PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tron Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Inoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jones might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Angry Tronny. The key to victory for Tron Jones has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Jones
vs
Inoki

180 cm
22
194 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

215 cm
23
193 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Knockout power

Golden Lilium

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tron Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Inoki!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inoki tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Antonio Inoki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice sprawl there from Jones as Inoki shoots in.
Inoki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jones keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Horrible takedown by Inoki or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Tron Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Inoki.
Jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jones shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Inoki pinned against the cage. Inoki gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Inoki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jones drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoki manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jones working to try and regain half guard.
Jones tries to lock up and control but Inoki gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Inoki's attempts to control the action.

Inoki is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Jones is surviving well by controlling Inoki's body position as best he can.
Inoki dominating with strikes here.
Inoki wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.
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.
Inoki is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Inoki avoids the attempt from Jones to control.
Jones keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.
Jones regains half guard.
Inoki is tying to control. Jones wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jones is trying to get back to full guard.
Inoki trying to control from half guard but Jones is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is controlling Inoki's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Jones is trying to get back to full guard.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Inoki tries to pass to full mount but Jones defends it.
Jones wants to get back to full guard but Inoki has passed into side control.
BOOM! Inoki connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Inoki controlling from mount.
Jones tries to hold on but Inoki pushes him away.

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.
Inoki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jones is looking to escape.
The referee warns Jones that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jones is looking to improve his position but Inoki isn't that keen on the idea.
Inoki looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Inoki jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Jones manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking for a sweep but Inoki has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Jones might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Inoki has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jones's face.
Jones tries to reverse the position but Inoki maintains control.
Jones manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Jones is trying to stand.
Jones wants to improve his position but Inoki is controlling well.

That's six 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 moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Inoki drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Inoki jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Jones looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Inoki trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

Jones looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Inoki has picked Jones up and slammed him! Jones can't keep hold of the triangle and Inoki manages to pass to side control!
Inoki trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Inoki working the ground and pound from side control.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Inoki thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Inoki trying to control the position but Jones is working away.
Jones is looking to regain half guard here but Inoki keeps moving and retains side control.
Inoki trying to control the position but Jones is working away.
Inoki landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jones is not content to let Inoki control the position.

Inoki is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jones is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Inoki is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Jones's shoulder. That is not cool.
Inoki wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.

Inoki is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jones has escaped the position, nice work there.
Inoki grinds an elbow into Jones's temple.
Jones wants to control but Inoki postures up.

Inoki looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jones manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to stand up but Inoki is controlling the position.

Jones is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jones passes to full mount!
Inoki blocking the ground and pound.
Jones looking to control but Inoki is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jones throwing strikes here but Inoki is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Inoki is looking to escape.
Inoki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tron Jones will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Inoki counters with a shoot takedown. Jones fights it but they end up in guard.
Inoki slips nicely into half guard.
Inoki works his way into side control.
Jones tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Inoki wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Inoki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.

Inoki is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jones has escaped the position, nice work there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Inoki tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Inoki has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Inoki is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones gets back to full guard.
Jones is trying to hold Inoki in close to prevent damage but Inoki has managed to pass into half guard.
Jones is not content to let Inoki control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Inoki has control of the leg.
Jones is positioning himself well to prevent Inoki advancing to mount.
Jones slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Inoki wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.

Jones is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Inoki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Jones is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Inoki from controlling successfully.

Jones looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Inoki passes Jones's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Inoki is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Jones is staying active underneath Inoki, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones tries to roll over but Inoki keeps him under control.
Jones won't allow Inoki to pass to mount.
Antonio Inoki has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Jones manages to get to full guard.
Inoki wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Inoki stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jones.
Jones throws a lazy head kick

and Inoki counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Inoki.
Jones pulls Inoki in close to prevent any damage.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Inoki from controlling successfully.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Jones trying to keep a closed guard but Inoki is proving a slippery customer.
Inoki trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

Inoki is posturing up here but Jones has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Inoki tries to roll out but it's too tight and Inoki has to tap! Slick submission there by Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tron Jones!