PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Van Dam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Dam comes to the cage accompanied by C R E A M By The Wu-Tang Clan. David Jones will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Van Dam
vs
Jones

150 cm
26
260 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

195 cm
24
270 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

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Excellent boxer
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Van Dam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Jones!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Dam swinging wildly here.
Jones throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Van Dam on the side of the head.

It looks like Brian Van Dam has been cut.
Jones lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
David Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Dam lands a jab to the nose.

It looks like David Jones has been cut.
Jones moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Dam uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
No joy there for Van Dam, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Dam fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice combination there by Jones.
Sloppy strikes from Van Dam. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Van Dam does no damage.
Danga de danga de dang - Jones scores with a four punch combination!
Jones's corner calls for a 1-2. Jones obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jones slips under a jab.
Jones throws a hook but Van Dam avoids it easily.
Crunch! Jones slams his shin into Van Dam's torso.
Jones lands with a cross.

Brian Van Dam's cut is getting worse.
Jones lunges at Van Dam with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Van Dam's hand.
Van Dam throws a combination that misses
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Dam scores with a three punch combo!
Van Dam swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones slips a jab from Van Dam.
A punch combination from Van Dam misses.
Van Dam is breathing heavily.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Dam misses with a double jab.
Jones tries to bum rush Van Dam with a series of wild strikes but Van Dam uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Dam ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jones is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Dam manages to avoid it.
Jones scores with a decent looking hook.
Jones has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jones connects with a solid leg kick.
Van Dam connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Van Dam slips under a jab from Jones.
Jones throws the left hand but Van Dam avoids the punch easily.
Van Dam ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Dam throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones slips under a jab from Van Dam.
Jones misses with a hook.
David Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Dam misses with a combination
and Jones counters with an outside leg kick.

Jones lands a big head kick that sends Van Dam tumbling to the mat! Jones takes a step backwards and waves Van Dam back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Van Dam is rocked!

Brian Van Dam's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Jones cracks Van Dam on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Van Dam falls backwards against the cage. Jones follows up with more strikes that drop Van Dam to his knees. Jones keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Van Dam! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Jones!
David Jones decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.