PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Greg Horace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Horace
vs
Jones

179 cm
19
174 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

173 cm
20
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Greg Horace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Carl Jones!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones feints and then cracks Horace's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Horace down.

Horace drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jones looking to control.
Horace wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Horace stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jones looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jones is trying to control the position but Horace postures up.
Jones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jones trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones 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.
Horace wants to get back to full guard.
Horace slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jones controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Horace looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Horace throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Horace is breathing heavily.
Jones pushing down on Horace's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jones slows the pace down in half guard.
Jones is trying to control the action in half guard but Horace is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jones is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to pass to mount but Horace is defending the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones winds up and cracks Horace with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jones keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Despite being in the dominant position, Carl Jones just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jones throws a head kick but Horace moves out of range.
Horace misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Horace misses with a wild body shot.
Jones feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Horace's calf.

Jones shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Horace's guard.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Horace is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Horace working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jones doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jones manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Horace avoids the damage to the body.
Horace fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Jones gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Jones controlling the pace.

Horace kicks off Jones and gets to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Horace has his takedown stuffed
and Jones counters with a slapping leg kick.
Horace tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horace wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Horace.
Jones throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Horace avoids the head kick by Jones.
Horace tries for a takedown but Jones circles away easily
and Jones counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Horace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Horace's front leg but catches the back leg as Horace tries to avoid it.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Horace as he jumps to the side.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Jones. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Jones lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a combination. Horace tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jones connects with a solid leg kick.
Horace stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jones.
Horace gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Jones counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Horace is looking for a triangle here but Jones uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Jones in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones scoring with punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Horace can't do much from the bottom here.
Jones in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Horace tries to bench press Jones off him but Jones keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Horace struggling a bit here.

Jones stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Jones lands a head kick. Horace smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones throws a series of punches but Horace avoids them all with ease.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carl Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Horace's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A slapping leg kick lands for Jones.
Horace shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Jones counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Horace looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jones passes into half guard.
Horace is in trouble now - Jones has advanced to mount!
Horace keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jones takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones with good strikes from the mount here!
Horace keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jones sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Horace wants to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Horace is working to get back to half guard.
Carl Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jones content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Horace tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Jones looking to secure an arm triangle but Horace defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Jones content just to control the position here.
Jones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Jones looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Horace is desperately trying to improve his position but Jones has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Carl Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Horace tries to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Greg Horace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Horace takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Horace can't escape the position.
Horace is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jones looking to control and managing it successfully.
Horace keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carl Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jones has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carl Jones!