PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bill Pharoni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Jones has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bill Pharoni's chin.

Pharoni
vs
Jones

190 cm
22
157 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

175 cm
21
155 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bill Pharoni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexander Jones!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones misses with a looping right.
A big left from Jones misses.
Pharoni connects with a body shot.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A jab from Jones finds it's way through Pharoni's defenses.
A left lands for Pharoni.
Pharoni lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Pharoni.
Jones misses the jab.
Pharoni scores with a hook to the body. Jones takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pharoni lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Bill Pharoni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pharoni connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jones's hands.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Pharoni lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jones connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pharoni's hands.
Jones throws the left hand but Pharoni avoids the punch easily.
Pharoni leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jones connects with a looping right hand.
Pharoni throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Pharoni lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pharoni rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pharoni fails to land with a series of punches.
Pharoni throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jones on the side of the head.
Pharoni digs a good hook to Jones's body.
Jones is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pharoni sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bill Pharoni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Jones.
Pharoni lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pharoni.
Pharoni is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pharoni scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pharoni is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pharoni misses the jab.
Jones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pharoni stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pharoni lands a jab-cross combination.
Pharoni scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bill Pharoni is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pharoni connects with the punch.
Pharoni cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones throws a hook but Pharoni blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pharoni misses with a jab, cross combination.
A shot to de liver by Pharoni. Beautiful body shot.
Pharoni throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pharoni!
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pharoni moves away.
Pharoni slips under a jab from Jones.
Pharoni takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jones is looking to clinch but Pharoni is avoiding it.
Jones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pharoni lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circle momentarily. Pharoni darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pharoni takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Pharoni lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pharoni loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Pharoni misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Pharoni stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jones might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Pharoni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks to land a combination but Pharoni avoids it well.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pharoni.
Pharoni is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Pharoni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Pharoni rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pharoni connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jones momentarily.
Pharoni lands a right hook to the body.
Pharoni with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pharoni misses with a looping left.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Pharoni.
Pharoni throws a big shot that misses.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pharoni lands a jab to the nose.
Pharoni throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Pharoni throws a big shot that misses.
Pharoni throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pharoni at a distance.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Pharoni slips the punch.
Pharoni is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pharoni cracks a nice hook into Jones's ribs.
Pharoni throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Pharoni smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pharoni uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pharoni wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pharoni avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Jones drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Pharoni gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pharoni tries to stand but Jones is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Pharoni dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jones fails with the takedown.
Pharoni digs a good hook to Jones's body.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Pharoni sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pharoni misses with a looping right.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Pharoni tries to sprawl out of it but Jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pharoni manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pharoni thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pharoni lands with a nice combination. Jones backs away looking to recover.
Pharoni throws a combination. Jones tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Pharoni scores with a decent looking hook.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pharoni connects with a nice looking jab.
Pharoni uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
Pharoni goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jones drops his hands momentarily and Pharoni takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jones throws a body punch but Pharoni moves out of range.
Pharoni really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pharoni misses with a two punch combination.
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pharoni is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jones misses with a looping right.
A big right from Pharoni misses.
Jones avoids the body shot from Pharoni.
Jones blocks a jab.
Jones has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A jab from Pharoni misses.
Pharoni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Jones misses with a hook. Pharoni ducked under it nicely.
Jones misses with a hook to the body
and Pharoni counters with a left to the body.
Pharoni misses with a wild combination.
Pharoni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Pharoni lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jones doesn't seem phased though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A jab lands there for Jones.
Pharoni uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Pharoni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pharoni misses with a straight left.
Pharoni throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pharoni avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pharoni lands with a good body shot.
Pharoni getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pharoni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Pharoni misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pharoni lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pharoni misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jones connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pharoni scores with a shot to the body.
Pharoni misses with a body shot.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Pharoni saw that one coming.
Bill Pharoni is winning the standup battle so far.
Pharoni throws a sloppy body shot
and Jones counters with a nice body shot.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pharoni.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Pharoni shows good takedown defense.
Bill Pharoni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Jones.
Pharoni defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Jones misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Pharoni.
Jones tries to clinch but Pharoni moves out of range.
Jones takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pharoni swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pharoni sprawls well. Pharoni wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Nice jab there from Pharoni.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Pharoni's head but Pharoni sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pharoni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Pharoni's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Pharoni duly obliges.
Pharoni throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jones stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pharoni connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pharoni throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pharoni swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Jones misses.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Pharoni slips the punch.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Jones takes one to the chin there.
Pharoni just misses with a punch to the body.
Pharoni scores with a jab to the body.
Jones slips under a jab.
Jones slips a straight right by Pharoni.
Jones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pharoni is working the combinations to good effect here.
Pharoni throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones scores with a nice head shot.

Jones scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jones working the strikes but Pharoni uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Jones is looking to pass Pharoni's guard but actually Pharoni recovers to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Pharoni dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Pharoni misses with a hook to the body
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jones.
Pharoni dips to his left and cracks Jones with an uppercut!
Jones takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A big right from Jones misses.
Pharoni thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jones takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Jones scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Jones is looking for a kimura here.
Jones stops Pharoni from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pharoni scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Jones manages to mount him!
Jones lands a heavy elbow.
Jones punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jones thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Pharoni can't escape the position.
Jones lands with some strikes.
Jones lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a heavy elbow.
Jones lands a big elbow.

Pharoni is rocked!
Jones looking to finish Pharoni with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pharoni!
Pharoni holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jones tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Jones with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Pharoni is on top in guard.

Jones working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Pharoni has passed into half guard!
Pharoni takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Jones is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Pharoni jumps into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to control but Pharoni postures up.
Jones tries to bench press Pharoni off him but Pharoni keeps the position.
Jones is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Pharoni is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Pharoni prevents Jones from getting the reversal.
Alexander Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alexander Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pharoni takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pharoni has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Pharoni!