PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Strasburg (ranked 2480 p4p, 1655 weight class) and Tylonal Jones (ranked 338 p4p, 245 weight class). Strasburg comes to the cage accompanied by The Red - Chevelle. Jones has chosen Rubber band man as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Strasburg
vs
Jones

194 cm
23
220
5 - 4 - 0

189 cm
31
224
10 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Finnish Elite Extreme Science

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patrick Strasburg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tylonal Jones!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Chris Saunders and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strasburg shoots in looking for a takedown but Jones manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Strasburg's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jones only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Strasburg fails with the takedown
and Jones counters with a nice leg kick.
We've been hearing reports that Strasburg has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Strasburg misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jones throws a fast counter high kick but Strasburg manages to duck under it in time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Strasburg. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jones lands a big uppercut and Strasburg crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Strasburg looks OK. Jones waves Strasburg back to his feet!
Strasburg shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Strasburg scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones is looking for a sweep. Strasburg is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Strasburg is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jones is just riding it out for now. Strasburg eventually gives up the hold.
Jones felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is looking to control Strasburg's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jones avoid being mounted?
Strasburg prevents Jones from improving his position.

Strasburg is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jones sees it coming and defends easily.
Strasburg takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Strasburg is looking for a kimura but Jones is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Strasburg to get the leverage.

Strasburg is looking for a kimura here.
Strasburg tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jones knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jones is looking for a sweep. Strasburg is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Strasburg seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Jones is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Patrick Strasburg!
A very excited looking Patrick Strasburg made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Tylonal Jones stepped up to the mic, saying 'it was a hard weight cut but I’ll be back better'.