PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Todd Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 'Let the Bodies hit the floor'. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nelson
vs
Jones

189 cm
21
269 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

190 cm
22
280 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Todd Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Jones!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Dean Styles and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones tries to clinch up.
Nelson tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Nelson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Todd Nelson has been cut.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Jones.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Nelson tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones looks gassed!
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nelson lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.

It looks like Jason Jones has been cut.
Nelson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nelson lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
Nelson lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Nelson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nelson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Nelson throws an elbow but it misses.
Nelson tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Nelson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nelson lands a body punch.
Nelson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jones prevents it.
Nelson lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Nelson.
Nelson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nelson landing knees to the body.
Nelson lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Nelson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Nelson.
Nelson lands an elbow inside.
Jones avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Nelson.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Nelson.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nelson lands a damaging elbow.
Nelson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Todd Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Nelson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nelson pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Nelson, against the cage.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones lands a knee to the head.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nelson's face.
Nelson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nelson's face.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Nelson.
Jones lands a knee to the head.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Jones.
Jones prevents Nelson from breaking the clinch.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nelson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nelson misses with an elbow strike.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Nelson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Nelson.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the cage.
Nelson tries for a takedown. No joy.
A knee to the head by Jones.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nelson.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nelson throws an elbow but misses.
Nelson misses with an elbow strike.
Nelson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Nelson.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Nelson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nelson's face.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Todd Nelson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fight stays on the outside here - Nelson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones closes the distance but Nelson moves to the side

and Nelson counters by moving into the clinch.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Nelson.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nelson throws an elbow but misses.
Nelson lands a damaging elbow.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Nelson.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Nelson.
Jones avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nelson throws an elbow that misses.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nelson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nelson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Nelson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jones gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nelson lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jones pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Nelson moves into the clinch.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Jones avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Nelson trying to land knees to the body.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
Nelson misses with an elbow strike.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nelson trying to land knees to the body.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Nelson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Jones.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nelson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Nelson.
Jones lands a knee to the head.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Nelson can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Nelson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nelson has Jones pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jones manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Todd Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Jones avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Nelson misses with an elbow strike.
Nelson misses with an elbow strike.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nelson lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Nelson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Nelson lands an elbow inside.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Nelson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jones pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jones looks to clinch
and Nelson counters with a right hand to the body.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones wants to clinch

and Nelson counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nelson is working for takedown but Jones is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Nelson lands a damaging elbow.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.

Nelson breaks the clinch.
Jones tries to clinch

and Nelson moves into the clinch.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Nelson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson scores a nice knee to the body.
Nelson tries for a takedown but Jones manages to get underhooks.
Nelson can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nelson lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Nelson, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nelson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Nelson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nelson wants a takedown.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nelson's face.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Todd Nelson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nelson.
A knee to the head by Jones.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson lands a knee to the body.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Nelson.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Nelson wants a takedown but no success here.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Nelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson lands a knee to the body.
Nelson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Nelson wants to break free but Jones has control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones with a knee to the head.
Nelson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jones avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson lands a damaging elbow.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Nelson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nelson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson is leaning against Jones and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Nelson, against the cage.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Nelson.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones lands a knee to the head.
Nelson wants to stall.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Nelson, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Jones.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Nelson, against the cage.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Todd Nelson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Nelson tries to pull guard but Jones won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Todd Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Nelson.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Nelson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jones gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nelson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jones gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nelson throws an elbow that misses.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nelson scores a nice knee to the body.
Jones lands a knee to the head.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Nelson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Nelson.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Nelson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nelson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones stops a takedown attempt from Nelson.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nelson throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nelson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nelson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jones pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nelson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jason Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Todd Nelson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Nelson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nelson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Todd Nelson!