PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Oliphant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cane Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior Oliphant has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Oliphant
vs
Jones

188 cm
23
202 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

193 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Junior Oliphant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cane Jones!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Oliphant counters with a left and a right that stings Jones.
Oliphant swinging wildly here.

Oliphant shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Oliphant showed some decent athleticism there.
Oliphant lands with a punch from half guard.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Oliphant trying to control from half guard but Jones is working away.
Oliphant has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Oliphant tries to stand and escape but Jones actually recovers to full guard.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliphant with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliphant lands a couple of digs.
Jones wants to stand up but Oliphant is controlling him.
Oliphant is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to stand but Oliphant is controlling the position.
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Oliphant.
Oliphant trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oliphant throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
Oliphant postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Oliphant loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliphant in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Oliphant wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Jones is looking to stand up but Oliphant isn't so interested in that idea.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Oliphant decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jones, up you get!

Oliphant has taken the fight to the clinch.
Oliphant looking to stall.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Oliphant.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oliphant backwards.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oliphant.
Oliphant avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oliphant.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Oliphant avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones taking a breather.
Oliphant gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jones.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Oliphant misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Oliphant dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jones with a lazy takedown attempt
and Oliphant counters with a three punch combo that has Jones backing up. Jones nods at Oliphant to acknowledge the strikes.
Oliphant lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jones shoots and misses
and Oliphant counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Oliphant rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
Junior Oliphant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cane Jones.

Oliphant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones with a poor takedown
and Oliphant counters with an outside leg kick.
Junior Oliphant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliphant throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones checks a leg kick.
Oliphant lands a jab-cross combination.
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Oliphant moves into the clinch.
Oliphant tries for a takedown. No joy.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones is breathing heavily.

Oliphant clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oliphant is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliphant is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Oliphant has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Oliphant jumps guard but Jones stands there with Oliphant around his waist. Oliphant gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jones has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Oliphant avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Oliphant tries to pull guard but Jones holds him up against the cage and eventually Oliphant drops back down to his feet.
Oliphant is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Oliphant wants a takedown but no success here.
Jones has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Oliphant avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Oliphant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Oliphant rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.
Jones fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliphant lands a nice knee to the body.
Jones letting Oliphant take a breather here.
Jones pushes Oliphant back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Oliphant.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Oliphant backwards.

Oliphant pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oliphant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oliphant lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Oliphant.
Jones with a poor takedown

and Oliphant counters with a takedown into side control.
Oliphant scores with punches from side control.

Oliphant stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliphant lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Oliphant forces Jones back against the cage and clinches.
Jones fails to pull guard.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Oliphant has him pressed against the cage.

Oliphant breaks from the clinch.
Oliphant misses with a double jab.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.

Oliphant throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Jones tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Oliphant is in Jones's guard.
Oliphant postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Oliphant won't allow Jones to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliphant is looking to stand up but Jones won't let him.
Oliphant throwing strikes but missing.
Oliphant prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.

Jones pushes Oliphant off and scrambles back to his feet.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oliphant darts in trying to clinch

and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Oliphant dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Jones gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Oliphant counters with a series of strikes. Jones will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jones gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Oliphant counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oliphant throws a one two combo.
Oliphant turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Oliphant counters with a two punch combo.
Junior Oliphant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cane Jones.

Oliphant gets a takedown into half guard.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Oliphant not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones looks like he's trying to stand up.
Junior Oliphant overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Oliphant looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Oliphant thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jones can do anything to dispel that myth.
Oliphant lands with a punch from half guard.
Jones is trying to stand back up but Oliphant is controlling him

Jones pushes Oliphant off and gets back to his feet.
Oliphant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.

Oliphant moves into the clinch successfully.
Jones has Oliphant pressed against the cage, preventing Oliphant from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones slows down the pace here.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Oliphant smiles and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliphant tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jones fails with the takedown
and Oliphant counters with a left and a right that stings Jones.
Oliphant misses with a two punch combination.
Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Oliphant counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Oliphant misses with the combination.
Oliphant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oliphant looks to land a combination. Jones sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt
and Oliphant counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oliphant throws a series of strikes that have Jones backpedaling.

Oliphant rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Junior Oliphant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Oliphant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Oliphant.
Jones misses with a takedown

and Oliphant counters by moving into the clinch.
Jones tries to work over Oliphant's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones tries a body shot but Oliphant blocks it.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oliphant is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Oliphant tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Oliphant prevents a body shot from Jones.
Oliphant tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.
Cane Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Oliphant showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oliphant has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Oliphant!