PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 6519 p4p, 4572 weight class) and Mostly Harmless (ranked 658 p4p, 531 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by God Gave Me Style. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jones
vs
Harmless

193 cm
18
205
0 - 3 - 0

175 cm
18
205
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mostly Harmless!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harmless swings widly with a right hand
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harmless throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Harmless throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harmless throws a body shot but no joy.
Harmless looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A jab lands there for Jones.
Harmless misses with a straight left.
Jones is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jones checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jones chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harmless misses with a body shot
and Harmless takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harmless. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harmless throws a leg kick
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harmless misses with a leg kick
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jones scores with a sloppy right hand. Harmless should have avoided that one.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harmless misses the shot to the body.
Harmless throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jones stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harmless fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Harmless fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jones with the inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Harmless.
Jones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harmless.
A shot to the body from Harmless misses
and Jones counters with an outside leg kick.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harmless.
Jones is looking to counter punch.
Jones avoids the body shot from Harmless.
Harmless misses the body punch
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Harmless does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones cracks Harmless with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jon Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harmless looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Jones lands an overhand right.
Jones fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Harmless takes the fight into the clinch.

Jones is fighting off a takedown attempt but Harmless is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Jones to the mat. Jones regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Harmless is one step ahead there.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.
Harmless with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harmless trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harmless advances to half guard.
Jones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harmless on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones controlling the position well.
Harmless performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Harmless throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Harmless is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jones has managed to free his arm - good work.

Harmless wants to work for an arm triangle but Jones is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Harmless sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jones defending well though.
Harmless passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jones wants to hold on but Harmless pushes him away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Jones dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Harmless throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jon Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Harmless stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harmless misses with the combination.
Harmless fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones takes a swing at Harmless's ribcage but misses.
Harmless fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jones checks it well.
Harmless looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Harmless looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Jones makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
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!
A low kick lands for Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Harmless is working for takedown but Jones is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jones is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Harmless has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Jones is trying to keep an underhook but Harmless manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Jones has one foot on Harmless's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Harmless scores with a jab to the body.
Jones lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Harmless looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Jones!

Jones throws Harmless to one side and escapes!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harmless misses the body punch
and Jones counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Harmless is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Harmless decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harmless wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Harmless thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jones's head.

Harmless is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Harmless is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jones is just riding it out for now. Harmless eventually gives up the hold.
Jones is looking to escape.
Harmless thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harmless is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Harmless trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.

Harmless wants to work for an arm triangle but Jones is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Harmless seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jones does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Harmless is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jones sees it coming and defends easily.
Mostly Harmless has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jones trying to hold on to Harmless's head to control him but Harmless postures up.
Jones is trying to get back to full guard.

Jones is defending against the submission attempts here by Harmless.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harmless is looking for a kimura but Jones is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Harmless to get the leverage.
Harmless wants to take a breather but Jones is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Harmless drops back looking for a leg! Jones is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jones manages to kick Harmless off! Harmless jumps back into Jones's guard.
Harmless is looking to work some ground and pound but Jones has wrist control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mostly Harmless will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Harmless swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Harmless just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones stuns Harmless with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Harmless shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Harmless was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Harmless working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Jones is being controlled here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes there by Harmless.

Harmless tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Harmless is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harmless working away.
Jones tries to bench press Harmless off him but Harmless keeps the position.
Jones wants to control but Harmless postures up.
Harmless wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Jones tries to buck Harmless off but Harmless is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harmless cracks Jones with a big elbow.

Harmless is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jones has escaped the position, nice work there.

Harmless is working to tighten his grip on Jones's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Jones has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Harmless is really squeezing tight and eventually Jones passes out! Harmless breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mostly Harmless!
Jon Jones spoke after the fight, saying 'I've forgiven myself after paying the consequences of my bad decisions'.