PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Hitler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hitler
vs
Jones

189 cm
24
170 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

202 cm
26
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mirko Hitler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roger Jones!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a combination that misses

and Hitler holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones lands a two punch combo.
Jones digs a good body shot into Hitler's ribs.
Hitler tries to clinch

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
Hitler trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hitler into the cage.
Hitler is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Jones breaks the clinch.

Jones clinches with his opponent.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hitler wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Hitler shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jones tests Hitler's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones drives through and clinches with Hitler against the cage.

Jones manages to break the clinch.

Jones moves into the clinch successfully.
Hitler throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hitler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Hitler is working for takedown but Jones is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hitler wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mirko Hitler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Hitler moves out of range easily.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hitler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hitler ducks right into an uppercut from Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitler fails with a takedown attempt.
Hitler is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones throws a series of punches but Hitler moves out of range.
Hitler takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hitler looks to clinch
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hitler fails with the takedown.
Hitler is breathing heavily.
Jones throws a combination. Hitler tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hitler tries to clinch but Jones moves away
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Hitler is rocked!
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jones thuds a left hand into Hitler's body.
Oh Hitler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones drops Hitler with a beautiful combination! Hitler stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Jones is looking for the KO!
Hitler dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones scores with a hook to the body. Hitler takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jones darts in and clinches Hitler up against the cage.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hitler wants to clinch
and Jones makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hitler seems to have got his legs back now.
Jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jones jabs Hitler to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jones takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Jones bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Jones stands up and beckons Hitler to his feet.
Jones connects with the punch.
Jones lands with a cross.
Jones lands a jab-cross combination.
Hitler wants to clinch but Jones slips to the side

and Jones counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Jones manages to break the clinch.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones lands with a nice body kick.
Jones is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hitler wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones wants to slow Hitler down by chopping away at his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Jones dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Hitler has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Jones clinches up with Hitler and pushes him back against the cage.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hitler's efforts to push away.

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

Jones clinches up against the cage.
Hitler wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hitler goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Jones rushes Hitler and presses him up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Hitler's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitler drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.

Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hitler, pushing him back against the cage.
Hitler is trying to drag Jones to the mat but Jones just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mirko Hitler. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones throws a right hand that Hitler ducks under and follows up with a left that Hitler also avoids with ease.
Jones lands a nice shot that snaps Hitler's head back.
Jones digs a good hook to Hitler's body.

Jones closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Hitler's guard.

Hitler is working an open guard so Jones takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hitler wants to clinch.
Hitler walks into a stiff left hand from Jones.
Hitler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hitler back to the cage. Jones follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow Hitler down.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitler walks into a left hand.
A head kick by Jones misses
and Hitler counters with a big head kick but Jones shrugs it off.
Jones lunges at Hitler with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hitler's hand.
Hitler takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A nice combination there by Jones.
Hitler wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Hitler.
Hitler walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Jones drives through and clinches with Hitler against the cage.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitler takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Jones clinches.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Jones darts in and clinches Hitler up against the cage.
Jones is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Hitler drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jones pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones scores with a shot to the body.
Hitler tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with Hitler.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hitler takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hitler tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones thuds a left hand into Hitler's body.

Jones moves into the clinch.
Hitler is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones throws a series of punches but Hitler avoids them all with ease.
Jones moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones cracks a nice hook into Hitler's ribs.
Hitler tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Hitler looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitler takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jones lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Jones darts in and clinches Hitler up against the cage.
Hitler working hard to break the clinch.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones throws a body punch but Hitler moves out of range.
Mirko Hitler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hitler fails in his attempt to clinch.

Jones gets the takedown into side control.
Hitler is trying to control Jones's posture but Jones avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitler gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Hitler is trying to get back to full guard.

Jones stands up and beckons Hitler to join him on the feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Hitler manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Jones forces Hitler back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitler has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Hitler drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jones pulls his leg out and moves away.

Jones gets the takedown into side control.
Hitler is looking to reverse the position.
Roger Jones is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Jones decides to stand back up. Jones steps back and let's Hitler get back to his feet.
Jones throws a combination. Hitler tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

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

Jones breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitler tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Hitler moves out of range easily.
Hitler scores with a head kick.
Hitler keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice sprawl there from Jones as Hitler shoots in.
Hitler has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jones.
Jones cracks the inside of Hitler's front leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jones scores with a hook to the body. Hitler takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mirko Hitler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Hitler gets caught napping as Jones dives in and scores a takedown. Hitler manages to retain guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roger Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jones has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roger Jones!
Post fight, Roger Jones took to the microphone: 'Lethal Tech fight gym baby.. they be making champions down there people.!'.