PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luther Jones (ranked 666 p4p, 89 weight class) and Shaun Hague (ranked 2911 p4p, 336 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by One - Metallica. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Jones
vs
Hague

184 cm
27
197 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

175 cm
27
192 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Aspire Clothing
RISE Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Luther Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shaun Hague!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones lands a head shot.

Jones shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hague is trying to defend but Jones finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Jones is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Hague wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jones.
Jones punching from mount but Hague doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Jones avoids the attempt from Hague to control.
Jones thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jones throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jones unloads with some shots from mount but Hague bucks and avoids them well.
Jones throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hague really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jones. 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 one minute gone in the round.
Jones is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hague can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Jones fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jones lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hague can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jones thowing shots but they're missing.
Jones looking to finish with strikes here!
Jones unloading with bombs!
Jones throwing strikes here but Hague is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Jones scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throwing strikes here but Hague is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jones sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jones misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jones unloads with some shots from mount but Hague bucks and avoids them well.
Hague blocking the ground and pound.
Hague wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jones.
Jones fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Hague that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jones lands a big shot there that rocks Hague but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jones cracks Hague with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jones lands with some strikes.

Hague is rocked!
Jones postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Hague is out cold - huge knockout for Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Luther Jones!
An out of breath Luther Jones thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.