PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Quinn Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Rocher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Rocher

188 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Quinn Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Martin Rocher!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocher swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Rocher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Rocher closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Rocher wants to take a breather but Jones is having none of it.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Jones trying to hold on to Rocher's head to control him but Rocher postures up.
Rocher throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rocher.
Rocher controlling the action here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rocher throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rocher feints and as Jones raises his hands in defense, Rocher changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rocher advances to half guard.
Rocher prevents Jones from standing back up.
Jones trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Rocher manages to pass to mount!
Rocher cracks Jones with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rocher controlling from the full mount.
Rocher pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Rocher working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocher cracks Jones with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rocher with good strikes from the mount here!
Jones wants to hold on but Rocher pushes him away.
Rocher takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rocher dominating with strikes here.
Rocher connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rocher blocks Jones's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

Rocher stands up from mount. Strange move.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt

and Rocher counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rocher.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Rocher ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Rocher no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Rocher gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rocher working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocher trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Rocher postures up.

Rocher postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Jones is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Rocher, into his guard.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Rocher.
Rocher is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jones trying to control but Rocher is working from the bottom.

Rocher throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jones wanted to stand there but Rocher had control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rocher trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Rocher has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rocher seems keen to control Jones's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Rocher dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rocher fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rocher shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rocher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rocher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rocher fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Rocher counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rocher.
Rocher trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Rocher might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Jones kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rocher passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jones is trying to control Rocher's posture but Rocher avoids it.

Rocher tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Rocher working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Rocher with the ground and pound but Jones regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rocher looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Jones actively working from the bottom here.
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.
Rocher lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jones is looking to improve his position.

Rocher looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rocher passes to full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rocher raining down shots from the mount!
Martin Rocher has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rocher cracks Jones with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rocher 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rocher lands with some strikes.
Rocher working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Rocher is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Rocher working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jones is bucking up trying to escape but Rocher cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rocher punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jones wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Rocher landing shots from mount.
Rocher lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rocher trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
Rocher dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Rocher showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Rocher drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rocher throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
Jones lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rocher!
Rocher manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Rocher regains full guard. Nicely done.

Rocher escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jones gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Rocher is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocher keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Rocher is trying to control the position but Jones postures up.

Rocher keeping busy on the bottom but Jones has passed one foot through into half guard.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rocher throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rocher punching from the bottom.

Rocher looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Horrible takedown by Rocher or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Rocher throws a chopping leg kick but Jones manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Rocher drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rocher is one step ahead there.
Jones is trying to control the position but Rocher postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones has an active guard here but Rocher has managed to pass into half guard.

Rocher wants to work for an arm triangle but Jones is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Rocher is looking for a kimura but Jones is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Rocher to get the leverage.
Jones wants to control but Rocher is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Rocher is looking for a kimura here.
Jones is looking for a sweep. Rocher is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Martin Rocher is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.

Rocher is trying to work for a kimura but Jones is defending well.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Rocher passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jones in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Rocher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rocher winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Rocher!