PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between DeMar DeRozan (ranked 1512 p4p, 227 weight class) and Jeremy Jones (ranked 2209 p4p, 312 weight class). DeMar DeRozan has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

DeRozan
vs
Jones

201 cm
23
218 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
23
212 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, DeMar DeRozan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeremy Jones!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jones looks for the body kick but DeRozan saw that one coming.
DeRozan throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

DeRozan rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.
A short right from DeRozan.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones blocking some punches.

DeRozan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
DeRozan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but DeRozan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A swing and a miss from DeRozan.
DeRozan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ice Cream Parlour in the buildup to the fight.
DeRozan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
DeRozan throws a leg kick
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
DeRozan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
DeRozan moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
DeRozan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.

DeRozan has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
DeRozan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones looks for the body kick but DeRozan saw that one coming.
DeRozan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
DeRozan throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
DeRozan lands a lovely overhand right.
DeRozan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jones only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Jones lands a nice looking body shot.
Jones misses with a left hand
and DeRozan counters with a thumping low kick.
DeRozan fails with an attempt to clinch.
DeRozan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
DeRozan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
DeRozan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones misses with a hook. DeRozan ducked under it nicely.
Jones takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
DeRozan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks to land a body kick but DeRozan moved away.
Jones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jones scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
DeRozan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from DeRozan.

DeRozan closes the distance and clinches.

DeRozan manages to break the clinch.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
DeRozan throws a solid leg kick but Jones takes the impact on his shin and smiles at DeRozan.
DeRozan lands a head shot.
DeRozan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
DeRozan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones is looking to score with low kicks.
Jones throws a low kick but it's checked well by DeRozan.
DeRozan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice jab there from Jones.
Jones throws a leg kick but DeRozan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
DeRozan scores with a nice right hand.
Jones works DeRozan's body with a nice hook.
DeRozan blocks a leg kick.
Jones avoids the body shot from DeRozan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries a low kick but DeRozan avoids it.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
DeRozan checks the leg kick nicely there.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
DeRozan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Jones was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jones takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Jones manages to break the clinch.

DeRozan moves into the clinch.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from DeRozan. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by DeRozan.
DeRozan moves away from the strike by Jones.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
DeRozan throws a chopping leg kick but Jones manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jones defending well as DeRozan loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by DeRozan.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jones! But no joy.
DeRozan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones connects with a solid leg kick.
DeRozan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
DeRozan slips under a jab.
DeRozan just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones slips a jab from DeRozan.
Jones fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
DeRozan throws a leg kick but Jones sees it coming and checks it nicely.
DeRozan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jones at a distance.
A big right from DeRozan misses.
Jones fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
DeRozan throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Jones slips under a jab.
Jones is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jones.
Jones lands a nice looking body kick.
DeRozan defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
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 DeMar DeRozan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

DeRozan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
DeRozan misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
DeRozan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
DeRozan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
DeRozan wants to slow Jones down by chopping away at his legs.
DeRozan moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
DeRozan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
DeRozan backing away here, and Jones unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jones lands a nice hook to DeRozan's body. DeRozan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jones throws a hook but DeRozan avoids it easily.
DeRozan walks into a jab.
Jones throws a push kick but DeRozan slaps the foot to one side.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
DeRozan wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Jones misses.
Jeremy Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
DeRozan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
DeRozan connects with the punch.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses DeRozan's front leg but catches the back leg as DeRozan tries to avoid it.
Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jones is looking to chop away at DeRozan's legs.
DeRozan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Jones missing with a left hand there. DeRozan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some bone on bone action there as DeRozan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
DeRozan looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
DeRozan stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
DeRozan blocks a low kick nicely.
DeRozan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones misses with a hook.
DeRozan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
DeRozan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jones scores with the left hand. DeRozan knows he should have avoided that one.
A big left from DeRozan misses.
DeRozan misses with a body kick.
DeRozan tries to land a front kick but Jones steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
DeRozan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
DeRozan looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
DeRozan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
DeRozan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for DeRozan.
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!
DeRozan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
DeRozan tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but DeRozan manages to avoid it.
Jones thuds his right hand into DeRozan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jones connects with a crisp jab.
Jones with a nice cross.
DeRozan throws a leg kick that misses.
DeRozan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Jones throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A good leg kick by DeRozan.
DeRozan wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
DeRozan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones scores with a hook to the body. DeRozan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
DeRozan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Jones throws a nice head kick!
Jones digs a good hook to DeRozan's body.
DeRozan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
DeRozan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jones lands with a right hand.
Jones lands a front kick.
Jones is looking to score with low kicks.
DeRozan connects with an inside leg kick.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
DeRozan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
DeRozan checks a leg kick nicely.
DeRozan is looking to clinch.
DeRozan misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jones! But no joy.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeRozan misses with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from DeRozan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from DeRozan misses its intended target.
Jones changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones checks a leg kick nicely.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before DeRozan has time to react.

DeRozan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
DeRozan tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

DeRozan manages to break the clinch.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
DeRozan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jones throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
DeRozan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones looks to throw the jab but DeRozan is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
DeRozan takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
DeRozan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
DeRozan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jones throws a jab when DeRozan was well out of range.
DeRozan throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
DeRozan is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
DeRozan moves out of range of the leg kick from Jones.
DeRozan just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jones moves into range and connects with a jab.
DeRozan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
DeRozan lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
DeRozan blocks a jab.
Jones thuds his right hand into DeRozan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jones takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
DeRozan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jones.
Jones fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but DeRozan is out of range.

Jones tries to keep at a distance but DeRozan has taken the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
DeRozan tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
DeRozan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
DeRozan stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
DeRozan slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jones missing with a left hand there. DeRozan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones feints and then cracks DeRozan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow DeRozan down.
Jones looks to land a right hand but DeRozan moved out of range.
Jones takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
DeRozan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from DeRozan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jones has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jones and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jones looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jones lands with a good body shot.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones throws the left hand but DeRozan avoids the punch easily.
Jones takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
DeRozan blocks the body kick.
DeRozan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jones under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeRozan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
DeRozan checks the leg kick nicely there.
DeRozan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
DeRozan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
DeRozan lands a glancing blow to the side of Jones's head.
Jones works DeRozan's body with a nice hook.
Jones slips under a jab from DeRozan.
DeRozan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
DeRozan wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones shapes to counter with a head kick.
A jab from DeRozan finds it's way through Jones's defenses.
DeRozan needs to keep his hands up - Jones had a free shot at his head there.
DeRozan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jones fakes a jab and throws a low kick but DeRozan checks it well.
Jones is looking to score with low kicks.
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from DeRozan.
Jones let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jones.

DeRozan has taken the fight to the clinch.
DeRozan lands an uppercut.
DeRozan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
DeRozan keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
DeRozan blocking some punches.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones slips a straight right by DeRozan.
DeRozan misses with a low kick as Jones jumps back.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by DeRozan.
Jones lands a jab.
DeRozan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jones. Jones circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
DeRozan thuds a left hand into Jones's body.
Jones pivots, looking for a leg kick but DeRozan is out of range and Jones settles back down.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on DeRozan's shoulder, as DeRozan tries to avoid the shot.
Jones has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Jones misses.
DeRozan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. DeRozan moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from DeRozan misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
DeRozan throws a body shot but no joy.
Jones misses with a looping right.
DeRozan scores with a decent looking hook.
Jones fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
DeRozan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones lands a nice shot that snaps DeRozan's head back.
Jones works the jab nicely.
Jones connects with a leg kick. DeRozan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
DeRozan throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Jones misses with a body shot.
DeRozan moves into range and connects with a jab.
A shot to the liver by Jones. Beautiful body shot.
DeRozan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
DeRozan throws a push kick but Jones slaps the foot to one side.
A nice side step and Jones releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jones digs a good body shot into DeRozan's ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jeremy Jones.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jeremy Jones!
After the fight, Jeremy Jones 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.
The defeated DeMar DeRozan had this to say: 'auto flights to Sydney - give me rematch'.