PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fortune Cookie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cookie has chosen . as his entrance music. 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 Fortune Cookie was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Mason
vs
Cookie

180 cm
24
175 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

176 cm
24
177 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jay Mason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Fortune Cookie!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jorge Garcia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mason closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cookie lands a jab-cross combination.
Cookie thows a body shot but no joy.

Mason moves into range and clinches up with Cookie.
Mason connects with a knee to the head.
Mason scores a nice knee to the body.
Cookie looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mason blocking some punches.
Mason landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mason using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mason connects with a knee to the head.
Mason is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mason unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mason using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mason connects with a knee to the head.
Cookie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mason with a knee to the head.
Mason landing knees to the body.
Mason lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mason.
Knees to the body from Mason.
Mason unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cookie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mason lands a knee to the head.
Cookie avoiding damage as Mason throws knees to the body.
Mason tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cookie avoids it.
Cookie working aggressively here.
Mason landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cookie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mason throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mason throws an elbow that misses.
Mason pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cookie avoids a wild elbow strike from Mason.
Cookie can't break the clinch.
Mason is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cookie is defending well for now.
Mason pushes off an throws an elbow but Cookie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cookie avoiding damage as Mason throws knees to the body.
Cookie dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cookie is trying to force a seperation but Mason has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mason.
Cookie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cookie pushes Mason back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mason misses with a knee to the head.
Cookie lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cookie has Mason pressed against the cage.
Mason trying to land knees to the body.
Cookie tries to pull guard but Mason won't allow it.
Mason tries to land a knee to the head but Cookie blocks with his arms.
Cookie is working for takedown but Mason is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two 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.
Mason misses with a knee to the head.
Mason is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cookie is defending well for now.
A shot in the inside from Cookie.
Mason misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cookie.
Cookie is trying to break the clinch but Mason is controlling him.
Cookie slows down the pace here.
Cookie receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Mason trying to land knees to the body.
Cookie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cookie lands with a left to the head.
Mason unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cookie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cookie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cookie is working Mason over against the cage.
Cookie fails to pull guard.
Jay Mason has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fortune Cookie.
Mason looking to throw knees to the head but Cookie is blocking nicely.
Cookie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mason throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cookie wants to get back to striking at distance but Mason won't allow it.
Cookie misses with a punch on the inside.
Mason missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cookie is trying to drag Mason to the mat but Mason just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Cookie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mason lands a nice elbow.
Cookie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mason utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mason lands a nice elbow.
Mason tries to land knees in the clinch but Cookie avoids the damage to the body.
Mason unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cookie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cookie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cookie avoiding damage as Mason throws knees to the body.
Cookie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cookie lands with a short shot to the head.
Mason unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cookie lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cookie tries for a takedown but Mason manages to get underhooks.
Cookie lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mason or not.
Mason scores with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Cookie.
Mason is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cookie is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Cookie.
A body shot lands from Cookie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cookie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cookie changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mason fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cookie lands a jab to the head.
Mason tries to clinch up but Cookie circles away and keeps his distance.
Cookie swats away the attempt to clinch by Mason.
Cookie lands a really nice looking cross but Mason seems unphased.
Cookie throws a series of punches but Mason avoids them all with ease.
Cookie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mason.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mason scores with a leg kick.
Cookie takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mason fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cookie throws a jab but it's blocked by Mason.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Mason dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cookie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fortune Cookie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mason throws and low kick but Cookie moves out of range easily.
Cookie throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cookie misses with a two punch combination.
Cookie blocks a head kick by Mason.

Mason gets a clinch.
Mason misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cookie.
Cookie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mason is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cookie is defending well for now.
Mason tries to land knees in the clinch but Cookie avoids the damage to the body.

Cookie turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Cookie manages to end up in side control.
Cookie throws a strike aimed at the side of Mason's head but Mason avoids it well.
Cookie misses with the ground and pound.
Mason is looking for a sweep.
Cookie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mason keeps working.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cookie creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Mason sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Mason managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cookie.
Mason managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cookie.
Cookie in side control, throwing shots but Mason defends.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Mason showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cookie.

Mason clinches up with Cookie and pushes him back against the cage.
Mason comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cookie has a couple of punches blocked by Mason.
Mason has Cookie pressed against the cage, preventing Cookie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cookie looking to stall.
Cookie misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mason tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mason gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mason lands an elbow that stopped Cookie in his tracks for a moment.
Cookie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mason backwards.
Cookie lands a nice uppercut.
Mason tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mason working Cookie over with knees to the body.
Cookie throws a head punch that misses.
Mason blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mason is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cookie is defending well for now.
Mason misses with a knee to the head.

Cookie has clasped his hands together around Mason's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Mason regains half guard.
Cookie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cookie not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cookie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cookie trying to control the action but Mason is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason wants to get back to his feet.

Mason kicks off Cookie and gets to his feet.
Cookie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mason lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cookie misses with an uppercut.
Cookie blocks a head kick by Mason.
Cookie throws a leg kick
and Mason makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cookie looks to land a right hand but Mason moved out of range.
Mason takes one on the button.
Mason is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cookie throws a lazy right hand but Mason sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Cookie.
Mason tried to score with a low kick but Cookie checks it.
Cookie scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cookie throws a jab when Mason was well out of range.
Cookie's corner calls for a 1-2. Cookie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mason is looking to chop away at Cookie's legs.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cookie is defended easily by Mason.
Cookie throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mason counters with an outside leg kick.
Mason scores with a leg kick.
Cookie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mason scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Mason.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Mason dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Mason lands a head kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Mason looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cookie throws a body punch but Mason moves out of range.
Cookie fails to land with a series of punches.
Cookie scores with a decent looking hook.
Mason moves in looking to clinch but Cookie pushes him off.
Cookie stalks Mason and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mason's face. Mason staggers backwards, shaken.
A combination from Cookie does no damage.
Cookie loads up on a big right hand but Mason slips the punch.
Mason tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cookie throws a body punch but Mason moves out of range.
Cookie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cookie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mason. Mason obviously looking to wear him down.

Cookie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cookie trying to control the action but Mason is working from the bottom.
The strikes coming from Cookie are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Mason wants to control but Cookie postures up.
Mason is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Cookie is trying to control. Mason wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Cookie is looking for a kimura here.
Mason tries to kick Cookie off but Cookie keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's two 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.
Cookie thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Mason to regain full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cookie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mason works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cookie with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cookie is stalling in the full guard.
Cookie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fortune Cookie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jay Mason is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason is looking to stand up but Cookie isn't so interested in that idea.
Cookie throwing strikes from guard but Mason blocks nicely.

Cookie drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Mason manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Cookie has Mason in his guard.
Cookie wants to sweep here but Mason controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mason wants to control from the top but Cookie keeps moving.
Cookie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mason!
Mason wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cookie unloads with some shots from mount but Mason bucks and avoids them well.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jay Mason.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mason, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Mason!