PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Adams (ranked 2656 p4p, 287 weight class) and Barry Jones (ranked 2608 p4p, 284 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Adams
vs
Jones

190 cm
23
230 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
222 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Relentless

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jay Adams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Barry Jones!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Adams drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jones gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Adams drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jones pulls his leg out and moves away.

Jones clinches up with Adams and pushes him back against the cage.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Jones misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
A left hand lands to the body for Jones.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adams is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adams definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jones lands a body punch.
Adams is breathing heavily.
Jones lands a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Jones.
Jones digs a right hand into Adams's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adams's gas tank.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Adams.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Adams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adams prevents a body shot from Jones.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adams backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adams.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones prevents the takedown attempt.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Adams.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Adams controls his hands.
Jones working aggressively here.
Adams blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adams.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Adams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Adams avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Adams avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jones lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adamss head.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Adams is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jones is defending well.
Jones digs a right hand underneath Adams's ribcage. Adams let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Adams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adams blocks an uppercut.
Jones is pressed up against the cage. Adams has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jones down to the mat. Jones avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Jones moves into the clinch successfully.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Jones.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones pushes Adams back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jones tries a body shot but Adams blocks it.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
Adams changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jones fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with Adams.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Jones.
Jones presses Adams against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jones tries a body shot but Adams blocks it.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Adams controls the action.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Adams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones tries to work over Adams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Adams blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Adams prevents a body shot from Jones.
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Jones.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones scores with a shot to the side of Adams's head.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Adams is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones lands a body shot.
Oh Adams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Adams.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Adams.
Adams seems to have got his legs back now.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Adams controls his hands.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones digs a right hand underneath Adams's ribcage. Adams let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
A hook to the body from Jones.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Adams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Adams controls his hands.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
Adams prevents a body shot from Jones.
Jones gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Adams.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Jones dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jones darts in and clinches Adams up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adams.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Jones unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Adams! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Jones is unloading with more strikes now! Adams drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barry Jones!
Barry Jones is the new heavyweight champion!
Barry Jones decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.