PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moloch Vlavo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by UFC - Face the Pain. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Jones
vs
Vlavo

194 cm
28
205 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

186 cm
25
203 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Moloch Vlavo!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Vlavo's shoulder, as Vlavo tries to avoid the shot.
Jones throws a series of punches but Vlavo moves out of range.
Jones misses with an uppercut

and Vlavo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Vlavo misses with some punches.
Vlavo tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vlavo throws a head punch that misses.
Vlavo has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones prevents a body shot from Vlavo.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Vlavo tries to clinch up.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Vlavo wants to clinch.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vlavo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones throws a chopping leg kick but Vlavo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A head kick misses from Jones.
Vlavo tries to clinch up
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
Vlavo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vlavo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Jones misses with a lunging right hand

and Vlavo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jones prevents a body shot from Vlavo.
Jones blocking some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vlavo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vlavo keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vlavo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vlavo tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Vlavo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vlavo scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vlavo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vlavo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Vlavo won't allow it.
Vlavo tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vlavo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones prevents a body shot from Vlavo.
Vlavo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vlavo has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Vlavo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vlavo has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vlavo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vlavo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vlavo tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Vlavo back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones throws a body punch but Vlavo moves out of range.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vlavo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Jones misses with a low kick.
Jon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vlavo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jon Jones will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A combination from Jones does no damage.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vlavo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones throws a hook but Vlavo blocks it.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vlavo tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Vlavo tries to clinch but Jones moves away
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
Vlavo slips under a jab from Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vlavo.
Jones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vlavo.
Vlavo wants to clinch.
Vlavo dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones misses with a looping left.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Vlavo moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vlavo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Vlavo is rocked!
Jones fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Vlavo out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Jon Jones!
Jon Jones retains his light heavyweight title!