PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Trebor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Gerald Jones has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Gerald Jones seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Jones
vs
Trebor

185 cm
24
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

189 cm
21
188 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gerald Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert Trebor!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jones connects with a nice looking jab.
Trebor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Trebor tries to avoid it but Jones manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Trebor to the ground. Trebor escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Trebor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Robert Trebor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Trebor tries to tie him up.
Trebor tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jones smiles and moves away.
Trebor wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Trebor did well to prevent Jones getting side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones lands with a punch from half guard.
Trebor trying to control here.
Jones prevents Trebor from improving his position.
Jones working over Trebor with some ground and pound. Trebor looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Trebor on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Trebor wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.
Trebor looks gassed!

Jones stands up from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trebor throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jones.

Jones drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Trebor trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.

Jones stands up and waves to Trebor to follow him.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerald Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trebor circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trebor throws the kick towards the body but Jones avoids it.
Trebor misses with a double jab
and Jones counters with a one-two to the body.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Jones shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jones was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jones scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jones trying to control but Trebor is having none of it.
Jones with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Trebor that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Trebor on the ground.
Jones scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Trebor is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trebor sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Trebor tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerald Jones dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jones looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Trebor is trying to control but Jones passes into side control!
Trebor takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Trebor is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones working the body and head with strikes.
Gerald Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trebor tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jones wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Trebor is breathing heavily.
Trebor can't do much from the bottom here.
Trebor is looking to regain half guard here but Jones keeps moving and retains side control.
Trebor gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Jones is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Trebor has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jones tries to pass the half guard into mount. Trebor knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to stall here but Trebor recovers full guard.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Trebor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Trebor utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Jones gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Jones looking to score a takedown here. Trebor is defending well but Jones drives through and ends up in Trebor's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trebor wants to sweep but no luck.
Trebor keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones is stalling in the full guard.
Trebor is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jones has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jones preventing the sweep.

Gerald Jones has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Jones manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Trebor on his heels. He'll look to pass Trebor's guard now, I'm sure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trebor keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones wants to stand but Trebor is controlling his posture from full guard.
Trebor is trying to keep Jones in close.
Trebor keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones tries to stand but Trebor is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerald Jones dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Jones has a takedown stuffed.
Trebor takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jones blocks the body kick.
Trebor tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Trebor moves to clinch but Jones breaks away
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trebor slaps away a takedown attempt from Jones, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nice jab there from Jones.
Trebor looks for the body kick but Jones saw that one coming.
Trebor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Trebor moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Trebor throws a leg kick but Jones checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trebor tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jones counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jones blocks a head kick by Trebor.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerald Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trebor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Trebor shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense.

Trebor gets tackled into the cage by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.
Jones is pushing Trebor up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Trebor has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trebor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Jones has Trebor pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Jones pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Trebor tumbling to the mat - Jones dives into Trebor's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Trebor gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Trebor won't allow Jones to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trebor scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones has a closed guard, preventing Trebor from standing up.

Jones wriggles free and stands up.
Trebor misses with a combination

and Jones counters with a single leg into guard. Trebor didn't expect that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Trebor looking to control.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trebor can do to turn this around?
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.

Trebor looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones lands a couple of elbows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Trebor.
Robert Trebor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gerald Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Trebor has an active guard here but Jones has managed to pass into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gerald Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jones has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

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