PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mason Jones (ranked 266 p4p, 598 weight class) and Darry Curtis (ranked 39 p4p, 88 weight class). Curtis has chosen Stevie Wonder - Stay Gold as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jones
vs
Curtis

186 cm
28
178
14 - 4 - 0

188 cm
29
171
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mason Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darry Curtis!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Curtis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jones tries to clinch up but Curtis circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones lands the left hand.

It looks like Darry Curtis has been cut.
Jones throws a leg kick but Curtis checks it.
Jones throws a jab when Curtis was well out of range.
Curtis misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Jones wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Curtis lands a leg kick that knocks Jones off balance momentarily.
Curtis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Curtis lands a head shot.
Curtis tries to clinch up.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick from Curtis.
Curtis pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jones is out of range and Curtis settles back down.
Jones is looking to counter the offense by Curtis and move into the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Curtis.
Curtis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curtis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis misses with a straight right.
Curtis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Curtis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Curtis.
Jones looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Curtis throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Curtis misses with a straight right.
Jones throwing a counter right hand but Curtis manages to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Curtis.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow Curtis down.
Curtis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Curtis throws a leg kick but Jones sees it coming and moves out of range.
Curtis misses the jab.
Curtis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Curtis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis lands a body shot.
Curtis throws a leg kick that is checked
and Curtis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Curtis. Jones shrugs it off though.

Curtis clinches with his opponent.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Curtis throws a head punch that misses.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Curtis blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Curtis.
Curtis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones lands a shoulder strike.
Curtis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Curtis controls his hands.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Jones.
Curtis stalling the fight.
Curtis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Jones.
Jones working aggressively here.
Curtis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Curtis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Curtis is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Curtis blocking some punches.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Curtis.
Curtis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones tries to work over Curtis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Curtis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
Curtis blocks a body shot from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curtis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curtis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Curtis misses with the head strike.
Curtis is working Jones over against the cage.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Curtis backwards.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Curtis has him pressed against the cage.
Jones lands a body shot in the clinch.
Curtis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jones prevents a body shot from Curtis.
Curtis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Curtis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Curtis lands a nice shot to the body.
Curtis lands a nice uppercut.
Curtis misses with a body punch.
Curtis misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Darry Curtis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darry Curtis's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Curtis checks a leg kick.
Curtis misses with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Curtis.
Curtis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Curtis throws the kick towards the body but Jones avoids it.
Curtis misses with a body shot
and Jones counters with a good low kick that Curtis was not able to check.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Curtis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Curtis flicks out a counter leg kick but Jones steps away.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Curtis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Curtis.
Curtis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Curtis throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones scores with a decent looking hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Curtis has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Curtis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Jones stalling in the clinch but Curtis improves position.
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Curtis misses with a punch to the body.
Curtis misses with some punches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Curtis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Curtis tries to tie him up.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mason Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jones digs a right hand into Curtis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Curtis's gas tank.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Curtis.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Curtis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jones is keeping busy.
Jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Curtis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones blocks a body shot from Curtis.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Curtis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Curtis prevents a body shot from Jones.
Jones stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A hook to the body from Jones.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Curtis avoids it.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones cracks Curtis with an open hand slap.
Some bone on bone action there as Jones checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curtis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones cracks Curtis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Curtis is rocked!
A nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat of the thigh.
Curtis is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Jones circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Curtis tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Jones wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mason Jones!
As Mason Jones got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Chin. Power.'.