PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen Mushroomhead as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Drago
vs
Jones

190 cm
22
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Hellbent, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivan Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Jones!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Drago.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Drago sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Drago lands a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from Drago.

Jones shoots in and bounces Drago off the ropes to secure the takedown into 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.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Drago has wrist control.
Jones postures up in Drago's guard and throws a big left but Drago blocks it.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Drago works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Drago is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Drago keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.
Drago is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jones is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago controlling the position.
Jones advances position into side control!
Drago tries to improve position but can't.

Jones looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jones working the ground and pound.
Drago managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jones.
Drago takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Drago is trying to get back to his feet.
Jones looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Drago is avoiding damage well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago tries to escape but Jones is in control.
Check out the look on Jones's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Drago parries the strikes from Jones easily there. Jones is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Drago to escape.
Drago regains half guard, as Jones was trying to land strikes.
Drago is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drago swings widly with a right hand
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
An inside leg kick lands from Drago.
Jones ducks right into an uppercut from Drago.
Drago lands with a kick to the temple. Jones shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Jones is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Drago finish him?
A shot to de liver by Jones. Beautiful body shot.
Jones seems to have recovered his senses.
Drago tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Drago misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Drago throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Drago is breathing heavily.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones connects with a good right hand that stumbles Drago. Drago circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Jones shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Drago's guard.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Jones passes Drago's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Jones seems to be working for a kimura but Drago defends the submission attempt.
Drago blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.
Jones throwing shots but Drago is blocking nicely.
Jones moves into full mount! Drago won't be happy about that!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jones throwing strikes here but Drago is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jones prevents Drago from getting the reversal.
Drago holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jones tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jones landing strikes from the mount and Drago is in trouble!
Drago suckers Jones into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Drago is now in Jones's guard!
Jones looking for a sweep. Not yet Jones, not yet.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Drago controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jones striking from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drago trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Drago won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jim Jones will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Drago swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Jones counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Drago blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.

Jones is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Drago doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jones.

Jones seems to be looking for submissions.
Jones passes into side control, despite Drago's attempt to control the position.
Jones creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Drago sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Drago regains half guard, as Jones was trying to land strikes.
Jones trying to pass the guard but Drago defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Drago scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Drago throws a poor cross that misses

and Jones counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Drago!
Drago bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jones can do anything to dispel that myth.
Drago wants to get up but he can't break Jones's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Drago from controlling successfully.
Drago stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Jones lands a decent shot there.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Drago throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Drago tries for a takedown but Jones circles away easily
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones avoids the body shot from Drago.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drago misses with a hook

and Jones counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
An elbow from Jones crashes against the mat.
Drago takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jones working away.
Jones misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Jones tries to advance to mount but Drago denies him.

Jones tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Drago manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Jones gets full guard.
Jones wants to improve his position but instead Drago has moved into half guard.
Jones missing with punches from the bottom.
Jones is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Drago jumps into side control!
Jones is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Drago is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Jones sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Jones flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Drago uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Drago pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Drago misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Drago misses with a takedown

and Jones decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Drago's guard.
Jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jones with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Drago is retaining full guard.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Drago has wrist control.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones throwing strikes but missing.
Jones passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Jones lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jones is working Drago over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jones lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Jim Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Drago avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jones.
Jones scoring with punches from side control.

Jones is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Drago has escaped the position, nice work there.

Jones goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Drago has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Jones but great work by Drago.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking for a sweep.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Drago's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Drago has control of the leg.

Jones looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jones missing with punches from the bottom.
Jones missing with punches from the bottom.
Ivan Drago has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Drago misses with an uppercut

and Jones counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Drago landing a few short strikes.
Jones lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jones throwing shots but Drago is blocking nicely.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones moves nicely into side control.
Jones landing a few strikes.
Jones tries to score with some ground and pound. Drago controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

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.
Drago tries to buck Jones off but Jones is having none of it.
Check out the look on Jones's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jones scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Drago to see if he's OK.
Drago is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Jones wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Drago, who protects the arm well.
Jones looks up at the clock and then as Drago takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jones smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Jones scores with a couple of short elbows.
Jones scores with a couple of short elbows.

Drago is rocked!
You can see the frustration on Drago's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Jones tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jones scoring with punches from side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jones winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Jones!