PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Algenir Mira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen what's new pussycat as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Mira
vs
Jones

186 cm
23
185 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

185 cm
21
183 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Algenir Mira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tom Jones!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Mira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones tries to clinch
and Mira counters with a series of strikes. Jones will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Mira just misses with a punch to the body.
Mira swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Mira on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones tries to clinch
and Mira makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Donk. Jones catches Mira right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones tries to clinch there but Mira circles away.
Mira misses with a body shot.
Jones lands a right hook to the body.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged Mira in a clinch.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mira is defending well for now.
Jones stalling in the clinch.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.

Mira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mira misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Mira circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mira counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Jones forces Mira back against the cage and clinches.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mira's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Mira controls the action.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mira backwards.
Jones stalling the fight.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Mira dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Mira stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.
Jones has Mira pressed against the cage, preventing Mira from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mira avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Mira avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mira.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones taking a breather.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mira's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Mira avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Jones dominated that round.
That's time! Mira's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mira takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jones looks to clinch
and Mira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones is looking to clinch but Mira is avoiding it.
Mira tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones wants to clinch but Mira slips to the side
and Mira counters with a left and a right that stings Jones.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mira throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Jones tries to clinch there but Mira circles away.
Jones tries to clinch but Mira moves away
and Mira counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Mira counters with a flying knee that drops Jones! Mira dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Algenir Mira!
Algenir Mira seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.