PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enrique Christensen (ranked 23887 p4p, 627 weight class) and Jeff Jones (ranked 6752 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes into a darkened arena with his song building. My Name is kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Christensen
vs
Jones

182 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid 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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Enrique Christensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeff Jones!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Christensen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jones to keep the fight standing.

Christensen jumps into guard, dragging Jones to the mat.
Jones wants to stand but Christensen is controlling his posture from full guard.
Christensen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Christensen doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Jones must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jones would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Christensen could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Christensen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jones is looking to stand up but Christensen won't let him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Christensen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jones can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Christensen is pulling down on Jones's head. It's preventing any offense from Jones, at least for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Christensen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Christensen is on top in guard.

Christensen wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Christensen postures up and lands a big shot to Jones's brow.
Christensen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Christensen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Christensen manages to pass to side control.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christensen is nestled in close to Jones, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ground and pound from Christensen.
Jones is trying to escape back to his feet but Christensen uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Christensen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Christensen in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Jones is trying to buck Christensen off.
Christensen in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jones pushes Christensen away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Christensen gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet here but Christensen is keeping cool and he's managed to take Jones's back.
Christensen scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.

Christensen is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Jones is defending well though. Christensen let's go of the attempt for now.

Jones is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Jones trying to get back to his feet but Christensen is in full control for now.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Christensen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Christensen has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Jones's body.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Christensen controlling the positon.
Christensen connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Jones to escape the position.
Christensen landing with strikes.
Christensen lands a shot to the body.
Jones is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Christensen is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Christensen throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Jones!
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones is taking damage to the body and head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christensen lands shots from the back.
Christensen lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrique Christensen dominated that round.
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.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with Christensen.
Jones misses with a knee strike.

Christensen gets control of Jones's arms and successfully pulls guard. Christensen will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Jones wants to stand but Christensen is controlling his posture from full guard.
Christensen wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.
Christensen has a closed guard, preventing Jones from standing up.

Christensen is working an open guard so Jones takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Christensen blocks it.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Christensen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Jones tries a knee to the head but Christensen blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christensen wants to take the fight to the mat but Jones manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones working Christensen over with knees to the body.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Christensen manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Enrique Christensen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones wants to stand and escape but instead Christensen has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Christensen prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.
Christensen is working Jones over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jones can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Christensen controls the pace.
Christensen landing with the ground and pound.
Christensen working some strikes from top position.
Christensen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Christensen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to stand back up but Christensen counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Jones.
Jones is trying to stand back up but Christensen is controlling him
Christensen slips a nice elbow through Jones's hands, connecting with Jones's forehead.
Jones scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Christensen manages to mount him!
Christensen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Christensen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christensen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Christensen won't let Jones get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Christensen with the ground and pound from mount.
Christensen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Christensen with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christensen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Christensen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jones tries to buck Christensen off but he can't manage it.
Christensen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Christensen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jones is bucking up trying to escape but Christensen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Christensen landing strikes from the mount.

Christensen is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Jones is surviving well by controlling Christensen's body position as best he can.
Jones is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Christensen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Christensen looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Christensen.
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!
Christensen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Christensen controlling his opponent.

Christensen has control of Jones's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jones regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Christensen working for a submission but Jones is keeping him at bay.

Christensen is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Jones to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Jones shrugs it off.
Christensen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrique Christensen dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Enrique Christensen has been cut.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Christensen blocks with his arms.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Christensen working hard to break the clinch.

Christensen jumps guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christensen controlling Jones's posture.
Christensen wants to stand and escape but Jones is having none of it.
Jones is looking to stand up but Christensen won't let him.
Christensen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.

Christensen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Christensen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Christensen works over Jones with some ground and pound from guard.
Christensen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jones's head.

Christensen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Christensen postures up and lands a big shot to Jones's brow.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Christensen manages to pass to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christensen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Christensen lands a nice short elbow.

Christensen is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jones sees it coming and defends easily.
Christensen prevents Jones from standing back up.

Christensen decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Jones wants to clinch.
Christensen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jones tries to avoid it but Christensen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jones to the ground. Jones escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Christensen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones tries to clinch but Christensen moves out of range.
Christensen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

Christensen closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Jones's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christensen won't allow Jones to get back to his feet.
Christensen scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones is looking to stand up but Christensen isn't so interested in that idea.
Christensen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Christensen postures up and lands a big shot to Jones's brow.

Christensen stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Christensen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Christensen is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jones's half guard.
Jones tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Christensen manages to move to mount!
Jones is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Christensen has control of Jones's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jones regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Christensen is working for a guillotine from mount but Jones frees his head quite easily.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Christensen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jones looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christensen lands a big elbow.
Christensen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jeff Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Enrique Christensen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Enrique Christensen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Christensen, 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 30:26
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enrique Christensen!
Enrique Christensen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.