PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Dolphes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunner Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dolphes
vs
Jones

225 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Teddy Dolphes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gunner Jones!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Dolphes looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Jones tries to bum rush Dolphes with a series of wild strikes but Dolphes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones works Dolphes's body with a nice hook.

Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dolphess head.
Dolphes can't get the takedown.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Dolphes is controlling him.
Dolphes keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dolphes prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dolphes fails to pull guard.

Jones jumps guard.
Jones has Dolphes pulled in close to control his posture.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Dolphes is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dolphes preventing the sweep.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jones controlling Dolphes's posture.

Jones has his feet on Dolphes's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dolphes circles away quickly and effectively.

Jones closes the distance and pushes Dolphes back into the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Jones.
Dolphes fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Teddy Dolphes. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jones manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Dolphes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jones wants to stand and escape but Dolphes is having none of it.
Dolphes pushes down on Jones's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jones looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dolphes tries to pass to full mount but Jones defends it.
Jones is not content to let Dolphes control the position.
Jones gets full guard.
Dolphes trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Dolphes tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dolphes is working hard here to advance position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Jones holds on and takes a little breather.
Dolphes prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.
Dolphes trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Dolphes is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gunner Jones dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dolphes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Dolphes closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
Dolphes tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Jones counters with a takedown into side control.
Dolphes is trying to control Jones's posture but Jones avoids it.

Jones decides to stand back up. Jones steps back and let's Dolphes get back to his feet.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Dolphes misses with a takedown
and Jones counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dolphes with a poor takedown

and Jones counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Teddy Dolphes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dolphes tries to pull guard but Jones won't allow it.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Dolphes is controlling him.
Dolphes wants to break free but Jones has control.
Dolphes lands a nice knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dolphes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jones gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jones is pressed up against the cage. Dolphes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jones down to the mat. Jones avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jones swinging wilding here.
Teddy Dolphes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jones effectively controlling the action here.
Dolphes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Dolphes has Jones pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jones manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jones slows down the pace here.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Dolphes keeps him there for the moment.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Dolphes is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dolphes is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
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 Dolphes walks away with a smile on his face. Jones gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jones will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jones swings for the body but Dolphes moves out of range.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dolphes darts in trying to clinch
and Jones counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dolphes swivels and escapes.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Dolphes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jones makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jones fails with the takedown.
Dolphes darts in trying to clinch
and Jones counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jones cracks Dolphes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dolphes throws a head kick that Jones semi-blocks.
Jones throws a series of punches but Dolphes moves out of range.
Dolphes shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dolphes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gunner Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Dolphes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A head kick by Jones misses
and Dolphes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jones throws a low kick, looking for Dolphes's leg but Dolphes calmly moves out of range.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones lands the left hand.
Dolphes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jones misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Dolphes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dolphes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones counters with a three punch combo that has Dolphes backing up. Dolphes nods at Jones to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones shoots in and drives through. Dolphes sprawls well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dolphes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Teddy Dolphes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from Dolphes, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dolphes misses with a takedown attempt

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jones.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dolphes backwards.
Dolphes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jones prevents it.
Dolphes gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jones.
Dolphes tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jones just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jones is pushing Dolphes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dolphes pulls guard.

Jones decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dolphes, up you get!
Dolphes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Dolphes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jones scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dolphes in his tracks.
Dolphes closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dolphes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
Dolphes circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dolphes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dolphes.

Jones closes the distance and pushes Dolphes back into the cage.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Dolphes.

Jones jumps guard.
Dolphes trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Gunner Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dolphes trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dolphes wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.
Jones is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jones is wriggling around but Dolphes manages to pass to half guard.
Jones is holding on to half guard well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Teddy Dolphes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dolphes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gunner Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jones has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30

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