PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Beta Max (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Max
vs
Jones

168 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Beta Max!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Jones!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Jones changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Max looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Max is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Max could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The referee asks Jones politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Jones prefers to stall for the moment though.

Jones wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Max, who protects the arm well.

Jones thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Max throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Max tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Jones easily slips into full mount!
Jones with good strikes from the mount here!
Jones tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Max working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jones pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Jones looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Jones dominating with strikes here.
Jones with the ground and pound from mount.
Jones controlling from the full mount.
Jones is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Max can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Max is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jones fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Max is rocked!
Max takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Jones's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Jones!