PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Jones (ranked 61 p4p, 30 weight class) and Mantak Garuda (ranked 10 p4p, 5 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by I'm A Soldier. Garuda has chosen Djiin Djiin as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jones
vs
Garuda

200 cm
27
250
11 - 6 - 0

190 cm
27
240
16 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Shadow Warrior Nutrition
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Urban Fighter
Dark Knight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bubba Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mantak Garuda!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a leg kick but Garuda checks it.
Garuda only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Jones moves away from the strike by Garuda.
Jones looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jones lands a lovely overhand right.
Jones checks a low kick from Garuda.
Garuda misses with a looping right.
Garuda walks into a jab.
Jones scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jones turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jones thows a body kick. Garuda tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jones throws a head kick but Garuda moves out of range.
Jones misses with the body kick
and Garuda counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garuda.
Garuda throws a body kick that misses
and Jones counters with a body kick.
Jab from Jones.
Jones scores with a decent looking hook.
Garuda lands with a good body shot.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones thumps Garuda with a low kick.
Jones avoids the body shot from Garuda.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garuda misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Garuda is out of range.
Jones avoids a kick to the body.
Garuda stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A low kick lands for Jones.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones misses with a left hand
and Garuda counters with a stiff right hand.
Garuda keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garuda! But no joy.
Garuda digs a good body shot into Jones's ribs.
Garuda throws a low kick but Jones moves out of range easily.
Garuda lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jones will feel that in the morning.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Garuda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garuda! But no joy.
Garuda misses with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Jones is predictable there
and Garuda connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bubba Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Garuda.
Jones lands a nice looking body kick.
Jones is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jones throws a leg kick but Garuda sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Garuda now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Crunch! Garuda slams his shin into Jones's torso.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jones.
Garuda blocks a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Jones there.
Garuda lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Garuda throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jones takes a swing at Garuda's ribcage but misses.
Garuda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
A slow jab from Garuda misses its intended target.
Garuda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garuda's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garuda pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Garuda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garuda manages to avoid it.
Jones connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubba Jones dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Garuda looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Garuda throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Garuda walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jones.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Garuda moves out of range of the body kick.
Jones throws a leg kick that is checked
and Garuda counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Garuda might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Jones has got the better of the exchanges.
Garuda throws a half hearted mid kick.
Garuda on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Garuda looks to land a body kick but Jones moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones avoids a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Garuda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones feints and then cracks Garuda's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garuda down.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garuda.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garuda takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Garuda has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jones.
Garuda fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jones checks it well.
Garuda lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jab, jab by Garuda - just one landing.
Jones lands with a good body shot.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garuda! But no joy.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garuda.
Garuda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garuda takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A low kick from Garuda misses
and Jones counters with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a low kick.
Garuda keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jones.
Jones connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Garuda momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Garuda checks a leg kick.
Jones scores with a shot to the body.
Garuda misses the body punch
and Jones counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jones paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Garuda punishes Jones's body with a nice straight punch.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Garuda counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garuda lands a jab.
Garuda takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to land a leg kick but Garuda is out of range.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garuda can do to turn this around?
Garuda goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Garuda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Garuda.
It looked like Jones wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Garuda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Jones swings for the body but Garuda moves out of range.
Garuda feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Joness jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bubba Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Garuda misses with a body kick.
Garuda moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jones misses with a jab to the body
enabling Garuda to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
and Garuda counters with a nice body kick.
Garuda connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jones's hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Garuda.
Jones pivots, looking for a leg kick but Garuda is out of range and Jones settles back down.
Garuda slips under a jab from Jones.
Garuda steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Jones tries to land a front kick but Garuda steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Garuda misses with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garuda tries to work over Jones's front leg with a kick but Jones checks it.
Jones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Garuda misses with a kick to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Garuda blocks the leg kick.
Garuda avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mantak Garuda will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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 looks to score with a jab to the body but Garuda is just out of range.
Garuda moves away from the strike by Jones.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garuda throws the kick towards the body but Jones avoids it.
Garuda checks a low kick from Jones.
Garuda steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garuda.
Jones misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garuda staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Garuda on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garuda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crunch! Jones slams his shin into Garuda's torso.
Garuda throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garuda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Garuda misses with an uppercut.
Garuda has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jones.
Garuda has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jones.
Jones fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garuda checks it well.
Garuda takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jab, jab by Garuda - just one landing.
Jones takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jones lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jones is looking to chop away at Garuda's legs.
It seemed like Garuda was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Garuda.
Garuda keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garuda chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Garuda as he connects with a hook.
Garuda slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jones feints and then cracks Garuda's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garuda down.
Jab from Jones.
Garuda finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jones lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
letting Garuda counter with a right hand.
Garuda bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Garuda cracks Jones with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Garuda has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Jones to stand back up!

Jones is rocked!
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garuda manages to avoid it.
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Garuda steps in with a hook that catches Jones right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Garuda follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Jones looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mantak Garuda!
Mantak Garuda is the new heavyweight champion!
Mantak Garuda was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.