PBP Commentary

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

Fighter
vs
Jones

191 cm
25
211 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

225 cm
29
220 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Foo Fighter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jigga Jones!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fighter scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Jones makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Fighter fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jones with a hook.
Fighter slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Fighter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Fighter persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones lands a jab to the nose.
Jab from Jones.
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
Fighter looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jones shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Fighter eats them both and turns towards Jones to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fighter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jones can pounce on him.
We've been informed that Jones has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Fighter takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Fighter. Fighter maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fighter.
Fighter has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Fighter closes the distance and clinches.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fighter dives in and grabs Jones's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes down on Fighter's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Foo Fighter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones works the jab nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jones darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jones lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jones.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fighter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fighter slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones lands a leg kick that knocks Fighter off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fighter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jones is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fighter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Fighter.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick.
Jones lands with a slapping head kick.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jones is working the combinations to good effect here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fighter lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jones has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jones and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jones is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fighter had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fighter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice sprawl there from Jones as Fighter shoots in.
Jones lands a jab-cross combination.
Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fighter steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jones. That one must have hurt.
Fighter is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Jones.
Fighter closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jones thuds a left hand into Fighter's body.
Good exchange - Jones coming out on top.
Jones connects with a body shot.
Fighter takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jones scores with a nice head shot.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Fighter is rocked!
Jones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oh Fighter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fighters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fighter takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jones plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A head kick from Jones lands but Fighter takes it in his stride.
Fighter fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones stuns Fighter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fighter seems to have got his legs back now.
Jones is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fighter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jones. Jones obviously looking to wear him down.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fighter's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jones connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fighter scrambles back to his feet.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fighter looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice uppercut there from Jones.
Fighter walks into a left hand.
Fighter shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones counters with a good, hard body kick but Fighter shrugs it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fighter fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fighter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jigga Jones dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jones connects with a nice looking jab.
Fighter closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
Foo Fighter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice uppercut there from Jones.
Jones jabs Fighter right on the nose. Fighter blinks but takes it well.

Fighter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.

Fighter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fighter is looking to clinch.
Jones fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fighter is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jones moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fighter is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jones.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fighter circles away quickly and effectively.
Fighter tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jones manages to circle out of the way.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jigga Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Fighter rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones tests Fighter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jones scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fighter misses with a takedown attempt
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
Jones scores with a shot to the body.
A left and a right from Jones both land. Nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones lands with a cross.
Jones bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fighter's head.
Fighter tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jones defends well and Fighter ends up having to push Jones into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Fighter's front leg but catches the back leg as Fighter tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jigga Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones scores with a punch to the head.
Fighter takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fighter tries to clinch up.
Fighter takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jones walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Fighter drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Jones swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Fighter's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jigga Jones!