PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Marghareti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marghareti comes to the cage accompanied by WHAM. Jones has chosen Genesis 12a as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Dante Jones is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Marghareti
vs
Jones

188 cm
22
221 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antonio Marghareti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dante Jones!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marghareti tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Marghareti.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jones dives in and grabs Marghareti's left leg, looking for a takedown. Marghareti pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marghareti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Marghareti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marghareti fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jones cracks Marghareti with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Marghareti uses good head movement to avoid it.

Jones lands a left and a right that send Marghareti crashing to the mat, dazed. Jones thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Marghareti is rocked!

It looks like Antonio Marghareti has been cut.

Jones has Marghareti up against the cage in a clinch.
Oh Marghareti is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Marghareti has double underhooks.
Marghareti seems to have got his legs back now.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Marghareti moved out of range nicely.
Marghareti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
Jones misses with a kick to the body.
Dante Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marghareti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Marghareti.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Marghareti drags him back down.
Jones prevents Marghareti from improving position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marghareti wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Marghareti is dominant here and he's now got Jones's back!
Jones is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Marghareti slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Marghareti controlling well, preventing Jones from escaping the position.
Marghareti landing with strikes.
Marghareti scores with punches and elbows.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marghareti is looking to control Jones but Jones is wriggling around and keeping busy.

Marghareti tightening his grip on Jones, looking for the choke.
Marghareti throwing damaging strikes from the back! Jones could be in trouble here!
I really don't envy Jones right now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marghareti throwing damaging strikes from the back! Jones could be in trouble here!
Marghareti is looking to control Jones but Jones is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Jones looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Marghareti is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to escape the position.
Marghareti 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.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Marghareti is working the ground and pound. Can Jones escape?
Jones covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Marghareti scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Jones is looking for a way out.
Marghareti trying to control.
Jones trying to control the hands but Marghareti breaks the grip.

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.
The referee is taking a good look at Jones as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Marghareti!
Marghareti is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Marghareti gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Marghareti gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Marghareti apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Marghareti tries to clinch up.
Marghareti shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Marghareti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marghareti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Marghareti walks into a left hand.
Jones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A jab from Jones does it's job there.
Jones cracks Marghareti with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Marghareti falls to his knees and Jones doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dante Jones!