PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between daniel cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

cook
vs
Jones

191 cm
22
171 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, daniel cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josh Jones!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

cook looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
cook is staying active underneath Jones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones trying to control the pace.
cook knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.

cook looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

cook looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
cook really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Jones trying to control from half guard but cook is working away.

Jones is trying to work for a kimura but cook is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cook is not content to let Jones control the position.
Jones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jones landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jones wants to control but cook is keeping him busy.
Still in half guard, Jones seems content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones wants to control but cook is keeping him busy.
cook is breathing heavily.
cook has a hand on Jones's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Jones takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
cook is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jones putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jones takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Despite being in the dominant position, Josh Jones just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

cook shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jones is looking to improve his position but cook isn't that keen on the idea.
cook will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jones throwing hammer fists to the chest of cook. What's that going to do exactly?
Jones throwing hammer fists to the chest of cook. What's that going to do exactly?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones wants to control but cook is having none of it.
Jones working to try and regain half guard.
Jones swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Jones defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from cook.
cook avoids the attempt from Jones to control.

That's four 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.

cook looking to isolate an arm here. Jones doesn't see it coming and as cook extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by cook!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). daniel cook!