PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Who Dat by Young Jeezy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jones
vs
Rosenthal

208 cm
27
262 lbs
16 - 6 - 1

195 cm
26
270 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Resistance

Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Curtis Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Rosenthal !
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rosenthal lands with a good body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jones is defended easily by Rosenthal .

Rosenthal fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.
Jones blocks a body shot from Rosenthal .
Rosenthal scores with a hook to the body.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Rosenthal controls the action.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rosenthal throws a head punch that misses.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Rosenthal is blocking nicely.
Rosenthal misses with a hook to the ribs.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones is looking to score with low kicks.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Rosenthal moves out of range easily.
Rosenthal throws a combination that misses

and Jones counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jones is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Jones is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rosenthal manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rosenthal keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.
Jones won't allow Rosenthal to sweep him here.
Jones prevents Rosenthal from getting back to his feet.
Rosenthal is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Rosenthal wants to get back to his feet but Jones is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Rosenthal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones looking to pass the guard.
Rosenthal is pulling down on Jones's head. It's preventing any offense from Jones, at least for the moment.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Frank Rosenthal hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rosenthal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rosenthal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rosenthal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rosenthal scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones gets through Rosenthal 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rosenthal avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Rosenthal throws a head punch that misses.
Rosenthal lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jones lands with a light punch inside.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Rosenthal scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rosenthal is leaning against Jones and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rosenthal scores with a shoulder strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rosenthal lands a body punch.
Jones is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rosenthal pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rosenthal .
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
A short right from Rosenthal .
Rosenthal has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
A nice left hand lands by Rosenthal .

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rosenthal drops Jones onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Jones is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Jones is rocked!
Rosenthal lands a big right hand that drops Jones! The killer instinct kicks in and Rosenthal finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Rosenthal !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Rosenthal !
Frank Rosenthal was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.