PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rolando Souto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Souto's choice of entrance music: Jorge Quintero - 300 violin orchestra. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Jones
vs
Souto

168 cm
28
185 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

184 cm
37
185 lbs
21 - 14 - 2

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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rolando Souto!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones avoids the head kick by Souto.
Souto looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Souto shoots in and bounces Jones off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jones might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Souto is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Souto drops back looking for a leg! Jones is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jones manages to kick Souto off! Souto jumps back into Jones's guard.
Souto passes Jones's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souto trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Souto lands a nice short elbow.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from Souto.
Souto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Souto thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
Souto controlling the pace.
Souto trying to control from half guard but Jones is working away.
Jones has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Souto is working away from the top position though.
Souto passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jones!
Jones on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jones tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souto unloads with some shots from mount but Jones bucks and avoids them well.
Souto lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jones hang on?
Souto throwing strikes here but Jones is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jones tries to hold on but Souto pushes him away.
Souto lands with some strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones taking shots to the head.
Souto takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jones definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Souto working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souto postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jones looks a forlorn figure.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Souto looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Souto tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
Souto punishing his opponent with strikes.

Souto has control of Jones's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jones regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souto tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Souto is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Jones has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Souto wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Souto with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rolando Souto dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Souto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jones.
Souto scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jones in his tracks.
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
Jones misses with the combination.
Jones sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jones attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Souto blocks a jab.
Jon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Souto.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Jones throws a body punch but Souto moves out of range.
Jones throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Souto counters with a takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Souto is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Jones looks calm but he's in trouble here. Souto gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Jones is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Souto lets go of the hold and Jones can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rolando Souto!
After winning the bout, Rolando Souto thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.