PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liam Plecak (ranked 3746 p4p, 3323 weight class) and Tyler Jones (ranked 411 p4p, 373 weight class). Tyler Jones struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Plecak
vs
Jones

185 cm
25
190
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
202
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam Plecak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyler Jones!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Plecak closes the distance and clinches.
Plecak gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jones.

Plecak works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Plecak in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Plecak's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Plecak wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Plecak sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Jones looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jones pulls Plecak in close to prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plecak stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.
Jones keeps trying to improve his position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Plecak shoots in and bounces Jones off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Plecak looking to sit in guard and control but Jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Plecak is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plecak seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Plecak's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Plecak looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jones puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Jones is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Plecak defends it well.
Plecak wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones prevents Plecak from improving his position.
Plecak has his hands clasped together around Jones's back. He's all about the action.

Jones is looking for a kimura but Plecak is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jones to get the leverage.

Jones is looking for a kimura here.
Plecak trying to control but Jones postures up.

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.
Plecak is holding on to half guard well.
Plecak on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Plecak tries to get out of the position.

Jones is working for a submission of some sort.
Plecak is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Plecak avoid being mounted?
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Plecak dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Plecak moves into the clinch.

Plecak escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Plecak tries to clinch up.

Plecak has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Plecak has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jones uses from the top position.
Plecak looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jones drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Plecak dives on top into guard.

Plecak trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Plecak is one step ahead there.
Plecak controls from within his opponent's guard.
Plecak tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.

Jones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jones has his hands on Plecak's head, controlling the position.

That's two 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.
Plecak throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Plecak from controlling successfully.
Plecak tries to stand but Jones is controlling from the bottom.
Jones is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Plecak tries to stand but Jones is controlling from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Plecak. Plecak maintains the clinch.

Plecak pulls Jones into guard.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Plecak.
Plecak trying to control the position here.

Jones drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Plecak dives on top into guard.

Plecak won't allow Jones to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plecak sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jones's guard.
Plecak is trying to control. Jones wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Plecak stalling away here and it's allowed Jones to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Plecak is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Jones looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Plecak trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Plecak wants to get up but he can't break Jones's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Plecak dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Plecak tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.

Plecak moves into range and clinches up with Jones.

Plecak pulls guard.
Plecak doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Jones drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jones jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jones won't allow Plecak to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Plecak is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Plecak working for a triangle but Jones defends it easily.
Plecak controls Jones momentarily but Jones frees himself.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Plecak misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones feints the counter takedown.

Jones looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Plecak is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plecak trying to control from the bottom.

Jones looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Jones is working for a submission of some sort.
Liam Plecak is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Jones is working for a kimura but Plecak is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Plecak is defending well.
Plecak is trying to control but Jones passes into side control!

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.
Plecak is looking for a sweep.
Plecak is trying to control Jones's posture but Jones avoids it.

Jones is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Plecak knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Plecak is looking for a sweep.
Tyler Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
You can see the frustration on Plecak's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Plecak 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Plecak!
A determined Liam Plecak didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!