PBP Commentary

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

The Irishman
vs
Jones

180 cm
25
225 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny The Irishman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Jones!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Irishman connects with a single shot there.
The Irishman stuffs the takedown attempt from Jones. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and The Irishman counters with a left and a right that stings Jones.
The Irishman thuds his right hand into Jones's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jones tries for a takedown but The Irishman circles away easily
enabling The Irishman to counter with a crisp jab.

The Irishman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Irishman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Irishman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Irishman scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Irishman finds it's way round the side to connect with Jones's head.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown but The Irishman manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jones's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Danny The Irishman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Jones.

Jones shoots in and gets a takedown into The Irishman's guard.
The Irishman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jones stops The Irishman from standing up.
Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but The Irishman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones preventing the sweep.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Roy Jones.
The Irishman scores with a punch to the head.
Jones takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jones looks gassed!
The Irishman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Irishman swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
The Irishman scores with a three punch combo!
The Irishman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The Irishman's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and The Irishman duly obliges.
The Irishman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The Irishman lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jones backs up against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jones takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The Irishman lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jones ducks right into an uppercut from The Irishman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Irishman lands a jab-cross combination.
Danny The Irishman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Irishman scores with a jab to the jaw.
Left hook, right uppercut from The Irishman.
The Irishman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

The Irishman clinches with his opponent.

The Irishman pulls guard effortlessly.
Jones wants to stand but The Irishman is controlling his posture from full guard.
The Irishman not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jones stops The Irishman from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Irishman not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Danny The Irishman has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
The Irishman fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Irishman is working the combinations to good effect here.
The Irishman wants to clinch.
The Irishman jabs Jones to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The Irishman cracks Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.
The Irishman cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The Irishman jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Irishman!
The Irishman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Danny The Irishman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and The Irishman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jones drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The Irishman feints a jab promting Jones to slip. The Irishman then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jones slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Irishman scores with a jab.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The Irishman is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The Irishman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jones stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The Irishman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jones has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Decent striking displayed by The Irishman there.
The Irishman darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The Irishman scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Irishman 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.
The Irishman lands a nice shot to the body.
The Irishman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny The Irishman dominated that round.
That's time! The Irishman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jones drops his hands momentarily and The Irishman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jones.
The Irishman scores with a sloppy right hand. Jones should have avoided that one.
The Irishman lands with a nice body punch.
Jones tries to move into range but The Irishman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but The Irishman pushes him off.
The Irishman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Irishman connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jones's hands.
The Irishman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Irishman feints a jab promting Jones to slip. The Irishman then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jones slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The Irishman lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Irishman cracks a nice hook into Jones's ribs.
Danny The Irishman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Irishman fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A right-left combo lands from The Irishman.
Jones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The Irishman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The Irishman is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The Irishman jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The Irishman is looking to clinch.
The Irishman connects with the punch.
Jones has his takedown stuffed
and The Irishman counters with a left and a right that stings Jones.
The Irishman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Irishman lands a nice looking body shot.
The Irishman punishes Jones's body with a nice straight punch.
The Irishman scores with a decent looking hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Irishman scores with a hook to the body. Jones takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The Irishman scores with a body shot.
Jones on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jones walks into a jab.
The Irishman tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
The Irishman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Irishman lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The Irishman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
The Irishman lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Danny The Irishman is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The Irishman jabs Jones right on the nose. Jones blinks but takes it well.
A right-left combo lands from The Irishman.
The Irishman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The Irishman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The Irishman jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Irishman lands a lovely overhand right.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The Irishman scores with a hook to the body. Jones takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice body punch from The Irishman.
The Irishman scores with a one two! Jones had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jones on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The Irishman lands a slapping body shot.
The Irishman works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.
The Irishman scores with a nice right hand.
The Irishman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jones tries to clinch but The Irishman is having none of it.
The Irishman looks to land a combination. Jones sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Irishman!
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt

so Jones counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but The Irishman is retaining full guard.
The Irishman is looking to stand up but Jones isn't so interested in that idea.

The Irishman is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jones defends well.
The Irishman wants to get back to his feet but Jones is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Irishman keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny The Irishman dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The Irishman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jones on the side of the head.
Good exchange - The Irishman coming out on top.
Jones stalks The Irishman and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into The Irishman's face. The Irishman staggers backwards, shaken.
The Irishman lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by The Irishman.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice shot lands for The Irishman.
Jones misses with a combination
and The Irishman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The Irishman lands a slapping body shot.
The Irishman is looking to clinch.
The Irishman thuds his right hand into Jones's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Irishman moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jones drops his hands momentarily and The Irishman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A lazy left from The Irishman finds it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Irishman tries to clinch up.
The Irishman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The Irishman scores with a hook to the body. Jones takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jones gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and The Irishman counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jones thinking.
The Irishman connects with a body shot.
The Irishman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The Irishman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The Irishman lands with a right hand.
Jones moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The Irishman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jones stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The Irishman bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The Irishman scores with a jab.
The Irishman listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A cross from The Irishman lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Irishman connects with the punch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Irishman!
The Irishman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The Irishman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones tries to clinch but The Irishman moves out of range.
The Irishman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Irishman scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jones takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jones walks into a jab.
The Irishman scores with a jab to the jaw.
The Irishman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jones's head backwards.
Jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Danny The Irishman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Jones.
The Irishman scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but The Irishman avoids it really well and circles away.
The Irishman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The Irishman scores with a jab to the body.
The Irishman moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The Irishman works the jab nicely.
The Irishman with a jab.
Decent striking displayed by The Irishman there.
The Irishman lands with a cross.
The Irishman throws a combination. Jones tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Jones gets a clinch.
The Irishman letting Jones take a breather here.
Jones keeps control of The Irishman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Irishman tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Jones breaks the clinch.

Jones darts in and clinches The Irishman up against the ropes.
The Irishman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Irishman tries to pull guard but Jones holds him up against the ropes and eventually The Irishman drops back down to his feet.

Jones pulls The Irishman into guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jones throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The Irishman wants to get up but he can't break Jones's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Roy Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Danny The Irishman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny The Irishman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Irishman, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight for Danny The Irishman!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Danny The Irishman!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Danny The Irishman!

Danny The Irishman wins by unanimous decision!