PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Korey Cote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by GDFR-Flo Rida. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cote
vs
Jones

180 cm
23
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

193 cm
26
205 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Korey Cote!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jon Jones!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Cote connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Cote drives through with a takedown into Jones's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Cote lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cote throwing strikes but missing.
Cote throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cote throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cote throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cote 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.
Cote with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cote throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cote throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cote is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cote postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cote landing with the ground and pound.
Cote chips away with some ground and pound.
Cote is in close to Jones's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones looking to control.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Cote is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cote is working Jones over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cote makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cote working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cote. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cote trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cote trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cote might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Cote is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Cote makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones looks winded!
Cote throws a big right hand that misses.
Cote is working Jones over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cote working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cote lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cote throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cote missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cote loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cote scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cote working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jones's head.
Cote throws a big elbow that misses.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cote missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cote could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cote distracts Jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cote is working Jones over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cote throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cote in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cote's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cote content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cote with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cote accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones has momentary wrist control but Cote slips an elbow through the middle.
Cote postures up and lands a big shot to Jones's brow.
Cote scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Korey Cote dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cote 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.
Cote scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cote throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cote is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Cote is in close to Jones's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cote content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cote lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cote throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cote with a nice head shot there.
Cote postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Cote working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cote lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cote throws an elbow that misses. Jones uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cote's guard. Nice move by Jones!

Cote has his feet on Jones's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Cote counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Jones!
Cote working the body and head with strikes.
Jones taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cote working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Jones takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cote scores with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cote grinds an elbow into Jones's temple.
Jones on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Cote scores with punches from side control.
Cote working the head with strikes.
Cote scores with a couple of short elbows.
Jones takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jones is working to avoid the ground and pound but Cote connects with a decent elbow.
Cote scoring with punches from side control.
Jones taking a bit of punishment here - Cote scoring with strikes.
Jones parries the strikes from Cote easily there. Cote is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jones to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cote connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jones some visible discomfort.
Cote works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Cote scores with a couple of short elbows.
Jones looking for a sweep but Cote has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cote is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cote in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cote landing shots from mount.
Cote lands a couple of good shots and Jones has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cote lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Jones hold on?!
Cote loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Jones hold on?
Jones is trying to remain composed but Cote is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cote lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Cote connects with a big shot to the side of Jones's head.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Cote. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Korey Cote overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cote has Jones flattened out and is raining down punches.
Jones is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Cote loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Jones hold on?
Cote is landing with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Korey Cote dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Cote shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jones's guard.
Cote throwing strikes but missing.
Cote missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cote passes Jones's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Cote prevents Jones from improving his position.
Cote throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cote slips a nice elbow through Jones's hands, connecting with Jones's forehead.
Cote takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cote scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cote connects with a nice short shot to Jones's temple.
Jones taking some punishment here, with Cote in his half guard.
Cote prevents Jones from improving his position.
Cote working Jones over with strikes.
Cote missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cote winds up and cracks Jones with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cote throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cote lands with a punch from half guard.
Cote thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cote connects with a nice short shot to Jones's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cote not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cote is nestled in close to Jones, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cote looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jones with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jones is trying to stand back up but Cote is controlling him
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cote working Jones over with strikes.
Cote looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cote lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cote scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cote is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cote is nestled in close to Jones, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cote not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cote slips a nice elbow through Jones's hands, connecting with Jones's forehead.
Jones is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cote scores with a couple of nice shots.
Cote slips a nice elbow through Jones's hands, connecting with Jones's forehead.
Cote lands strikes from half guard.
Cote working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Cote seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cote is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cote.
Cote is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jones has hold of Cote's hands but Cote slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Cote thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
Cote looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cote lands with a punch from half guard.
Jones regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Cote.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cote throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Korey Cote showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cote has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:25
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:24
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Korey Cote!
Jon Jones was interviewed post fight and said 'I fought hard but the better man won and all I can say is congrats, and we will get them next time! Thank you.'.