PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blake Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Style (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Jones
vs
Style

181 cm
24
175 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

184 cm
23
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blake Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim Style!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Style looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Style goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Style lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Jones closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Style actively working from the bottom here.
Jones is trying to control the action in half guard but Style is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Style looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Style's head.

Jones is looking for a kimura but Style is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jones to get the leverage.
Jones throwing shots but Style is blocking nicely.
Style trying to control but Jones postures up.
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.
Style is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jones scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Style is defending well.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Style defending well though.

Jones is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Style doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jones.
Style wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.
Jones looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Jones looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Style is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Style wants to control but Jones is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Jones is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Style doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jones.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Style wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.

Jones seems to be working for a kimura but Style defends the submission attempt.
Style is trying to maintain the position but Jones is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Style defend it? Jones steps over the head and cranks it - Style is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Blake Jones!