PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gilbert West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wesley Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gilbert West has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

West
vs
Jones

211 cm
24
140 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

151 cm
25
132 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gilbert West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wesley Jones!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably

and West counters by moving into the clinch.

Jones jumps into guard, dragging West to the mat.

Jones throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! West escapes and throws Jones's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Jones pushes West away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, West gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
West throwing shots but missing, from side control.
West working away.
An elbow from West crashes against the mat.
West lands a decent elbow from side control.
West gets to mount! Jones was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
West with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to reverse the position but West maintains control.
West working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jones really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
West really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
West scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
West avoids the attempt from Jones to control.
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
West landing strikes, looking to finish!
West will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
West lands with some strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jones looks winded!
West scores with a couple of good head shots there.
West mounts Jones! Really nice guard pass there!
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
BOOM! West connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West lands a heavy elbow.
BOOM! West connects with a massive shot to the dome!
West lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
West has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jones's face.
West is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
West putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
West cracks Jones with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
West cracks Jones with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
West lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West with shots to the head and body - Jones looks very uncomfortable down there.
West lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
West scoring with strikes but Jones is staying in there.
Jones is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, West cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
West lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, West cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
West landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilbert West dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A nice inside leg kick there by West. That's going to slow Jones down.

West gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jones to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Jones must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but West is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gilbert West overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones throws a strike but West rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
West landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West with a nice head shot there.
West connects with a couple of short punches.
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from West.

Jones working for submissions but it's allowed West to get to half guard.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones wants to control the action here but instead West manages to pass to full mount!
West with a couple of short strikes.
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jones's face.
West connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
West is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
West working away from the top, dropping strikes.
West with the ground and pound from mount.
Jones taking shots to the head.
West with good strikes from the mount here!
West lands a big elbow.
West lands a nice shot to the head.
West cracks Jones with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones wants to control but West is having none of it.
Jones is trying to escape the mount.
Jones taking shots to the head.
West lands a couple of good shots and Jones has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
I would not like to be Jones right now.
Jones is taking damage to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Jones up.
Oooh a big shot gets through from West. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones is trying to remain composed but West is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Jones covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
West lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
West is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Jones. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
West scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Jones is looking for a way out.
West throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Jones!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilbert West dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

West bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
West scores with a couple of short elbows.
West in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet here but West is keeping cool and he's managed to take Jones's back.
West lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Jones.
I really don't envy Jones right now.
West connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Jones to escape the position.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West scores with strikes from the back.
Jones covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
West throwing damaging strikes from the back! Jones could be in trouble here!
West lands shots from the back.
West scores with strikes from the back.
West connects with a big shot to the side of Jones's head.
West throwing damaging strikes from the back! Jones could be in trouble here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
West throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Jones!
West 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.
West is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. West gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. West gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. West apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Jones takes a kick to the side of the head.

West bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
West is working Jones over with some ground and pound from side control.
West cracks Jones with a big right hand but Jones just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
West cracks Jones with a big right hand but Jones just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

West decides to stand back up.

West decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West lands with a punch from half guard.
Jones has a hand on West's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. West takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
West prevents Jones from getting the reversal.
West scores with a couple of good head shots there.
West unloading with bombs!
West fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
West lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
West is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jones can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
West lands with some strikes.
West fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
West working away from the top, dropping strikes.
West with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
West landing shots from mount.
West raining down hammerfists from mount.
Wesley Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gilbert West is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
West moves to the back position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gilbert West showed his dominance in that final round.
Well West has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gilbert West!