PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Martinez Eluard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leandro Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Eluard
vs
Jones

180 cm
29
181 lbs
13 - 11 - 1

183 cm
29
181 lbs
12 - 10 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martinez Eluard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leandro Jones!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones shoots for a takedown but Eluard saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jones takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eluard.
Jones looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Eluard is fending him off so far but Jones persists. Nope, Eluard circles away and we're back to standing.
We've been hearing reports that Eluard has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Eluard. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Eluard throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Jones connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Eluard's hands.
Eluard lands a right hook to the body.
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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eluard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Eluard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eluard looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Martinez Eluard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eluard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Eluard misses with a body shot.
Eluard needs to keep his hands up - Jones had a free shot at his head there.
Jones slips under a jab from Eluard.
Eluard cracks Jones with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eluard moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones avoids the body shot from Eluard.
It seemed like Jones was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters circling - Eluard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Jones on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Eluard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jones on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jones moves away from the strike by Eluard.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Eluard.
Jones lands with an uppercut that bounces Eluard off the cage and back into range.
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 misses with an uppercut.
Eluard scores with a jab to the head.
Jones slips under a jab.
Eluard tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eluard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Despite the aggression on Jones's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Eluard misses with a wild combination.
Jones unleashes a big counter combination but Eluard bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Eluard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Eluard throwing a counter right hand but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones is trying hard to land a takedown here. Eluard sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Eluard on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Eluard just misses with a punch to the body.
Eluard walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Eluard connects with a leg kick. Jones looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Leandro Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eluard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Eluard.
Eluard takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eluard tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones tries a quick counter leg kick but Eluard is wise to it.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jones swings away with a body shot that misses
and Eluard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Eluard connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Eluard.
Eluard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Eluard, which made it look bad.

Jones closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Eluard quickly recovers to half guard.
Eluard is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Eluard avoid being mounted?
Jones trying to control the action but Eluard is working from the bottom.
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 Martinez Eluard will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Eluard. That did some damage!
Eluard's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Eluard duly obliges.
Eluard connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Jones throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Eluard tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Jones is in Eluard's guard.

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

Eluard is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.

Eluard is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Eluard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Eluard has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eluard wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.

Eluard is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Eluard keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Eluard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.
Eluard working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Eluard is retaining full guard.

Eluard had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily.
Jones postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

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.

Eluard had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily.

Jones drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jones jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Eluard is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.

Jones drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Eluard dives on top into guard.

Eluard wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Jones keeping full guard, as Eluard tries to pass.

Eluard is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Eluard passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jones prevents Eluard from improving position.
Eluard is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Eluard wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jones, who protects the arm well.

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

Eluard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Eluard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jones manages to work his way to half guard, despite Eluard's best efforts.
Jones tries to roll over but Eluard keeps him under control.
Jones trying to hold on to Eluard's head to control him but Eluard postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Eluard is looking for a kimura but Jones is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Eluard to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martinez Eluard dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jones misses with a body shot.
Eluard blocks a jab.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
It looked like Eluard was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jones.
Eluard throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jones! But no joy.
Eluard takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jones looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Eluard counters with a right hand to the body.
Eluard swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Martinez Eluard is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones slips a jab from Eluard.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Eluard.
Nice takedown defense from Eluard. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Eluard swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Jones blocks a jab.
Eluard loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Jones closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice cross by Jones.
Leandro Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Eluard lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jones dives in and grabs Eluard's left leg, looking for a takedown. Eluard pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Martinez Eluard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Jones.
Eluard scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Eluard leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Eluard moves out of range as Jones strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eluard is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jones.
Eluard displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jones.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Eluard misses the jab.
Jones throws out a counter right but Eluard avoids it with no problem.
Eluard throws a big shot that misses.
Jones appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Jones fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Eluard to the ground. Jones is now in Eluard's guard.
Jones sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Eluard's guard.

Jones is looking for a kimura but Eluard is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jones to get the leverage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones throws a strike but Eluard manages to get a kimura sweep and he's found himself on top with the kimura half locked in! This would be a real turnaround! He's torquing it... Will Jones tap??? YES! He's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Martinez Eluard!
An out of breath Martinez Eluard thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.