PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ran Haya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ran Haya has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Haya
vs
Jones

165 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Silver Dragon Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ran Haya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Jones!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones swings for the body but Haya moves out of range.
Haya could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Jones fails to land the takedown.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones looks for a takedown but Haya sprawls well.
Ran Haya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Jones.
Jones looks gassed!

Haya shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Haya showed some decent athleticism there.
Jones throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Haya is tying to control. Jones wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Haya prevents Jones from improving his position.

Haya seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones landing strikes from the bottom.
Haya trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Jones misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Haya fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones with a poor takedown

and Haya counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Haya knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones won't allow Haya to pass to mount.
Jones gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jones throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Jones lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Haya!
Jones throwing strikes here but Haya is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Jones there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jones throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Haya is desperately trying to improve his position but Jones has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Haya can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jones lands a nice shot to the head.

Haya is rocked!
Jones scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Haya?
Oh Haya is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jones is landing with some decent strikes but Haya is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jones dominating with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jones throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jones misses with a head shot.
Jones landing shots from mount.
Jones with good strikes from the mount here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones lands a big shot there that rocks Haya but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

It looks like Ran Haya has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones landing strikes from the mount and Haya is in trouble!
Jones lands with some strikes.
Jones lands a nice shot to the head.
Jones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Ran Haya's cut is getting worse.
Jones with shots to the head and body - Haya looks very uncomfortable down there.

Ran Haya's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Jones raining down shots from the mount!
Jones is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Jeez, Ran Haya's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ran Haya's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). James Jones!