PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marc Van Nistelrooy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Nistelrooy comes to the cage accompanied by Kuusou Rumba (GSZS OP3 ver.). Anderson Jones will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Van Nistelrooy
vs
Jones

190 cm
30
270 lbs
18 - 11 - 1

210 cm
26
230 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marc Van Nistelrooy!
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, Anderson Jones!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones fails with the takedown.
Van Nistelrooy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Anderson Jones has been cut.
Van Nistelrooy misses with a hook
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Van Nistelrooy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Nistelrooy pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Van Nistelrooy instigates a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Nistelrooy.
Van Nistelrooy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Van Nistelrooy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones looking to stall.
A short left from Van Nistelrooy.
Van Nistelrooy cracks Jones with a nice body shot.
Van Nistelrooy dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones tries to pull guard but Van Nistelrooy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Van Nistelrooy - that landed with a thud.
Van Nistelrooy pushes Jones back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jones looks gassed!
Van Nistelrooy lands with a short shot to the head.

That has opened up Anderson Jones's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Van Nistelrooy is controlling him.
Van Nistelrooy lands a shot to the body.
Good body shot from Van Nistelrooy.
A shot in the inside from Van Nistelrooy.
Van Nistelrooy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Van Nistelrooy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Nistelrooy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joness head.
A left hand lands to the body for Van Nistelrooy.
Van Nistelrooy scores with a hook to the body.
Van Nistelrooy jerks Jones's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Jones drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Van Nistelrooy goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Van Nistelrooy because Jones was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Marc Van Nistelrooy!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Marc Van Nistelrooy made sure he mentioned Reaper Combatwear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.