PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nelly Haynes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haynes has chosen Nelly - The Champ as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Jones
vs
Haynes

189 cm
20
195 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
185 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent knees
Determined

Zombie Nutrition (Laundry Available)

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bubba Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nelly Haynes!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a series of strikes that have Haynes backpedaling.
Jones throws a body punch but Haynes moves out of range.

Haynes closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Haynes lands in his opponent's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Haynes tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.

Haynes avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Haynes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Haynes throws a big right hand that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haynes stands up over Jones, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Haynes wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Haynes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Haynes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Haynes stands and throws Jones's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Haynes tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Haynes 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 trying to control Haynes's posture but Haynes avoids it.
Haynes throws a strike aimed at the side of Jones's head but Jones avoids it well.
Jones is working to avoid the ground and pound but Haynes connects with a decent elbow.

Haynes thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Haynes working the ground and pound.
Jones taking a bit of punishment here - Haynes scoring with strikes.
Haynes tries to advance to mount but Jones denies him.
Jones looks to move to half guard but instead Haynes has passed into mount! Damn!
Haynes raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haynes pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haynes dominating with strikes here.
Haynes is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Haynes controlling the pace for now.
Jones tries to hold on but Haynes postures up.
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Haynes landing strikes from the mount.
Haynes lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Haynes 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.
Haynes can't control as he wanted to and Jones manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Jones on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jones is in trouble now - Haynes has advanced to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haynes 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.

Jones is rocked!
Haynes landing punches.
Oh Jones is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Haynes trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
Haynes 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.
Jones sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Haynes drops an elbow to the side of Jones's head.
Haynes is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Jones is hurt! He's hurt bad - Haynes fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Jones from any more punishment! Congratulations to Haynes! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nelly Haynes!
After winning the bout, Nelly Haynes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.