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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Mar 26, 2017 |
#R1##CL2#
Jones clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Kennedy tries to tie him up.
Kennedy has Jones pressed against the cage.
#BC2#
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kennedy is looking to clinch. #TD2#
Jones drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kennedy trying to strike off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kennedy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kennedy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kennedy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones wanted to stand there but Kennedy had control of the position.
Kennedy looking for a sweep. Not yet Kennedy, not yet. #SUB#
Kennedy is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jones is aware though and is defending well.
Jones wants to get up but he can't break Kennedy's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here. #T1#
Jones is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Kennedy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard. #REVR##SUB#
Kennedy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Kennedy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jones's head.
Kennedy won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Kennedy postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kennedy is one step ahead there.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. #SU#
Kennedy decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jones, up you get!
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Kennedy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #T2##CL2#
Jones moves into range and clinches up with Kennedy.#BC#
Kennedy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones is looking to clinch but Kennedy is avoiding it.
Kennedy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Kennedy wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.#CL2#
Jones clinches.
Jones avoiding damage.
Jones stalls.
Kennedy taking a breather.
Kennedy being controlled against the cage.
Kennedy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.#T3#
Kennedy is trying to stall.
Kennedy seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Jones is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.#BC#
Kennedy breaks the clinch.
#CL#
Kennedy moves into the clinch.
Kennedy avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
#TD2#
Jones ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jones no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Jones looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kennedy is controlling him.
Kennedy is fighting to break Jones's control of his arms but Jones is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
#T4#
Kennedy stops Jones from standing up. #SU#
Kennedy decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Kennedy keeps the fight on the outside.
Kennedy seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.#CL2#
Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Kennedy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kennedy stalling in the clinch.
#BC#
Kennedy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kennedy circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trevor Jones dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R2#
Kennedy is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Jones. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Kennedy pushes him off.
Kennedy tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jones manages to circle out of the way.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Kennedy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #TD2#
Jones shoots in and bounces Kennedy off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Kennedy striking off his back but it's not causing Jones any problems.
Kennedy seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now. #SUB#
Kennedy looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kennedy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Kennedy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kennedy is proving hard to escape from. #T1#
Jones trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kennedy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
Trevor Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kennedy is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones is looking to escape.#SUB#
Kennedy seems to be looking for submissions.
#SUB#
Kennedy is working for a submission of some sort.
Kennedy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. #T2##SUB#
Jones is defending against the submission attempts here by Kennedy.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Kennedy stops Jones from getting back to his feet.
#SUB#
Kennedy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kennedy. #T3##SU#
Kennedy stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Jones tries to bum rush Kennedy with a series of wild strikes but Kennedy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
#CL2#
Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. #BC#
Kennedy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kennedy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.#CUT2#
It looks like Jamie Kennedy has been cut.#TD2#
Jones closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kennedy did well to prevent Jones getting side control.
Kennedy is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Jones jumps into side control!
Jones working away.#T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Kennedy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kennedy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jones wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kennedy manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Jones on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. #SU#
Kennedy stands up from half guard. #CL2#
Jones darts in and clinches Kennedy up against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#BC2#
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kennedy wants to clinch but Jones slips to the side
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#ROC2#
Kennedy is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trevor Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jamie Kennedy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3##TD2#
Jones fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kennedy sprawls well initially but Jones persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Oh Kennedy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kennedy trying to hold on to Jones's head to control him but Jones postures up.
It looks like Jones is going to stand back up.
Kennedy seems to have got his legs back now.#SUB#
Kennedy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB#
Kennedy actively working from the bottom here.
Kennedy regains full guard. Nicely done. #SUB#
Kennedy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jones gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones postures up.
#T1#
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Kennedy.
Kennedy lands a decent punch to the body there.
Jones is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.#SUB#
Kennedy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard. #SUB#
Jones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
#T2#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jones wants to control from the top but Kennedy keeps moving.
Kennedy is trying to control the position but Jones postures up. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.#CL2#
Jones instigates a clinch. #BC#
Kennedy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#TD2#
Jones darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Kennedy regains full guard. Nicely done. #SUB#
Kennedy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kennedy tries to strike from the bottom.
#T3#
Jones is looking to stand up but Kennedy won't let him.
Kennedy keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones wants to stand but Kennedy has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Jones sitting in guard here, content to control. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kennedy 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.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
#CL#
and Kennedy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kennedy looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
#TD2#
Jones pulls guard successfully.
#T4#
Kennedy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kennedy prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.
Kennedy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jones's head.#SU#
Kennedy gets to his feet - Jones follows without any prompting.
Kennedy shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.#CL2#
Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Kennedy is blocking nicely.
#TD2#
Jones pulls guard.
Jamie Kennedy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trevor Jones is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kennedy is fighting to break Jones's control of his arms but Jones is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Trevor Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jones has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trevor Jones!
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