PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Breccov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Jones
vs
Breccov

195 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

170 cm
19
147 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

GTI-Roid Rage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Joseph Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ivan Breccov!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jones.

Jones tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jones has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Breccov stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Jones tries to advance position but instead Breccov slips a leg back in to half guard.
Jones wants to stand up but Breccov is controlling the position.
Jones is pressing down on Breccov's thigh, looking to free his foot. Breccov is holding on for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Jones prevents Breccov from standing back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Breccov fails in his attempt to clinch.

Breccov takes the fight into the clinch.
Breccov wants to break free but Jones has control.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Breccov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jones jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Breccov walks away with a smile on his face. Jones gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.
Breccov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Breccov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joseph Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breccov clinches but Jones breaks the clinch

and Jones counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Breccov!
Breccov is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Breccov is holding on tight.
Breccov wants to control but Jones is having none of it.
Breccov is looking to get to half guard.
Breccov is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Jones wants to control the pace but Breccov is squirming around nicely.
Breccov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Breccov can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Breccov wants to get back to his feet.
Breccov is in all sorts of trouble here.
Breccov tries to lock up and control but Jones gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Breccov is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jones avoids the attempt from Breccov to control.

Jones is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Breccov has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Jones will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Breccov is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
Breccov is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Breccov is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Jones dominated that 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.

Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt

and Jones counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Breccov!
Breccov is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
Breccov tries to hold on but Jones postures up.

Jones goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Breccov is on top in guard.
Breccov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jones's head.
Jones is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Breccov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Breccov with a nice head shot there.
Breccov wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.

Jones looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Breccov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Breccov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Breccov avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Breccov is pushing down on Jones's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jones is fighting to maintain full guard but Breccov has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Breccov has control of the leg.
Breccov winds up and cracks Jones with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Breccov 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.
Breccov throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
Breccov passes to side control.
Breccov trying to control the position but Jones is working away.
Jones tries to bench press Breccov off him but Breccov keeps the position.
Breccov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Breccov working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Breccov is working Jones over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jones really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard.
Breccov scoring with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breccov working away.
Breccov lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jones prevents Breccov from improving position.
Breccov lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jones down.
Jones tries to buck Breccov off but Breccov is having none of it.
Jones takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Breccov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jones. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Breccov working the ground and pound from side control.
Jones tries to bench press Breccov off him but Breccov keeps the position.
Breccov is chipping away with strikes.
Breccov slows the pace down.
Breccov working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breccov trying to control the position but Jones is working away.
Breccov happy to just control the position for now.
Breccov lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Breccov scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jones to see if he's OK.
Breccov connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jones some visible discomfort.
Jones tries to buck Breccov off but Breccov is having none of it.
Breccov working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Breccov scores with a couple of short elbows.
Breccov working the body and head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Breccov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Breccov clinches but Jones breaks the clinch
and Jones counters with a good, hard body kick but Breccov shrugs it off.
Breccov wants to clinch.
Breccov doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.

Breccov moves into the clinch.

Breccov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Breccov looks to clinch
and Jones counters with a head kick.
Breccov tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jones counters with a nice leg kick.
Breccov closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jones makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Breccov really felt that one!
Joseph Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Breccov moves into the clinch.
Breccov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Breccov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Breccov manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Breccov tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Breccov won't allow Jones to pass to mount.

Jones is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Breccov has managed to free his arm - good work.
Breccov tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Jones is looking to advance position but Breccov won't allow it.

Breccov kicks Jones off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Breccov instigates a clinch.

Breccov manages to break the clinch.

Breccov moves into the clinch.
Breccov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones tries to pull guard but Breccov won't allow it.
Jones fails to pull guard.

Breccov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Breccov instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Breccov.

Breccov breaks the clinch.
Breccov wants to clinch

and Jones counters with a shoot takedown. Breccov fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Breccov is retaining full guard.
Breccov looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Breccov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wanted to stand there but Breccov had control of the position.
Breccov controlling the position.
Jones throws and elbow that misses. Breccov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jones's guard. Nice move by Breccov!
Jones looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Breccov from controlling successfully.
Breccov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Breccov must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Breccov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Breccov wants to clinch
and Jones counters with a one-two to the body.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joseph Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Breccov closes the distance looking to clinch

and Jones counters with a single leg into guard. Breccov didn't expect that.
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Breccov is keeping the position for now.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Breccov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Breccov swivels though and keeps the full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joseph Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joseph Jones!