PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarmo Palvivaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones's entrance music is Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Jones
vs
Palvivaara

195 cm
22
270 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

192 cm
24
285 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jarmo Palvivaara!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palvivaara is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like David Jones has been cut.
Palvivaara throws a poor cross that misses
and Jones counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Jarmo Palvivaara has been cut.
Palvivaara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Palvivaara closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones is trying to buck Palvivaara off.
Jones defending against the ground and pound.
Palvivaara throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Jones pushes Palvivaara away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Palvivaara gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Jones is not content to let Palvivaara control the position.
Palvivaara misses with the ground and pound.
Palvivaara lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jones down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Palvivaara seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The strikes coming from Palvivaara are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Palvivaara in side control, throwing shots but Jones defends.
Palvivaara lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Palvivaara wants to take a breather but Jones manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Palvivaara.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Palvivaara postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palvivaara throws a strike but Jones rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Palvivaara wants to improve his position but instead Jones has moved into half guard.
Jones tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Palvivaara.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palvivaara slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Palvivaara trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.
Jones wants to stand but Palvivaara is controlling his posture from full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Palvivaara wants to sweep but no luck.

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 would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Palvivaara is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Palvivaara looking for a sweep. Not yet Palvivaara, not yet.
Jones has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

David Jones has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Jones looks to land a combination but Palvivaara avoids it well.
Jones lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jarmo Palvivaara will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Palvivaara dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Palvivaara shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Palvivaara.
Palvivaara swings widly with a right hand
and Jones counters with a right hand to the body.
An inside leg kick from Jones misses.
Jones lands a really nice looking cross but Palvivaara seems unphased.
Jones lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jones paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jones throws a series of punches but Palvivaara avoids them all with ease.
Jones lands with an overhand left.
Jones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Palvivaara falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). David Jones!