PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Bispin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mike Bispin was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Jones
vs
Bispin

196 cm
19
224 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lucas Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Bispin!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones is thwarting Bispin's attempts to control the position.
Bispin might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Jones kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Jones throwing shots but Bispin is blocking nicely.
Jones wants to free his trapped foot but Bispin is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Jones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bispin on the ground.
Bispin trying to control from the bottom.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bispin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jones swivels and escapes.

Jones closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ground and pound from Jones seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Bispin taking a bit of punishment here - Jones scoring with strikes.
Bispin can't do much from the bottom here.
Jones looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bispin is avoiding damage well.
Jones cracks Bispin with a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Bispin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bispin gets back to half guard.
Bispin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bispin tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Jones trying to control from half guard but Bispin is working away.

Bispin is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Jones pulls his head out easily.
Jones perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Jones wants to free his trapped foot but Bispin is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Jones throwing shots but Bispin is blocking nicely.
Jones thows a huge punch but Bispin dodges it nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Jones closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jones lands in his opponent's guard.
Bispin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bispin looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws and elbow that misses. Bispin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jones's guard. Nice move by Bispin!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.
Jones trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Bispin wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Bispin forces his way into half guard.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Bispin has control of the leg.
Bispin keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Bispin is thwarting Jones's attempts to control the position.
Jones punching from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.

Bispin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Jones tries to roll over but Bispin keeps him under control.
Bispin should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bispin is trying to control the action in half guard but Jones is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jones trying to get back to full guard but Bispin takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Jones is trying to escape the mount.
Bispin looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jones is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jones is trying to escape the mount.

Bispin has hold of Jones's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Jones manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Jones looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to escape but Bispin has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.

Bispin working for the choke.

Bispin is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Jones is defending well though. Bispin let's go of the attempt for now.
Bispin controlling well, preventing Jones from escaping the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Bispin looking for the choke but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bispin keeps control of the position as Jones tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Bispin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jones closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bispin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jones postures up.
Jones trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Bispin manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Bispin wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Jones striking off his back but it's not causing Bispin any problems.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bispin is one step ahead there.
Jones throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Jones will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bispin stuffs the takedown attempt from Jones. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.

Jones scores a takedown into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones avoids the attempt from Bispin to control.
Jones is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bispin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bispin wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jones.
Jones misses with a head shot.
Bispin regains half guard.
Jones working over Bispin with some ground and pound. Bispin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jones landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bispin is staying active underneath Jones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bispin taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Jones.

Bispin is rocked!
Jones thows a huge punch but Bispin dodges it nicely.
Bispin is still in real trouble! Can Jones finish him?
Bispin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jones scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bispin trying to hold on to Jones's head to control him but Jones postures up.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bispin gets full guard.
Bispin seems to have recovered his senses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bispin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jones manages to get himself to full guard.
Jones thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Bispin trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bispin trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bispin forces his way into half guard.
Bispin prevents Jones from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Jones closes the distance and clinches up with Bispin, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes Bispin against the cage but Bispin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lucas Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Jones closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bispin wants to control but Jones is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jones trying to pass the guard but Bispin defending well.
Bispin trying to hold on to Jones's head to control him but Jones postures up.
Bispin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bispin.
Jones throws and elbow that misses. Bispin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jones's guard. Nice move by Bispin!
Jones tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bispin passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Bispin prevents Jones from improving his position.
Jones throws a strike from the bottom but Bispin passes into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones can't do much from the bottom here.
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones is trying to control Bispin's posture but Bispin avoids it.
Bispin tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Jones drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Bispin has wrist control.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bispin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones postures up in Bispin's guard and throws a big left but Bispin blocks it.
Jones works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jones trying to control the action but Bispin is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Jones dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jones closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jones wants to take a breather but Bispin manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Jones.
Jones with a flurry of punches that miss.

Bispin is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.
Jones stands up over Bispin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jones lands a couple of elbows.
Jones thows a big elbow that misses.
Jones scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones with a nice head shot there.
Jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Bispin blocks nicely.
Jones has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bispin is on top in guard.
Bispin trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bispin preventing the sweep.
Jones wants to improve his position but instead Bispin has moved into half guard.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Jones tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Bispin has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Bispin moves to the back.
Jones is really stuck here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A lull in the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Jones tries to escape the position.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Bispin's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

Bispin is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Jones with him. Jones is trying to defend but Bispin has an arm under the chin now! Jones grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mike Bispin!