PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Peter Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shamrock has chosen Kanye West 's Stronger as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Shamrock

169 cm
30
146 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

178 cm
31
141 lbs
25 - 15 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Nick Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shamrock throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Jones scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Shamrock sprawls well. Shamrock wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones with a lazy takedown attempt
and Shamrock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Shamrock to counter with a crisp jab.
Shamrock leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shamrock leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jones attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Shamrock sprawls well. Shamrock wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.

Shamrock has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shamrock is keeping busy.
Shamrock is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Knees to the body from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Shamrock letting Jones take a breather here.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Shamrock.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shamrock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Shamrock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shamrock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shamrock creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shamrock tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to control Shamrock's arms but Shamrock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jones has his back to the cage.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Shamrock has him pressed against the cage.
Shamrock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shamrock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones is struggling to control the position.
Shamrock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones stalls.
Jones wants to stall.
Shamrock lands a nice knee to the body.
Shamrock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shamrock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Shamrock prevents the takedown attempt.
A short left from Shamrock.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shamrock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Shamrock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shamrock lands an elbow inside.
Shamrock misses with a knee strike.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shamrock with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones is trying to maintain a safe position but Shamrock gets an underhook and turns Jones into the cage.
Shamrock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Shamrock managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Shamrock with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Shamrock.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones avoiding damage as Shamrock throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Shamrock.
Shamrock looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Shamrock scores with a knee to the head.
Shamrock looks gassed!
Shamrock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones effectively controlling the action here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Shamrock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A punch lands to the side of Jones 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Shamrock sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Shamrock dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice sprawl there from Shamrock as Jones shoots in.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Shamrock jabs at Jones's body.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Jones shoots and misses
and Shamrock counters with a low kick, right behind Jones 's knee.
Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Shamrock counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Shamrock is just out of range.
Shamrock stuffs the takedown.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peter Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jones misses with a leg kick
and Shamrock counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Peter Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shamrock slips under a jab.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Shamrock blocks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Shamrock moved out of range nicely.
Jones lands a jab to Shamrock's midsection.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Shamrock sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The crowd cheers as Shamrock lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jones doesn't seem phased though.
Shamrock leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jones fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shamrock checks it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Jones does it's job there.
Shamrock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.

Jones shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Shamrock is trying to defend but Jones finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Shamrock tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Shamrock is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Shamrock regains full guard. Nicely done.
Shamrock tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Shamrock keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones throws an elbow that misses. Shamrock uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jones's guard. Nice move by Shamrock!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jones 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.
Shamrock wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Shamrock sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Shamrock's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Shamrock!
Shamrock is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Jones dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Jones fails to land the takedown.
Jones shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones misses with a leg kick
and Shamrock counters with a stiff right hand.
Jones throws a solid leg kick but Shamrock takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jones.
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
Jones is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Shamrock's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Shamrock moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Nick Shamrock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Shamrock but Shamrock pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones with a lazy takedown attempt
and Shamrock counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jones thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones misses with a leg kick
and Shamrock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jones - that will leave a mark!
Shamrock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shamrock darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A shot to the liver by Shamrock. Beautiful body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jones lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Shamrock has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shamrock and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Shamrock ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones throws a leg kick
and Shamrock counters with a right hand to the body.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jones avoids the body shot from Shamrock.
Peter Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jones pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Shamrock back to the cage. Jones follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jones throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to score with a low kick but Shamrock moves his leg out of the way.
Shamrock cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones misses with a hook. Shamrock ducked under it nicely.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones throws a right hand that Shamrock ducks under and follows up with a left that Shamrock also avoids with ease.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jones with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt
and Shamrock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shamrock fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Shamrock holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Shamrock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shamrock gets underhooks to prevent Jones's takedown attempt.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shamrock avoids it.
Jones's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Shamrock.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shamrock connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Jones tries to stall but Shamrock uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Shamrock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Peter Jones.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Jones!