PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karen Darabedyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darabedyan has chosen Ara Gevorgyan - Artsakh as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.

Jones
vs
Darabedyan

176 cm
21
160 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

170 cm
24
169 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Karen Darabedyan!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Darabedyan on that attempt.
Darabedyan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darabedyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Darabedyan.
Darabedyan misses with a two punch combination.
Darabedyan cracks the inside of Jones's front leg.
Jones lands a head shot.
Darabedyan staying out of range there.
Jones bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Darabedyan's head backwards.
Darabedyan connects with a crisp jab.
Jones lands with a shot to the body.
Jones lands a with a good body shot.
Darabedyan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jones but Jones pushes him off and we're back to square one.
John Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karen Darabedyan.
Jones lands with a nice combination. Darabedyan backs away looking to recover.
Jones jabs at Darabedyan's body.
Darabedyan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jones counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Darabedyan.
Darabedyan looks gassed!
Jones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Darabedyan.
Jones lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Darabedyan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jones lands a glancing blow to the side of Darabedyan's head.
Darabedyan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Karen Darabedyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Darabedyan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Darabedyan does no damage.
Jones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Darabedyan.
Jones lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jones scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jones throws the left hand but Darabedyan avoids the punch easily.
Darabedyan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Darabedyan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Darabedyan tries a head kick but it misses.
Darabedyan throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones throws a right hand that Darabedyan ducks under and follows up with a left that Darabedyan also avoids with ease.
Darabedyan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jones's waist but Jones gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Darabedyan off to one side.
Darabedyan misses with a wild combination.
Darabedyan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jones duly obliges.
Darabedyan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones digs a good body shot into Darabedyan's ribs.
Jones fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Darabedyan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones connects with a single shot there.
Jones is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Darabedyan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Darabedyan misses with a double jab
and Darabedyan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darabedyan moves forwards but Jones connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Darabedyan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones is looking to wear down Darabedyan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jones lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Darabedyan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Darabedyan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones lands a jab to Darabedyan's midsection.
Darabedyan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from Darabedyan, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jones connects with a looping right hand.
Darabedyan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jones.
Jones punishes Darabedyan's body with a nice straight punch.
Jones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Darabedyan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jones goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones works Darabedyan's body with a nice hook.
Darabedyan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Darabedyan is looking to land body kicks.
Darabedyan misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Jones dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Darabedyan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jones darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Darabedyan misses with a head kick.
Jones throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Darabedyan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Darabedyan is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jones sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Darabedyan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Darabedyan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jones cracks Darabedyan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Darabedyan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice shot lands for Jones.
Karen Darabedyan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Darabedyan is breathing heavily.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a shot to the body.
Jones connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Darabedyan tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Darabedyan wants to clinch
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jones stuns Darabedyan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Darabedyan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Darabedyan tries to land a body kick
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
No joy there for Darabedyan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones jabs Darabedyan right on the nose. Darabedyan blinks but takes it well.
Darabedyan misses with a combination
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Darabedyan walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Darabedyan doesn't seem bothered though.
Darabedyan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a right hand to the body.
Jones lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones.
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
John Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karen Darabedyan.
Darabedyan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
John Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Darabedyan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Jones as he connects with a hook.
Jones lands a really nice looking cross but Darabedyan seems unphased.
Jones lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Darabedyan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a left to the body.
Jones misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darabedyan misses with a kick to the body.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darabedyan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Darabedyan persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jones.

Darabedyan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jones sprawls well initially but Darabedyan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Darabedyan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jones's head.
Darabedyan tries to stand but can't do so whilst Jones controls his leg.
Jones wants to control but Darabedyan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Darabedyan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Darabedyan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jones is trying to control but can't.
Jones on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jones tries to get out of the position.
Jones is refusing to be controlled, as Darabedyan sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Darabedyan is working away from the top position though.

Darabedyan gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Jones throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Darabedyan on the side of the head.

Darabedyan shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jones napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Darabedyan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
You can see the frustration on Jones's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Darabedyan looks up at the clock and then as Jones takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Darabedyan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Jones pushes Darabedyan away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Darabedyan gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Karen Darabedyan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Darabedyan closes the distance and clinches.

Darabedyan breaks from the clinch.
Darabedyan misses the body punch
letting Jones counter with a right hand.
Jones darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Darabedyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darabedyan staying out of range there.
Darabedyan throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Darabedyan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Darabedyan misses with a low kick.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Darabedyan was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darabedyan takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Darabedyan looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Darabedyan wants to clinch but Jones slips to the side
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darabedyan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darabedyan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Darabedyan takes one on the button.
Darabedyan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Darabedyan walks into a stiff left hand from Jones.
Jones fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Darabedyan on the side of the head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jones crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Darabedyan - the referee stops the clock and Jones gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Darabedyan. Jones manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones works Darabedyan's body with a nice hook.
Darabedyan fails with a takedown attempt.
Darabedyan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

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.
A jab from Jones does it's job there.
Jones throws a hook but Darabedyan avoids it easily.
Darabedyan shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Darabedyan throws a combination that misses
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Darabedyan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Darabedyan doesn't seem bothered though.
Darabedyan throws a combination that misses
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
John Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheers as Jones lands an impressive looking overhand right. Darabedyan doesn't seem phased though.
Jones moves out of range as Darabedyan throws a body kick.
Jones digs a good body shot into Darabedyan's ribs.
Some wild striking there from Darabedyan.
Jones lands a slapping body shot.
Darabedyan throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Darabedyan tries for a takedown but Jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
John Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karen Darabedyan.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Darabedyan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones lands a with a good body shot.
Darabedyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones lands a with a good body shot.
Jones moves out of range as Darabedyan throws a body kick.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Darabedyan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
Darabedyan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones swings for the body but Darabedyan moves out of range.
Darabedyan cracks the inside of Jones's front leg.

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 cracks Darabedyan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Darabedyan shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Darabedyan misses with a double jab
letting Jones counter with a right hand.
Darabedyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Darabedyan slips a jab from Jones.
Darabedyan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a right hand to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Darabedyan momentarily.
Darabedyan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones scores with a hook.
Darabedyan cracks Jones with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

And that's the end of the fight!
John 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

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