PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Jones (ranked 2828 p4p, 308 weight class) and Tyrone Waters (ranked 2134 p4p, 258 weight class). Waters has chosen Crushing Ice - Chris Travis as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Waters

185 cm
28
180 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

182 cm
21
191 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tyrone Waters!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones drops down looking for a counter takedown but Waters sprawls and moves away.
Waters misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Jones connects with a crisp jab.
Jones misses with a lunging right hand
and Waters cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jones connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Waters momentarily.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Waters saw that one coming.
James Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Waters misses with a jab, cross combination.
Waters misses with a hook.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've been hearing reports that Jones has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Waters misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Waters is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jones.

It looks like Tyrone Waters has been cut.
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Waters dips to his left and cracks Jones with an uppercut!
Waters misses with an uppercut
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones lands a slapping body shot.
Waters throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Jones is looking for a counter combo.
Waters scores with a nice strike.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Waters counters with a stiff right hand.
Waters doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Waters ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Waters counters with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Waters moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Waters moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones throwing a counter right hand but Waters manages to avoid it.
Waters pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Waters thows a body kick. Jones tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jones lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Waters counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones throws a good cross that connects.
Waters takes one to the side of the head.
Jones misses with a combination
and Waters counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jones misses with the combination.
Waters uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters lands a jab to the head.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Waters dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Waters! Jones is out on his feet! Waters rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Jones is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Jones is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrone Waters!
Tyrone Waters decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.