PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaako Meritähti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaako Meritähti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jones
vs
Meritähti

190 cm
37
221 lbs
28 - 16 - 0

185 cm
25
220 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent

xXx Fight Gear
GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaako Meritähti!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Meritähti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Paul Jones has been cut.
Meritähti digs a good hook to Jones's body.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.

Jones scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jones working away.
Jones fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Jones is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Meritähti has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jones 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.
Meritähti can't do much from the bottom here.
Meritähti takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the position but Meritähti is working away.
Jones tries to score with some ground and pound. Meritähti controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Meritähti is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones throws a strike aimed at the side of Meritähti's head but Meritähti avoids it well.

Jones swings around for an armbar but Meritähti sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Jones's guard.

Jones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meritähti lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Meritähti from controlling successfully.
Meritähti passes Jones's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Jones looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Meritähti pushes past his half guard into mount!
Meritähti avoids the attempt from Jones to control.
Jones working to try and regain half guard.
Meritähti controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meritähti tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jones tries to hold on but Meritähti pushes him away.
Jones slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Meritähti is pressing down on Jones's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jones is holding on for now.
Meritähti prevents Jones from improving 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.
Meritähti passes into side control, despite Jones's attempt to control the position.
Meritähti tries to advance to mount but can't.
Meritähti wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
Jones is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Meritähti off and has taken his back!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Jones looking for the choke from the back.
Meritähti is trying to break free.

Meritähti is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Paul Jones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Paul Jones's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Meritähti takes one to the side of the head.
Meritähti throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.
Meritähti lands with a shot to the body.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Meritähti sprawls well. Meritähti wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Meritähti misses the shot to the body.
Jones feinted with a counter takedown.
Meritähti is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meritähti moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones shoots in and drives through. Meritähti sprawls well.
Meritähti throws a body shot but no joy.
Jones blocks a jab.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Meritähti lands with a right hand.
Jones walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meritähti leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Meritähti throws a big counter head kick but Jones avoids it with no problem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones misses with a hook.
Meritähti is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jones with a body shot.
Meritähti jabs at Jones's body.
Jones swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jones fails with the takedown.
Meritähti throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Meritähti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meritähti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jaako Meritähti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meritähti moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.

Jones feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jones throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Meritähti manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jones manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meritähti is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jones striking off his back but it's not causing Meritähti any problems.
Meritähti must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Meritähti passes Jones's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meritähti not doing much here.
Meritähti is trying to control the action in half guard but Jones is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jones gets back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Meritähti is pushing down on Jones's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jones is fighting to maintain full guard but Meritähti has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jones wants to improve his position but Meritähti is controlling well.
Jones has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Meritähti is working away from the top position though.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Paul Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Meritähti performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jones is not content to let Meritähti control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Jones shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Jones is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Meritähti doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jones.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Jones is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaako Meritähti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paul Jones's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meritähti.
Meritähti walks into a jab.
Some wild striking there from Meritähti.
Jones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Meritähti throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Meritähti misses with a wild body shot.
Jones appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Meritähti lands with a slapping head kick.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones walks into a straight right hand from Meritähti.
Jones throws a leg kick but Meritähti checks it.
Jones will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Meritähti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Meritähti misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meritähti lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Meritähti but Meritähti pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Meritähti.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Meritähti as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A lazy left from Meritähti finds it's target.
A low kick from Jones misses
and Meritähti counters with a stiff right hand.
Meritähti misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Meritähti misses with a looping left.
Jones with a poor takedown
and Meritähti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Jones is rocked!
Meritähti throws a monster overhand right that drops Jones! Meritähti follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaako Meritähti!
After winning the bout, Jaako Meritähti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.