PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nalfien Bane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bane
vs
Jones

178 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nalfien Bane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Jones!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bane tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Bane.
Bane throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bane fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Bane closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bane staying calm.
Bane wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bane wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bane decides to stand back up. Bane steps back and let's Jones get back to his feet.
Jones is looking to clinch but Bane is avoiding it.
Bane throwing a counter right hand but Jones manages to avoid it.
Bane works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bane keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Bane pushes him off.

Jones clinches up with Bane and pushes him back against the cage.
Bane lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Bane fails to land.
Bane lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bane lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jones or not.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jones tries to work over Bane's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bane lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Bane softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bane's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two 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!
Bane tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Bane makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Bane working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bane misses with some punches.
A short left from Bane.
Bane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bane lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jones looks winded!
A right handed body shot lands from Bane.
Jones blocks a body shot from Bane.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bane.
Jones looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Still in the clinch, Bane scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jones tries a body shot but Bane blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bane.
Bane lands a nice uppercut.
Bane blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bane stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bane.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bane's elbow.
Bane tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Bane back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Bane.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Bane.
Bane prevents a body shot from Jones.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bane goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones blocking some punches.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones prevents a body shot from Bane.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bane.
Bane makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Jones is rocked!
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Bane finish him?
Jones misses with a body punch.
Jones seems to have recovered his senses.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bane.
Bane lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Bane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joness head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bane.
Bane pushes Jones back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
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!
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Bane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bane working aggressively here.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bane lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Bane.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bane creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bane gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Bane.
Bane misses with a body punch.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bane cracks Jones with a nice body shot.
Bane lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Bane.
Bane digs a right hand into Jones's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jones's gas tank.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bane lands a big right hand that sends Jones crashing to the mat! Bane stays standing though and waves Jones back to his feet!
Bane throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Bane tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Bane.
Bane drops Jones with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Jones! Bane dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nalfien Bane!