PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Flipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamal Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen Still D.R.E 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.

Flipovic
vs
Jones

188 cm
22
225 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

186 cm
26
260 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marko Flipovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jamal Jones!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Jones.
Jones dives in and grabs Flipovic's left leg, looking for a takedown. Flipovic pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Flipovic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.

Jones scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Flipovic wants to get back to his feet.
Jones is stalling here. Flipovic is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Jones seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Flipovic has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Jones struggling a bit here.
Jones is trying to improve his position.
Jones wants to control but Flipovic postures up.
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Flipovic is one step ahead there.
Flipovic wanted to stand there but Jones had control of the position.
Jones manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Flipovic is in all sorts of trouble here.
Flipovic is bucking up trying to escape but Jones cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones controlling his opponent.
Jones lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Flipovic! Jones sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Flipovic and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jamal Jones!