PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between TJ Heisman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen Ludacris - Get Back as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Heisman
vs
Jones

195 cm
36
275 lbs
27 - 17 - 0

190 cm
31
244 lbs
21 - 11 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
King of Fists

Conviction

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 27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, TJ Heisman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Jones!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Heisman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Heisman.

Heisman manages to break the clinch.

Heisman clinches.

Heisman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heisman misses with a leg kick
letting Jones counter with a right hand.
Heisman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Heisman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Heisman wants to clinch.
Heisman misses the jab.
Jones checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

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

Heisman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heisman explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jones throws a right and a left that Heisman avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones moves away from the strike by Heisman.
A countering left hand to the body from Jones misses.
Jones on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Heisman. Heisman obviously looking to wear him down.
Heisman checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Heisman misses with a low kick.
Heisman checks the leg kick nicely there.
Heisman tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Heisman tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Heisman forces Jones back against the cage and clinches.
Heisman misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Heisman - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.
Heisman wants to stall.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Heisman has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heisman's elbow.
I was talking to Heisman's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heisman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Heisman is leaning against Jones and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Heisman stalling.

Heisman breaks the clinch.
Heisman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heisman scores with a sloppy right hand. Jones should have avoided that one.
Jones tries to land a body kick
and Heisman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Heisman.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Heisman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jones on the side of the head.
Jones tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Heisman lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jones will feel that in the morning.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Heisman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heisman lands a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heisman thows a body kick. Jones tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Heisman moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
Heisman appears to be looking for a big counter.
Jones looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A little feinted left hand from Heisman on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Heisman throws a body shot but no joy.
Heisman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Heisman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones throws a body kick that misses.
Jones blocks the body kick.
Heisman throws out a powerful jab.
Jones takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Heisman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jones has time to react.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Heisman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heisman tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Heisman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones throws a head kick but Heisman moves out of range.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heisman manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heisman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Heisman circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice defenses there by Heisman.
A jab from Jones misses.
Heisman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jones tries to move into range but Heisman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Heisman misses with a wild combination.
Heisman scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TJ Heisman dominated that round.
That's time! Heisman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jones moves out of range as Heisman strikes.
Heisman moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
TJ Heisman is winning the standup battle so far.
Heisman lands with a shot to the body.
Heisman scores with a hook to the body. Jones takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A good leg kick by Heisman.
Jones throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Heisman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Heisman looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Heisman moves into range and connects with a jab.
A combination from Heisman does no damage.
Jones let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heisman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heisman avoids the body shot from Jones.
Heisman blocks a head kick by Jones.

Heisman moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones presses Heisman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jones lands a body punch.
Heisman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heisman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Jones lands a lovely overhand right.
Heisman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
TJ Heisman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones connects with a body shot.
Jones tries to clinch but Heisman is having none of it.
Jones keeps Heisman at a distance using the push kick.
Heisman gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Jones counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Heisman tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jones makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jones lands the left hand.
Jones walks into a straight right hand from Heisman.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heisman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heisman avoids a kick to the body.
Heisman tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Heisman.
Heisman takes one to the chin there.
Heisman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
TJ Heisman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Heisman doesn't seem bothered though.
Jones lands a leg kick that knocks Heisman off balance momentarily.
Heisman has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Heisman throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Heisman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heisman tries to land a body kick
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jones walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Heisman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Heisman quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Heisman moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Heisman has managed to clinch.
Heisman blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heisman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heisman can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones throws a front kick that sends Heisman stumbling back into the cage.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Heisman. Heisman obviously looking to wear him down.
Heisman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones cracks Heisman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Heisman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jones connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jones goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Heisman has managed to clinch.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.

Heisman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

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!
Heisman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Heisman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jones tries to clinch up.
A good leg kick by Heisman.
Jones jabs Heisman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.

Jones tries to keep at a distance but Heisman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heisman tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good body shot from Jones.
Jones lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones pushes Heisman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Heisman blocks a head kick by Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Heisman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jones fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Heisman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Heisman lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jones backs up against the cage.
Jones thuds his right hand into Heisman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Jones lands a big head kick that sends Heisman tumbling to the mat! Jones takes a step backwards and waves Heisman back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like TJ Heisman has been cut.
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!
Heisman scores with a leg kick.
That kick from Jones tenderised Heisman's leg. Heisman is trying to keep his angry face on.
Heisman moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
Heisman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jones darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Heisman tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Heisman rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Heisman manages to break the clinch.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Heisman is out of range.
Jones fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Heisman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Heisman tries to clinch up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Heisman has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Heisman misses with a hook from the clinch.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Heisman moves out of range of the body kick from Jones.
Heisman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
A counter left hand to the body from Heisman misses its target.
Heisman lands a front kick.
Jones fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Heisman's shoulder, as Heisman tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Heisman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jones tries a head kick but it misses.
Heisman doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Jones lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Jones. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Heisman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heisman doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Heisman misses with a body kick.
Jones looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A left and a right from Jones both land. Nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That kick from Jones tenderised Heisman's leg. Heisman is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jones wants to land a leg kick but Heisman is out of range.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Heisman seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Heisman moves out of range of the body kick from Jones.
Heisman throws a combination that misses
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Heisman has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Heisman there as he acknowledges the shot.
Heisman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Jones closes the distance and pushes Heisman back into the cage.
Heisman stalling the fight.
Heisman controlling the action here for a moment.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Heisman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Heisman misses with the head strike.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heisman tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
TJ Heisman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Heisman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones working aggressively here.
Heisman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.
Heisman landing knees to the body.
Jones lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Heisman.
Heisman managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Heisman fails to land.
Heisman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heisman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jones's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Still in the clinch, Heisman scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Heisman controls his hands.
Heisman lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Heisman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heisman misses with some punches.
Jones lands a shoulder strike.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heisman tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Heisman wants to clinch
and Jones counters with a left to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Jones!
Jack Jones was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.