PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Pickerage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen Rise of the Northstar - Sound of Wolves as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Pickerage
vs
Jones

180 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

M.O. Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Pickerage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tito Jones!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow Pickerage down.

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Pickerage. Pickerage maintains the clinch.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pickerage misses with some punches.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pickerage connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jones. Jones circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pickerage throws a body shot but no joy.

Pickerage takes the fight into the clinch.
Pickerage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pickerage scores with a hook to the body.
Jones's coach down at Archon Dojo was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Jones's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Pickerage goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pickerage struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Jones blocking some punches.
Pickerage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pickerage lands a nice uppercut.
Pickerage tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is working for takedown but Pickerage is calmly controlling the position for now.
A head punch on the inside from Pickerage fails to land.
Pickerage wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Pickerage - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pickerage prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Jones fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pickerage goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pickerage lands with a short shot to the head.
Jones tries a body shot but Pickerage blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Pickerage.
Jones is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Pickerage to keep the fight standing.
Taylor Pickerage has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito Jones.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Pickerage tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Pickerage back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pickerage misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Pickerage.
Pickerage lands with a light punch inside.
I was talking to Pickerage's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pickerage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pickerage lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pickerage lands with a light punch inside.
Pickerage lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short body shot lands from Pickerage as the two fighters clinch.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Pickerage avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Pickerage lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Jones is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
A short uppercut from Pickerage.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Pickerage finish him?
Pickerage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pickerage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Pickerage keeps him there for the moment.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pickerage misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pickerage misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones seems to have recovered his senses.
Pickerage blocking some punches.
Pickerage misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pickerage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pickerage.
Pickerage swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones blocks a body shot from Pickerage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pickerage.
Pickerage prevents the takedown attempt.
Pickerage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pickerage misses with a punch to the body.
Pickerage misses with some punches.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pickerage lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pickerage scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Pickerage controls his hands.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Pickerage after a bit of a struggle.
A shot in the inside from Pickerage.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pickerage lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
Pickerage blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pickerage.
Come on Jones - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taylor Pickerage dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Crunch! Jones slams his shin into Pickerage's torso.
Jones goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pickerage keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Pickerage blocks a head kick by Jones.

Pickerage pushes Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Pickerage doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pickerage has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Pickerage misses with some punches.
Pickerage is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Pickerage lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pickerage lands a left hand.
Pickerage tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pickerage lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jones or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pickerage.
Pickerage is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Pickerage prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Pickerage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones stalling in the clinch but Pickerage improves position.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Pickerage has him pressed against the cage.
Pickerage scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Pickerage keeps him there for the moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pickerage.
Pickerage lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pickerage pushes Jones against the cage. Pickerage is working some dirty boxing. Pickerage pushes off with a quick right hook! Jones goes down! Jones tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Pickerage moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taylor Pickerage!
Taylor Pickerage thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Tito Jones was interviewed post fight and said 'I never lose. I either win or I learn. '.