PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerard Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kozmo Kramer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Raising the Bar. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jones
vs
Kramer

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 Sydney, Gerard Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kozmo Kramer!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Kramer counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Jones clinches.
Jones is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kramer is working for takedown but Jones is calmly controlling the position for now.

Kramer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Jones scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kramer is staying active underneath Jones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Kramer regains full guard. Nicely done.

Kramer pushes Jones off and scrambles back to his feet.
Kramer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kramer. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kramer. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.

Kramer shoots in and gets a takedown into Jones's guard.
Jones is adopting a defensive guard.
Jones being controlled here, momentarily.

Kramer decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Kramer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones shoots and misses

and Kramer counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jones wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Kramer is now in half guard.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Kramer can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jones is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kramer controlling his opponent.
Kramer trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working to try and regain half guard.
Kramer landing strikes from the mount and Jones is in trouble!
Kramer tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kramer lands a heavy elbow.
Kramer lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Kramer.
Kramer lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kramer wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.
Kramer content just to control the position here.
Jones taking shots to the head.
Kramer breaks from Jones's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kramer takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kramer landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kramer with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kramer misses with a takedown

and Jones counters with a single leg into guard. Kramer didn't expect that.
Jones wants to stand but Kramer is controlling his posture from full guard.
Kramer doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Kramer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.

Kramer had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily.
Kramer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kramer is trying to keep Jones in close.

Kramer 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.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking to pass the guard.
Kramer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kramer working a defensive guard here.
Kramer is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Kramer wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.
Kramer lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jones!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kramer scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kramer takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kramer prevents Jones from getting the reversal.
Kramer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

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.
Kramer manages to capitalize on a mistake by Jones to take his back!

Kramer sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Jones taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kozmo Kramer!