PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rik McRae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McRae comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Slipknot - Before I Forget kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
McRae

193 cm
29
194 lbs
16 - 11 - 1

189 cm
32
198 lbs
16 - 8 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tom Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Rik McRae!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones lands an overhand right.
McRae with a nice cross.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.

Jones drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

McRae looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

McRae has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jones can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jones wants to control from the top but McRae keeps moving.

McRae looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jones lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McRae bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Jones holds on and takes a little breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to stand and escape but McRae is having none of it.
McRae wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
McRae postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McRae is in close to Jones's body, working some short punches and elbows.
McRae trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McRae working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McRae scoring with punches to the head and body.
McRae pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.
McRae throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
McRae being controlled here momentarily.
McRae pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McRae won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
McRae trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McRae advances to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McRae not landing any meaningful shots this time.

McRae is working for a kimura but Jones is defending it quite comfortably.
McRae frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jones is working to get back to half guard.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to control but McRae is having none of it.
McRae has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

McRae is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by McRae!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Rik McRae!
Rik McRae bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.