PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rasheed Jones (ranked 4554 p4p, 3409 weight class) and New Home (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Jones
vs
Home

180 cm
25
194
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
185
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rasheed Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, New Home!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Home does it's job there.
Home looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Home.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Home closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jones displaying some good clinch control by pressing Home up against the cage.
Home struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Home doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Home cracks Jones with a nice body shot.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Home uses good head movement to avoid it.
Home misses with a body punch.
Jones scores with a shot to the side of Home's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Home.
Jones prevents a body shot from Home.
A head punch on the inside from Home fails to land.
Jones lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Home blocking some punches.
Home fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Home lands a right hand.
Jones lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Home lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Home goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Home breaks the clinch.
Jones ducks right into an uppercut from Home.
Home jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Home connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jones tries a head kick but it misses.
Home avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice cross by Home.
Home keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Home throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Home displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Jones moves away from the strike by Home.
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!
Jones slips a jab from Home.
Home pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A counter left hand to the body from Jones misses its target.
Jones walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Home misses the jab.
Home lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jones at a distance.
Nice shot by Home.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Home throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Home was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Home smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Home lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jab, jab by Home - just one landing.

Jones is rocked!
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Home manages to avoid it.
Jones slips a jab from Home.
Jones swings for the body but Home moves out of range.
Home is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jones had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Jones takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Home cracks Jones with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Home's head but Home sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice body punch from Home.
Jones swings for the body but Home moves out of range.
Home throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Home sizes up Jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Home fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jones is out of range.
A shot to the liver by Home. Beautiful body shot.
Jones is looking to wear down Home with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Home lands with an uppercut that bounces Jones off the cage and back into range.
Home might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Home scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Home fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Home darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
Home lands a body shot.

Home escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones walks into a left hand.
Jones with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Home to score with a decent uppercut.
Home throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jones stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Home fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Home fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Home tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Home lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
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!
The fighters circle momentarily. Home darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Home throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jones stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jones moves forwards but Home connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Home scores with a shot to the body.
Home cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Home connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jones scrambles back to his feet.
Home swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Home lands a glancing blow to the side of Jones's head.
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Donk. Home catches Jones right on the button with a cross.
Home getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jones takes a swing at Home's ribcage but misses.
Home with a nice cross.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Home fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Home cracks Jones with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Home has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Jones to stand back up!
Home throws a big shot that misses.
Home throws a shot to the body.
Jones seems to have got his legs back now.
New Home seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Home lands a big right hand that sends Jones crashing to the mat! Home stays standing though and waves Jones back to his feet!
Home walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Jones drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Home swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Jones's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). New Home!
New Home bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.