PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Winston (ranked 3569 p4p, 24394 weight class) and Allen Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winston's entrance music is ACDC - TNT. A fine choice. Jones has chosen Phenomenal as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Winston
vs
Jones

180 cm
25
215
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
218
1 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl Winston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Allen Jones!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones shoots for a double leg takedown but Winston sprawls well. He's pushed Jones's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Winston closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jones did well to prevent Winston getting side control.
Winston throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jones punching from the bottom.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Winston takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones trying to control from the bottom.
Winston passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jones!
Winston lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winston lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winston pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Winston looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Winston landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to hold on but Winston pushes him away.
Winston scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
Winston punishing his opponent with strikes.
Winston lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Winston.
Jones looks winded!
Winston postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jones looks a forlorn figure.
Winston lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winston with a couple of short strikes.
Jones in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winston lands a couple of good shots and Jones has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Winston looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Jones looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Winston gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Jones is really stuck here.
Winston throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Jones!
Winston has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Jones.
Winston scores with strikes from the back.
Jones takes a big shot to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winston scores with strikes from the back.
Jones is trapped and Winston is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Winston loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Jones hold on?
Winston scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Jones is looking for a way out.
Winston lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Winston looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
The referee is taking a good look at Jones as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Winston!
Winston landing with strikes.
Winston connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Jones to escape the position.
Winston looking to soften up his opponent with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 is trying to remain composed but Winston is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Winston. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

Jones is rocked!
Winston lands a massive punch from the back that knocks Jones out cold! Winston jumps to his feet and celebrates wildly with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Karl Winston!
Karl Winston tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.