PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronny Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and J Rodd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Jones
vs
Rodd

185 cm
23
197 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
204 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronny Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, J Rodd!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodd throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Rodd misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters circling - Rodd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rodd bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jones's head backwards.
Jones tries to clinch up.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged Rodd in a clinch.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rodd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
Rodd managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Rodd is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Rodd avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones prevents Rodd from breaking the clinch.
Rodd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rodd's defenses.
Jones keeps control of Rodd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rodd up against the cage.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rodd's defenses.
Jones landing knees to the head.

It looks like J Rodd has been cut.
Jones missing with knees to the body.

That's two 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 unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rodd lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones lands an elbow just above Rodd 's eye.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rodd lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rodd is trying to break free.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Rodd looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.

Jones instigates a clinch.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rodd's defenses.
Jones keeps control of Rodd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rodd letting Jones take a breather here.
Rodd is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones stalling the fight.

Rodd breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jones connects with a high kick.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rodd.
Rodd looks gassed!
Jones throws a series of punches but Rodd avoids them all with ease.

Jones forces Rodd back against the cage and clinches.
Jones is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rodd can't break the clinch.
Rodd tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Rodd trying to land knees to the body.
The referee calls for Jones to work.
Rodd can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronny Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on J Rodd's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rodd looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Rodd swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jones finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Jones scores with a head kick.
J Rodd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones feints and then cracks Rodd's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rodd down.

Jones instigates a clinch.
Jones lands an elbow just above Rodd 's eye.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jones is working Rodd over against the cage.
Rodd is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rodd lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rodd lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rodd lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick from Jones lands but Rodd takes it in his stride.
Jones tries to clinch but Rodd moves out of range.
Jones wants to clinch up but Rodd keeps it at a distance.
Jones tries to clinch there but Rodd circles away.

Jones instigates a clinch.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rodd is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodd wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Rodd's ribcage.
Jones stalls.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rodd lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodd fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Rodd counters with a straight right hand.
Jones lands with a slapping head kick.
Jones tries to clinch up but Rodd circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rodd counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jones thinking.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodd paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big left from Rodd misses.
Jones lands with a slapping head kick.
Rodd misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jones counters with a head kick.

Rodd is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rodd swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Rodd is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Jones throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Rodd colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Jones as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Rodd is left battered and dazed whilst Jones and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ronny Jones!