PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Quinton Concrete (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Concrete's entrance music is Pillar : Fire on the Inside. A fine choice. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Concrete
vs
Jones

169 cm
25
140 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
146 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Quinton Concrete!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jon Jones!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Concrete gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Concrete.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones checks a low kick from Concrete.
Concrete looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Concrete persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Concrete sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Concrete throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jones lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Concrete backs up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Concrete takes a jab right on the kisser.
Concrete throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Concrete takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A left lands for Jones.
Jones stuns Concrete with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands with a right hand.
Concrete throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Concrete misses with a looping left.
Jones displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jones takes a swing at Concrete's ribcage but misses.
Concrete rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Concrete shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Concrete gets slowly back to his feet.
Concrete takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Concrete is defended easily by Jones.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quinton Concrete. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Concrete takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Concrete misses with a jab to the body
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Concrete misses with a combination
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
Concrete misses with a takedown
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jones avoids the head kick by Concrete.
Jon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones throws a body punch but Concrete moves out of range.
Concrete takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Concrete was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Concrete saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones swings for the body but Concrete moves out of range.
Jones is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Concrete had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jones.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Concrete sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd cheers as Jones lands an impressive looking overhand right. Concrete doesn't seem phased though.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Concrete moves away.
Concrete fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Concrete shoots for a takedown but Jones saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jones scores with a jab to the head.
Concrete throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Concrete tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.

Concrete closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Concrete is working for a submission of some sort.
Concrete is breathing heavily.
Jones is doing well to control the position and prevent Concrete from advancing to side control.
Jones is trying to escape back to his feet but Concrete uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Jones is not content to let Concrete control the position.
Jones is looking for a sweep.

Concrete tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Concrete has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A jab from Jones misses.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Concrete.
Concrete slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones connects with the punch.
Good work by Jones as he checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Concrete shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jones throws a right and a left that Concrete avoids nicely.
Jones smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Concrete closes the distance and clinches up with Jones, looking for a takedown. Concrete pushes Jones against the cage but Jones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Concrete was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
A cross from Jones lands.
Concrete doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jones counters with a left and a right that stings Concrete.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quinton Concrete. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Concrete swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Concrete.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Jon Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Concrete moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Concrete looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Concrete fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Concrete.
Concrete tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones lands with a nice body punch.
Concrete shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.
Concrete with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.
Jones tries to bum rush Concrete with a series of wild strikes but Concrete uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jab, jab by Jones - just one landing.
Concrete throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Concrete is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jones.
Concrete fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jones checks it well.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Jones tries to bum rush Concrete with a series of wild strikes but Concrete uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Concrete.
Horrible takedown by Concrete or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a one two! Concrete had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Concrete uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from Concrete, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Concrete steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Concrete.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Concrete's head but Concrete sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Concrete shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Concrete slows the pace down in half guard.
Concrete wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Concrete is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Concrete moves forwards but Jones connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Concrete tries to score with a low kick but Jones moves his leg out of the way.
Concrete avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Concrete.
Jones lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Concrete backs up against the cage.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Concrete tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Concrete misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Concrete misses with a shot to the body
letting Jones counter with a right hand.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Concrete ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Concrete misses with a hook.
Concrete moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jones tries to bum rush Concrete with a series of wild strikes but Concrete uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Concrete throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Concrete.

Concrete tries for a kimura but Jones is defending well.
Jones parries the strikes from Concrete easily there. Concrete is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jones to escape.
Concrete advances to full mount.

Concrete goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Jones turns into him and now he's in Concrete's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to control but Concrete is working from the bottom.
Jones must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Concrete will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Concrete working a defensive guard here.
Jones wants to stand and escape but instead Concrete has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Concrete trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

Jones wriggles free and stands up.
Jones connects with a looping right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Concrete throws out a leg kick but Jones moves out of range and Concrete only half commits.
Concrete takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jones throws the left hand but Concrete avoids the punch easily.
Jon Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones throws out a powerful jab.
Concrete tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jones connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Concrete ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones misses with the combination.
Concrete uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jones throws a right and a left that Concrete avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Jon Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Concrete throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Concrete pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jones is out of range and Concrete settles back down.
Jones swings for the body but Concrete moves out of range.
Jones moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Concrete circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Concrete thows a left - swing and a miss!
Concrete takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Quinton Concrete has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Concrete on the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jones winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Jones!