PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jewel Moses (ranked 8489 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Jones (ranked 6082 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Moses
vs
Jones

154 cm
24
151 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

150 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jewel Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tony Jones!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moses fails with the takedown

and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Moses tries to roll over but Jones keeps him under control.
Jones working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Moses is defending against the submission attempts here by Jones.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Moses pushes Jones off looking to stand but Jones dives back in and keeps control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moses taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
Jones lands strikes from half guard.

Jones is looking for a kimura but Moses is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jones to get the leverage.
Jones lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones seems to be working for a kimura but Moses defends the submission attempt.
Moses is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Moses avoid being mounted?

Jones is looking for a kimura but Moses is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jones to get the leverage.
Moses trying to hold on to Jones's head to control him but Jones postures up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jones connects with a nice short shot to Moses's temple.

Moses is rocked!
Moses could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Jones lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Moses quite badly. Moses pulls Jones in close trying to recover. Jones postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Moses on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Moses doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Jones!