PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aragones Hirlo Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sandman. Hirlo Ribeiro has chosen You've Lost Your Mind by Nocturnal as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Aragones Hirlo Ribeiro is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jones
vs
Hirlo Ribeiro

190 cm
21
215 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

192 cm
21
215 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

White Gorilla Nutrition
White Gorilla Nutrition

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aragones Hirlo Ribeiro !
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones tries to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro moves out of range.
Hirlo Ribeiro blocks a head kick by Jones.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones tries to clinch up but Hirlo Ribeiro circles away and keeps his distance.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jones - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones leaves Hirlo Ribeiro with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hirlo Ribeiro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jones doesn't seem bothered though.
Hirlo Ribeiro takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hirlo Ribeiro shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Hirlo Ribeiro shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Hirlo Ribeiro is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirlo Ribeiro is thwarting Jones's attempts to control the position.
Jones moves into full guard.
Hirlo Ribeiro wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Jones wants to sweep here but Hirlo Ribeiro controlling him for the moment.
Hirlo Ribeiro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Jones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hirlo Ribeiro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Hirlo Ribeiro closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jones to the mat! Jones manages to get full guard.
Hirlo Ribeiro tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.
Jones trying to keep a closed guard but Hirlo Ribeiro is proving a slippery customer.
Hirlo Ribeiro looking to pass the guard.
Jones is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Hirlo Ribeiro drops back, looking for a kneebar! Jones looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Jones looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Jones!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones controlling the position.
Hirlo Ribeiro is trying to get back to half guard.
Hirlo Ribeiro tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Jones presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Hirlo Ribeiro is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four 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.
Hirlo Ribeiro regains half guard.
Jones controlling the pace.

Hirlo Ribeiro looking for submissions off his back.
Hirlo Ribeiro manages to get to full guard.

Hirlo Ribeiro working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jones doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jones manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones wants to clinch up but Hirlo Ribeiro keeps it at a distance.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Hirlo Ribeiro circles away.
Hirlo Ribeiro thows a body shot but no joy.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones tries to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro is having none of it.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hirlo Ribeiro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hirlo Ribeiro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Jones tries to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro is having none of it.
Tom Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hirlo Ribeiro was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Hirlo Ribeiro looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hirlo Ribeiro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jones tries to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro moves out of range.
Jones tries to clinch up but Hirlo Ribeiro circles away and keeps his distance.
Hirlo Ribeiro throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jones tries to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro is having none of it.
Hirlo Ribeiro takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Hirlo Ribeiro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hirlo Ribeiro thuds a left hand into Jones's body.
Tom Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Hirlo Ribeiro closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hirlo Ribeiro is working for a kimura but Jones is defending it quite comfortably.
Jones on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jones tries to get out of the position.
Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jones is trying to maintain the position but Hirlo Ribeiro is very close to passing his half guard.

Hirlo Ribeiro is looking for a kimura here.

Hirlo Ribeiro is trying to work for a kimura but Jones is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hirlo Ribeiro is one step ahead there.
Hirlo Ribeiro is fighting to break Jones's control of his arms but Jones is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Hirlo Ribeiro is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jones controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jones trying to control the position.
Jones can't keep his opponent in guard - Hirlo Ribeiro advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Hirlo Ribeiro is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jones doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hirlo Ribeiro .
Hirlo Ribeiro prevents Jones from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tom Jones will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Jones tries to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro is having none of it.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hirlo Ribeiro looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Jones tries to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro moves out of range.

Jones clinches up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro avoids the damage to the body.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Hirlo Ribeiro blocks it.
Hirlo Ribeiro tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jones smiles and moves away.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hirlo Ribeiro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hirlo Ribeiro shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jones but Jones pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones moves out of range as Hirlo Ribeiro strikes.
Hirlo Ribeiro with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hirlo Ribeiro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hirlo Ribeiro thuds a left hand into Jones's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hirlo Ribeiro swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones tries to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro moves out of range.
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
Tom Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aragones Hirlo Ribeiro .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hirlo Ribeiro misses with a few strikes there.
Jones throws a head kick that Hirlo Ribeiro semi-blocks.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hirlo Ribeiro shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones throws a head kick but Hirlo Ribeiro moves out of range.
Hirlo Ribeiro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hirlo Ribeiro shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.

Jones clinches with his opponent.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hirlo Ribeiro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hirlo Ribeiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jones is looking to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro is avoiding it.
Jones is looking to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro is avoiding it.
Hirlo Ribeiro is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jones rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirlo Ribeiro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hirlo Ribeiro .
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro pushes him off.
Hirlo Ribeiro tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jones swivels and escapes.
Hirlo Ribeiro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones is looking to clinch but Hirlo Ribeiro is avoiding it.
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Hirlo Ribeiro counters with a nice body shot.
Jones wants to clinch

and Hirlo Ribeiro counters with a single leg into guard. Jones didn't expect that.
Hirlo Ribeiro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Hirlo Ribeiro is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hirlo Ribeiro passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Hirlo Ribeiro looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jones is trying to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aragones Hirlo Ribeiro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hirlo Ribeiro has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aragones Hirlo Ribeiro !