PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Love
vs
Jones

180 cm
21
174 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

184 cm
20
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Granite chin

Fight Club Clothing est. 09™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luke Jones!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Jones as Love shoots in.

Jones gets a double leg takedown into Love's guard.
Jones passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones trying to control the position but Love is working away.
Jones controlling the position.
Love manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Love tries to pass to full mount but Jones defends it.
Love wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
Jones is looking to improve his position.

Jones is defending against the submission attempts here by Love.
Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones trying to control from the bottom.
Jones tries to roll over but Love keeps him under control.
Jones is pressing down on Love's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Jones looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Love passes into side control.
Jones gets back to half guard.
Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jones holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love works his way into side control.

Love working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Love is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Love laying and praying for a moment but Jones takes advantage and regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jones manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Jones looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Love looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Jones is trying to keep Love in close.
Love trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Love preventing the sweep.
Love looking to sit in guard and control but Jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jones stands and throws Love's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jones trying to control the position but Love is working away.
Love wants to control but Jones postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Love some visible discomfort.

Jones is trying to get an arm triangle but Love is defending well.
Love is looking to reverse the position.
The strikes coming from Jones are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love is looking for a sweep.

Jones tries for a kimura but Love is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones trying to control the action but Love is working from the bottom.
Love managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jones.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but Love keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Jones dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Love lands a jab-cross combination.
A punch combination from Love misses.

Jones throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Love was covering up waiting for the punch and Jones finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Love controls Jones momentarily but Jones frees himself.

Love is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.
Love is trying to control the position but Jones postures up.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love looking for a sweep. Not yet Love, not yet.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Love gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Love wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.

Love avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Love trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Jones has Love pulled in close to control his posture.
Jones looking for a sweep. Not yet Jones, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Love passes Jones's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jones trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Love manages to pass to mount!
Love looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jones has given up his back. Will we see Love going for some submissions?
Jones trying to control the position but Love manages to sink in the hooks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Love working for the choke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Love is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
You can see the frustration on Jones's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

Love is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Jones is defending well though. Love let's go of the attempt for now.

Love is persistently looking for the submission but Jones is defending it well.
Luke Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.

Love is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Jones is defending well though. Love let's go of the attempt for now.
Jones trying to control the action but Love just sinks the hooks in.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Jones is looking to control Love's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jones avoid being mounted?
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Jones is not content to let Love control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Love is looking for a kimura here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Jones actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Love dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Love misses the shot to the body.

Jones fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Love to the ground. Jones is now in Love's guard.

Love throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Love is trying to keep Jones in close.

Love looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jones trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.
Love being controlled here, momentarily.
Jones wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.
Jones is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Luke Jones.

Jones drives through with a takedown into Love's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Jones trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Love 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.

Love throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jones trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.
Jones postures up.
Love looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.
Jones sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Love's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love is trying to maintain the position but Jones is very close to passing his half guard.
Jones looks to land a strike but Love avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Jones pushes down on Love's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Love is staying active underneath Jones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jones is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Love still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Love has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Jones tries to improve position but can't.
Jones manages to work his way to half guard, despite Love's best efforts.

Love seems to be looking for submissions.

Love is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jones is just riding it out for now. Love eventually gives up the hold.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones gets back to full guard.
Jones trying to control the position.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Jones wants to control but Love passes easily into half guard.
Love wants to take a breather but Jones is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jones is striking off his back. Love thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Jones manages to get to full guard.
Jones trying to keep a closed guard but Love is proving a slippery customer.
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.
Jones looking to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love stays in close to Jones's body and controls the position.
Love wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.

Jones pushes a forearm under Love's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Love is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luke Jones!