PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Neo Wiggin (ranked 2197 p4p, 343 weight class) and Leandro Jones (ranked 3194 p4p, 450 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wiggin
vs
Jones

175 cm
31
165 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

183 cm
34
181 lbs
17 - 17 - 2

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

King of Clothes

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neo Wiggin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leandro Jones!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wiggin closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jones to the mat! Jones manages to get full guard.
Wiggin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jones's head.
Wiggin throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
Wiggin throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jones is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones wants to stand up but Wiggin is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones is controlling Wiggin's posture.
Jones controls Wiggin momentarily but Wiggin frees himself.
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wiggin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggin won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wiggin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones trying to strike off his back.
Wiggin trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wiggin chips away with some ground and pound.
Wiggin stays in close to Jones's body and controls the position.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones wants to stand but Wiggin is controlling the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
We've been informed that Jones has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Wiggin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Wiggin.
Wiggin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Wiggin tries to sprawl out of it but Jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wiggin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Wiggin. Those never looked like landing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wiggin, as that shot connected.
Jones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jones throws the left hand but Wiggin avoids the punch easily.
Wiggin cracks Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.
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!
Wiggin lands with a kick to the temple. Jones shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wiggin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jones on the side of the head.
Wiggin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Jones is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Wiggin's half guard.

Jones looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Wiggin trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.

Jones decides to stand up.
Jones lands with a hook. Wiggin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jones tries to work over Wiggin's front leg with a kick but Wiggin checks it.
Wiggin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Joness jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wiggin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wiggin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jones.
Neo Wiggin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wiggin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice jab there from Wiggin.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Wiggin.
Wiggin misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wiggin.
Wiggin takes one on the chin but seems OK.

A jab-cross combination lands for Jones and sends Wiggin crashing to the mat! Jones follows him down to the mat - Wiggin regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Wiggin is rocked!

Jones seems to be looking for submissions.
Oh Wiggin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Jones is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wiggin defends it well.
Wiggin seems to have got his legs back now.
Wiggin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Neo Wiggin will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wiggin moves away from the strike by Jones.
Wiggin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wiggin.
Wiggin slips a straight right by Jones.
Wiggin throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wiggin.
Wiggin tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wiggin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Jones throws a right hand that Wiggin ducks under and follows up with a left that Wiggin also avoids with ease.
Wiggin slips under a jab from Jones.
Jones misses with the combination.
Wiggin scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wiggin's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Wiggin duly obliges.
Wiggin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wiggin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wiggin connects with a body shot that sends Jones's belly button to the back.
Jones throws the left hand but Wiggin avoids the punch easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Jones misses
and Wiggin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wiggin avoids it really well and circles away.
Jones has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wiggin.
Wiggin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones misses with a kick to the body.
It looked like Wiggin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Wiggin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wiggin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Wiggin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jones moves out of range as Wiggin strikes.
Jones misses with a straight right.
A punch lands to the side of Jones 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Neo Wiggin is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Wiggin.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wiggin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wiggin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wiggin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wiggin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Wiggin, which made it look bad.
Neo Wiggin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Jones.
Wiggin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jones digs a good body shot into Wiggin's ribs.
Wiggin throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Jones sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones wants to clinch.
Wiggin looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Jones looks like he wants to counter punch here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jones.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Jones both land. Nice combination.
Jones takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jones tries to clinch but Wiggin is having none of it.

Jones fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wiggin sprawls well initially but Jones persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Wiggin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.
Jones throws a strike but Wiggin avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Wiggin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Jones is looking for a sweep. Wiggin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nice strikes from Wiggin there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wiggin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jones does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wiggin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jones defending well though.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin is trying to control the action in half guard but Jones is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wiggin is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jones is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Wiggin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wiggin wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
Wiggin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wiggin.
Jones wants to improve his position but Wiggin is controlling well.
Jones is staying active underneath Wiggin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Wiggin prevents Jones from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neo Wiggin dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Wiggin tries to score with a low kick but Jones moves his leg out of the way.
Wiggin digs a good body shot into Jones's ribs.
Wiggin looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Jones throws out a counter right but Wiggin avoids it with no problem.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Wiggin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Wiggin throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Wiggin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones walks into a left hand.
Wiggin swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Wiggin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wiggin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Wiggin, which made it look bad.
Jones drops his hands momentarily and Wiggin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jones is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wiggin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones needs to keep his hands up - Wiggin had a free shot at his head there.
A big left from Jones misses.
Wiggin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Wiggin scores with a nice head shot.
Wiggin lands with a nice combination. Jones backs away looking to recover.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jones is defended easily by Wiggin.
Neo Wiggin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Jones.
Wiggin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jones scores with a nice head shot.
Wiggin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Wiggin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A left and a right from Wiggin both land. Nice combination.
Wiggin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wiggin misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin misses with a straight right.
Wiggin scores with a jab to the jaw.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Wiggin misses the target.
Jones has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Wiggin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wiggin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jones tries a head kick but it misses.
Wiggin connects with a body shot.
Wiggin lands a jab to the nose.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Wiggin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.
Wiggin sizes up Jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wiggin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jones closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wiggin circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A jab lands there for Wiggin.
Wiggin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
Wiggin leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wiggin misses with a head kick.
Wiggin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Leandro Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones slips a jab from Wiggin.
Jones lands a high kick!
Wiggin scores with a body shot.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wiggin scores with a nice right hand.
Wiggin misses with the combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wiggin missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones takes one to the chin there.
Wiggin lands with a nice combination. Jones backs away looking to recover.
Wiggin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wiggin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Wiggin.
As Wiggin backs off Jones throws a huge counter combo but Wiggin manages to avoid it all.
Wiggin misses with a looping right.
Jones has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jones there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Wiggin slips the punch.

Wiggin shoots in and bounces Jones off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jones thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Jones will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wiggin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wiggin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jones throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Neo Wiggin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wiggin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neo Wiggin!
After the fight, Neo Wiggin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.