action in half guard but Jones is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Denver gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Denver clinches.
Denver can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.

Denver lands a takedown into guard.
Denver is pushing down on Jones's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jones is fighting to maintain full guard but Denver has managed to sneak the leg through.
Denver trying to control from half guard but Jones is working away.
Jones works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denver trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jones's guard.
Denver is breathing heavily.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Denver from controlling successfully.

Jones is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Denver is aware though and is defending well.

Jones is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Denver defends well.
Denver forces his way into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Jones actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Denver dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Denver manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Jones gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Denver to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Denver from controlling successfully.
Denver wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jones is working an open guard so Denver takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Jones throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Denver is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jones's half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Denver is keen to just control but Jones is a slippery customer.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Denver is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Jones gets back to full guard.
Denver wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Denver trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Denver has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Jones pushes a forearm under Denver's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Denver is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jonny Jones!
Jonny Jones decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.