PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aritz Aguado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Aguado
vs
Jones

172 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

179 cm
26
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aritz Aguado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Jones!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones lands a nice hook to Aguado's body. Aguado takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Aguado moves out of range of the body kick from Jones.
Aguado seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Aguado uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Aguado misses with a jab, cross combination.

Aguado closes the distance and clinches.

Aguado breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnny Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aguado shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Aguado could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Aguado fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.

Jones is fighting off a takedown attempt but Aguado is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Jones to the mat. Jones regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Jones looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aguado postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Aguado postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Jones has his foot on Aguado's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aguado works his way back into a safe position though.
Aguado lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguado works over Jones with some ground and pound from guard.
Aguado controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Aguado gets to his feet - Jones follows without any prompting.
Aguado fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones feints the counter takedown.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Aguado throws a quick counter kick to the body but Jones avoids it.

Aguado gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Aguado is trying to trip Jones. He has hold of a leg but Jones is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Aguado persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Aguado stands up from Jones's guard - Aguado perhaps looking for a knockout.
Aguado blocks a head kick by Jones.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Jones enables Aguado to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Jones manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Aguado pushes down on Jones's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Aguado seems content to control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Aguado is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguado not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Aguado thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jones's head.
Jones is looking for a sweep. Aguado is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Aguado wants to pass to mount but Jones is defending the position.
Aguado perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Aguado trying to work for an americana but Jones has managed to regain full guard.
Aguado is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Jones working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Aguado doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Jones is tightening it up a little... Aguado has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Aguado reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Aguado taps out! Nice BJJ there by Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Johnny Jones!