PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerald T Inglewood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Inglewood has chosen Cant Be touched as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Gerald T Inglewood told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Jones
vs
T Inglewood

176 cm
28
153 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

187 cm
23
155 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerald T Inglewood!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Inglewood has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Jones controlling the action here for a moment.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Inglewood avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones with a knee to the head.

It looks like Gerald T Inglewood has been cut.
Inglewood avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Inglewood is defending well for now.
Inglewood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jones or not.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jones gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inglewood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Inglewood avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Inglewood blocks an elbow strike.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Inglewood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Inglewood avoids the damage to the body.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Inglewood leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Inglewood blocks with his arms.
Jones taking a breather.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Inglewood is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones stalls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Inglewood missing with knees to the body.
Inglewood cracks Jones with a nice body shot.
Inglewood blocks the elbow strike.
Inglewood avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Inglewood tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Inglewood tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Inglewood's brow.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Inglewood can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Inglewood.
Inglewood stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.
Inglewood avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Inglewood managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Inglewood blocks with his arms.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gerald T Inglewood's cut.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jones throws a body kick the misses

and Inglewood counters by clinching up.
Inglewood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Inglewood misses with a punch to the body.
Inglewood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Inglewood tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Inglewood back against the cage.
Inglewood avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Jones taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Inglewood as Jones tries to tie him up.
Inglewood presses Jones against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inglewood stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.
Inglewood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones slowing the pace effectively.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Inglewood lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Inglewood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Inglewood is defending well for now.
Inglewood is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones taking a breather.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Inglewood in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inglewood is trying to stall.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Inglewood blocks the elbow strike.
Jones stalling in the clinch but Inglewood improves position.

Inglewood breaks the clinch.
Inglewood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Inglewood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Inglewood's brow.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Jones taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Inglewood's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Inglewood tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones just leaning against Inglewood, taking a breather.
Jones looking to slow down the pace here.
Inglewood landing knees to the body.
Mark Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Inglewood blocks it with crossed arms.
A bit of stalling here from Jones.
Inglewood blocks an elbow strike.

Inglewood manages to break the clinch.

Inglewood drives through and clinches with Jones against the cage.
Inglewood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Inglewood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jones tries to keep at a distance but Inglewood has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Inglewood leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Inglewood lands a shot to the body.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Inglewood avoids the damage to the body.
Inglewood displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jones takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Inglewood avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Inglewood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Inglewood rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Inglewood tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mark Jones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gerald T Inglewood's cut.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Inglewood forces Jones back against the cage and clinches.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Inglewood avoids it.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A bit of stalling here from Jones.
Inglewood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Inglewood avoids it.
Inglewood misses with a punch to the body.
Jones scores a nice knee to the body.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Inglewood avoids it.
Jones lands a knee to the head.
Inglewood is pushing Jones up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Inglewood blocks with his arms.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Inglewood leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Inglewood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Inglewood stalling.
Inglewood blocks an elbow strike.

Inglewood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Inglewood pushes Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Inglewood landing knees to the body.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Inglewood works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones has Inglewood pressed against the cage, preventing Inglewood from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Inglewood avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Inglewood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Inglewood avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Inglewood blocks the elbow strike.
Jones looking to stall.
Inglewood wants to break free but Jones has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inglewood avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Inglewood digs a right hand underneath Jones's ribcage. Jones let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Inglewood landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Inglewood manages to break the clinch.
Jones attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mark Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Inglewood moves into the clinch.
Inglewood managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Inglewood blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Inglewood avoids it.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Inglewood avoids the damage to the body.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Inglewood blocks the elbow strike.
Inglewood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Inglewood tries to tie him up.
Inglewood is trying to break free.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Inglewood digs a right hand underneath Jones's ribcage. Jones let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Inglewood - that landed with a thud.
Inglewood pushes Jones back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee calls for Inglewood to work.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Inglewood has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gerald T Inglewood.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Gerald T Inglewood!