PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josip Cengic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cengic is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by youre going down. The key to victory for Mike Jones has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Jones
vs
Cengic

185 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
202 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josip Cengic!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cengic is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Cengic bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Jones looks to land a left hand but Cengic moved out of range nicely.

Cengic closes the distance and clinches.

Jones decides to pull guard.
Jones manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cengic manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Cengic blocks nicely.

Cengic kicks Jones off and gets to his feet.

Jones gets caught flat footed, as Cengic shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Cengic trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cengic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jones pulls Cengic in to control the position.

Cengic got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jones has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Cengic has managed to get both his arms back between Jones's legs - danger averted.

Cengic drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Cengic seems to have locked his on tight now - Jones screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Cengic, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Josip Cengic!