PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fletcher Banks (ranked 5054 p4p, 4483 weight class) and Middle Weight Jones (ranked 453 p4p, 431 weight class). Fletcher Banks has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Banks
vs
Jones

183 cm
24
188
0 - 1 - 0

194 cm
18
200
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Very confident

Un-Kaged Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fletcher Banks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Middle Weight Jones!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones avoids the head kick by Banks.

Jones dives in and scores a takedown into Banks's guard.

Banks is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Jones presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones lands an elbow just above Banks 's eye.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Jones.

It looks like Fletcher Banks has been cut.
Banks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Banks in his tracks for a moment.
Banks is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jones to keep the fight standing.
Banks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Banks blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Banks avoids the damage to the body.
Banks blocks an elbow strike.
Banks is trying to pull guard but Jones turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banks's elbow.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Banks looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Banks tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Banks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
Banks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Banks is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Banks avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Banks's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Banks blocking some punches.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Banks tries to pull guard but Jones won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fletcher Banks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from Jones.

Fletcher Banks's cut is getting worse.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Banks blocks an elbow strike from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Banks jumps guard but Jones turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Banks goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jones prevents it.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Banks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Banks's defenses.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Banks controls his hands.
Banks takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones prevents Banks from breaking the clinch.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jones drives through and clinches with Banks against the cage.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Banks shrugs off.

Fletcher Banks's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Banks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Banks's brow.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Banks tries to pull guard but Jones won't allow it.
Jones lands an elbow just above Banks 's eye.
Banks is breathing heavily.
A short right from Jones.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Banks avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Banks in his tracks for a moment.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Banks avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Banks tries to pull guard but Jones forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jones lands an elbow just above Banks 's eye.

Jeez, Fletcher Banks's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Banks blocks the elbow strike.
Banks blocks a body shot from Jones.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Banks tries to tie him up.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Middle Weight Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fletcher Banks's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Banks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Banks throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jones blocks a head kick by Banks.
Banks sets himself, and Jones steps forward looking for the clinch! Banks avoids it this time.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Banks is trying to break free.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Banks takes an elbow to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Banks avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Jones.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Banks tries to pull guard but Jones holds him up against the cage and eventually Banks drops back down to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Banks blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Banks pulls Jones into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Banks keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.

Jones drops back looking for a leg! Banks is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Banks manages to kick Jones off! Jones jumps back into Banks's guard.
Jones with a nice head shot there.
Jones postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jones is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jones forces his way into half guard.
Jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Banks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jones trying to control the action but Banks is working from the bottom.
Jones works his foot free and advances to mount.
Banks is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Banks is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones raining down shots from the mount!
Banks knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones punishing his opponent with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones punishing his opponent with strikes.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Fletcher Banks's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Middle Weight Jones!