PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shine Chen (ranked 10005 p4p, 633 weight class) and Jhonny Jones (ranked 9961 p4p, 632 weight class). Jhonny Jones has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Shine Chen's chin.

Chen
vs
Jones

167 cm
18
144 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
18
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Shine Chen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jhonny Jones!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones wants to clinch up but Chen keeps it at a distance.

Chen gets a clinch.
Chen avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Chen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chen is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Chen shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.

It looks like Shine Chen has been cut.
Chen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Chen fails to pull guard.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chen tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones lands an elbow just above Chen 's eye.
Chen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A frustrated look appears on Chen's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands a good knee to the midsection. Chen won't want to take too many of those.
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jones landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chen is stalling here.
Chen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jones is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chen is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Chen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Chen in his tracks for a moment.
Jones working Chen over with knees to the body.
Jones scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Chen takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones lands an elbow just above Chen 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Chen shrugs off.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chen's defenses.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones lands a nice knee to the body.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones lands an elbow just above Chen 's eye.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chen's defenses.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Chen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
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 landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jones is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Chen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands an elbow just above Chen 's eye.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Chen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Jones lands a nice knee to the body.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Chen blocks an elbow strike.
Chen can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones working Chen over with knees to the body.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chen takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jhonny Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shine Chen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Chen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from Chen.
A countering left hand to the body from Jones misses.
Jones tries to clinch but Chen moves out of range.
Chen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chen throws the kick towards the body but Jones avoids it.
Chen swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones tries to clinch up but Chen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones tries to clinch but Chen is having none of it.
Jhonny Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Chen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chen seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch

and Chen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jones's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chen throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chen stands and steps away. Jones gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jones closes the distance but Chen moves to the side
and Chen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jones tries to clinch up

and Chen counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Chen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Chen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Chen wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Chen prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen pushing down on Jones's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chen controlling the pace.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Chen gets the takedown into side control.
Jones seems a little lost for a moment, as Chen dominates the positioning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chen has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jones gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chen has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shine Chen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shine Chen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Chen circles away.
Chen swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones wants to clinch up but Chen keeps it at a distance.
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch but Chen moves out of range.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've been told by Chen's head coaches at Cozad The Island that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chen tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Chen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jones is trying to defend but Chen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Chen content to control rather than advance.
Chen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Chen is taking a breather. Jones says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Chen perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Chen.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Jones tries to clinch but Chen is having none of it.

Jones gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Chen to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Chen content to stall in guard here.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chen advances position into side control!
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Chen drags him back down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet here but Chen is keeping cool and he's managed to take Jones's back.
Chen controlling from the back.

Chen is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Chen tightening his grip on Jones, looking for the choke.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shine Chen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Chen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 28:28
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:28
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!