PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Donny Jones (ranked 23853 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Valiant (ranked 6978 p4p, 0 weight class). Donny Jones has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jones
vs
Valiant

198 cm
23
161 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
164 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donny Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leo Valiant!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valiant shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Valiant thinking.
Leo Valiant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jones looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Valiant!
Jones trying to control the position but Valiant is working away.
Jones in side control, throwing shots but Valiant defends.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valiant taking a bit of punishment here - Jones scoring with strikes.
Valiant regains half guard.
Valiant tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Valiant moves into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valiant looking for a sweep. Not yet Valiant, not yet.
Jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Valiant looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jones lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jones is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jones distracts Valiant with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jones has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Valiant looking to control.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jones lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jones landing some decent shots from guard.

Valiant working for submissions but it's allowed Jones to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valiant wants to get back to his feet.
Jones lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Jones lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ground and pound from Jones.
Valiant is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valiant avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.
The fighters are battling for position here. Valiant manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones works over Valiant with some ground and pound from guard.
Valiant looking for a sweep. Not yet Valiant, not yet.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Valiant works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Jones thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Valiant is trying to control the position but Jones postures up.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Valiant wants to improve his position but instead Jones has moved into half guard.
Jones is thwarting Valiant's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valiant is trying to get back to full guard.
Valiant trying to control here.
Jones perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valiant tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Jones working over Valiant with some ground and pound. Valiant looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones controlling the pace.
Valiant regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donny Jones dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Valiant.
A counter left hand to the body from Jones misses its target.
Valiant with a poor takedown
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
Valiant is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jones sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Donny Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo Valiant.

Valiant clinches.
Valiant is working for takedown but Jones is calmly controlling the position for now.

Valiant has Jones pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Valiant pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Jones tumbling to the mat - Valiant dives into Jones's guard.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Valiant can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Jones striking from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Jones manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

Jones jumps guard and drags Valiant to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.
Valiant throws an elbow that misses. Jones uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Valiant's guard. Nice move by Jones!

Jones is in close to Valiant's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Jones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Valiant looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Valiant looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Jones has picked Valiant up and slammed him! Valiant can't keep hold of the triangle and Jones manages to pass to side control!
Jones cracks Valiant with a big elbow.
Jones really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Valiant can't do much from the bottom here.
Jones in side control lands a decent elbow.

Jones wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Valiant, who protects the arm well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Valiant's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Valiant takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valiant is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jones connects with a decent elbow.

Jones is trying to get an arm triangle but Valiant is defending well.
Valiant tries to improve position but can't.
Jones scoring with punches from side control.
Jones working the ground and pound.
Jones lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Valiant is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Jones prevents Valiant from improving his position.
Ground and pound from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones prevents Valiant from standing back up.
Ground and pound from Jones.
Jones looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Jones stands up out of the half guard.

Valiant rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jones keeps control of Valiant as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Jones jumps into guard, dragging Valiant to the mat.
Valiant keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jones's head.
Valiant slips nicely into half guard.
Jones is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donny Jones dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Valiant gets a clinch.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Valiant tries for a takedown. No joy.
Valiant tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Valiant smiles and moves away.

Valiant shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Valiant showed some decent athleticism there.

Jones makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Valiant has managed to clinch.
Valiant tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Jones drags the fight down to the ground.
Valiant keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jones's head.
Valiant postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jones looking to control.
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.
Valiant chips away with some ground and pound.
Valiant lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Valiant trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jones is trying to keep Valiant in close.

Jones has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Valiant is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jones manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Valiant throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Jones is working an open guard so Valiant takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Valiant shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Donny Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo Valiant.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valiant goes for a double leg but Jones avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Jones continues to drive forward.
Jones is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Valiant tries for a takedown but Jones circles away easily
and Jones counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Jones drives through and clinches with Valiant against the cage.
Valiant has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Jones after a bit of a struggle.
Valiant has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jones seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Valiant can turn it around.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valiant fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Jones gets control of Valiant's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jones will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Jones manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Valiant has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Jones.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Valiant tries to avoid it but Jones manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Valiant to the ground. Valiant escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Leo Valiant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Donny Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valiant throws a head kick that misses
and Jones counters with a left to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donny Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jones, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donny Jones!