PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marley Swindells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Jones
vs
Swindells

185 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

184 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good in bed

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marley Swindells!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Swindells misses.
Marley Swindells seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Swindells looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Swindells tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Jones shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Swindells trying to hold on to Jones's head to control him but Jones postures up.

Jones stands up and beckons Swindells to join him on the feet.
Swindells is looking to clinch.
Swindells wants to clinch.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swindells fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Swindells.

Jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jones is stalling in the full guard.
Jones stands up over Swindells, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jones controlling from the top position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Jones drops back looking for a leg! Swindells is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Swindells manages to kick Jones off! Jones jumps back into Swindells's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Jones passes Swindells's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Jones is trying to work for a kimura but Swindells is defending well.

Jones wants to work for an arm triangle but Swindells is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swindells is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jones working over Swindells with some ground and pound. Swindells looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Swindells taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
Swindells looks gassed!
Swindells taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.

Jones stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Jones connects with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Swindells swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jones counters with a nice body shot.
Jones lands a with a good body shot.
Jones lands a nice hook to Swindells's body. Swindells takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Jones is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Swindells's half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Swindells is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jones scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swindells is in trouble now - Jones has advanced to mount!
Jones sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Jones dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jones connects with a body shot.

Jones gets a takedown into half guard.

Jones escapes and gets back to his feet.
Swindells tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jones seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jones working Swindells over with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Swindells is breathing heavily.

Jones stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Swindells to get to his feet.

Jones drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones stays in close to Swindells's body and controls the position.

Jones gets to his feet - Swindells follows without any prompting.
Swindells tries to clinch up

and Jones counters with a single leg into guard. Swindells didn't expect that.
Jones is pushing down on Swindells's leg trying to pass to half guard. Swindells is fighting to maintain full guard but Jones has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jones content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jones has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swindells tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Jones looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jones has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones decides to stand and escape the position.

Jones looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jones content to control rather than advance.
Mike Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mike Jones just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Swindells gets caught flat footed, as Jones shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jones is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jones seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Swindells for as long as he can get away with.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones stands and throws Swindells's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Jones dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Jones shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jones content to control rather than advance.
Jones passes to full mount!
Jones scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Swindells?
Swindells takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones landing strikes from the mount.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Swindells can do to turn this around?
Jones controlling his opponent.
Jones putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones content just to control the position here.
Swindells 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.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mike Jones just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Jones shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Swindells is trying to defend but Jones finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Jones in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Swindells tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mike Jones!