PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Byrne kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Despicable by Eminem. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Byrne
vs
Jones

180 cm
19
175 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

181 cm
23
175 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacob Byrne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blake Jones!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byrne scores with a three punch combo!
The fighters circling - Byrne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Byrne pinned against the cage. Byrne gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Byrne.
Byrne with a lazy takedown attempt

so Jones counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Byrne wants to get back to his feet but Jones is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Byrne blocks nicely.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Byrne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones pushes down on Byrne's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Byrne's head.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Byrne punishes Jones's body with a nice straight punch.

Byrne scores a takedown into full mount!
Byrne scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jones is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jones is bucking up trying to escape but Byrne cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Byrne lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jones tries to reverse the position but Byrne maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones looks gassed!
Byrne controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Byrne lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Byrne is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying desperately to improve position.
Byrne scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
The referee warns Jones that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jones manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Jones looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Byrne knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jones.
Byrne postures up and lands a big shot to Jones's brow.
Jones is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Byrne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Byrne is looking to get back to full guard here but Jones has managed to pass to side control instead.
Jones punishing his opponent with strikes.
Byrne tries to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Jones with a couple of short strikes.
Jones lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Byrne hang on?
Jones pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jones is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Byrne can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Byrne looks a forlorn figure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones breaks from Byrne's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jones has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Byrne's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Blake Jones will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Byrne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Byrne tries for a takedown but Jones circles away easily

and Jones counters with a nice double leg into side control. Byrne won't be happy with that.
Jones landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Byrne tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jones wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jones lands some shots froms side control.
Jones advances to full mount.
Byrne tries to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Jones tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Jones working for a guillotine from mount but Byrne is in no mood to give up.
Byrne is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones with a couple of short strikes.
Byrne is bucking up trying to escape but Jones cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Jones is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Byrne can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Jones working for a submission but Byrne is keeping him at bay.
Jones throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Byrne because Jones loaded up on that one.
Byrne wants to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Byrne is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking to control but Byrne is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jones looking to finish Byrne with some ground and pound. This is bad for Byrne!

Jones is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Byrne to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Byrne shrugs it off.
Byrne is working to get back to half guard.
Blake Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.

Jones working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Byrne turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Jones off and cradles Byrne's limp body as Jones celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Blake Jones!