PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nate Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ragalamah Babbaramananah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Jones
vs
Babbaramananah

185 cm
20
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
188 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nate Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ragalamah Babbaramananah!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babbaramananah looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Babbaramananah fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Babbaramananah throws a poor cross that misses

and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jones sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Babbaramananah defending well though.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Babbaramananah's head.
Jones prevents Babbaramananah from improving his position.
Babbaramananah really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jones. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Jones is looking for a kimura but Babbaramananah is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jones to get the leverage.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones is thwarting Babbaramananah's attempts to control the position.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Babbaramananah trying to control from the bottom.

Jones is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones slows the pace down in half guard.
Jones is trying to control the action in half guard but Babbaramananah is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Babbaramananah avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Babbaramananah's head.

Jones is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Babbaramananah sees it coming and defends easily.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones is looking to advance position but Babbaramananah won't allow it.
Babbaramananah trying to control but Jones postures up.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jones prevents Babbaramananah from improving his position.
Jones tries to pass to full mount but Babbaramananah defends it.

Babbaramananah makes his way to full guard, as Jones worked for a kimura.
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Jones is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Babbaramananah working a defensive guard here.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Babbaramananah has wrist control.
Babbaramananah is pulling down on Jones's head to control his posture.
Babbaramananah wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Babbaramananah can't keep his opponent in guard - Jones advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Jones dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Babbaramananah swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Babbaramananah gets caught flat footed, as Jones shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jones is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jones throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jones throws and elbow that misses. Babbaramananah uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jones's guard. Nice move by Babbaramananah!
Babbaramananah tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.

Jones is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babbaramananah pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.

Jones looking for a guillotine here but Babbaramananah defends easily.
Babbaramananah tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Babbaramananah from controlling successfully.
Babbaramananah is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Babbaramananah might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Jones kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ragalamah Babbaramananah was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Babbaramananah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Babbaramananah moves out of range of the body kick.
Ragalamah Babbaramananah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Babbaramananah tries to sprawl but Jones drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Jones sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Babbaramananah defending well though.
Babbaramananah avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.

Jones is working for a submission of some sort.

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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working over Babbaramananah with some ground and pound. Babbaramananah looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jones wants to control but Babbaramananah is keeping him busy.
Babbaramananah keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones misses with a head shot. Babbaramananah uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Babbaramananah wants to hit a switch here but Jones passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Babbaramananah there!
Babbaramananah working to try and regain half guard.
Babbaramananah is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Babbaramananah is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jones thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Jones dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Babbaramananah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Babbaramananah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Babbaramananah misses with an uppercut

and Jones counters with a takedown into side control.
Babbaramananah gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Jones looking to ground and pound but Babbaramananah is blocking nicely.
Jones looking to ground and pound but Babbaramananah is blocking nicely.
Jones scoring with strikes but Babbaramananah is staying in there.
Jones can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Babbaramananah is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones thowing shots but they're missing.
Jones sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Babbaramananah is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
Jones throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jones misses with a head shot.
Jones can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Babbaramananah is looking to escape.
Babbaramananah tries to hold on but Jones postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Poor strikes thrown by Jones there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jones misses with a head shot.

Jones is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Babbaramananah can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Jones misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jones unloads with some shots from mount but Babbaramananah bucks and avoids them well.
Jones throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babbaramananah blocking the ground and pound.
Jones throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jones sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Jones is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Babbaramananah is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nate Jones!