PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eder Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hypertrophic Beatdown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hypertrophic Beatdown will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Jones
vs
Beatdown

198 cm
27
235 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

195 cm
20
290 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Springfield HW Nutrition

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eder Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hypertrophic Beatdown!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beatdown lands a right hook to the body.
Hypertrophic Beatdown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Beatdown.
Beatdown cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
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!
Beatdown lands a nice looking body shot.
Beatdown connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Beatdown connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jones's hands.
Jones looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Beatdown is fending him off so far but Jones persists. Nope, Beatdown circles away and we're back to standing.
Beatdown lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Beatdown throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Beatdown ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Beatdown bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jones's head backwards.
Beatdown throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beatdown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beatdown throws out the jab.
Beatdown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Beatdown ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Beatdown is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A punch combination from Beatdown misses.
Beatdown lands the left hand.
Beatdown looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
Beatdown throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice straight punches there by Beatdown. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beatdown.
Beatdown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beatdown looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beatdown throws out the jab.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Beatdown.
Jones takes one to the chin there.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Beatdown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beatdown connects with a nice looking jab.
A punch combination from Beatdown misses.
Beatdown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Beatdown misses with a two punch combination.
Hypertrophic Beatdown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beatdown misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beatdown throws a big shot that misses.

Jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Jones is working for a submission of some sort.
Beatdown is trying to get back to full guard.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Jones is working for a kimura but Beatdown is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beatdown is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Jones looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Beatdown wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.

Beatdown is defending against the submission attempts here by Jones.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beatdown is pressing down on Jones's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beatdown is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hypertrophic Beatdown dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Beatdown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beatdown scores with a nice strike.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Beatdown.
Jones tries to score a power double leg takedown but Beatdown sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jones somewhat.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Beatdown.
Beatdown misses with the combination.
Beatdown misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beatdown lands a jab to the nose.
Beatdown lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Beatdown throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Beatdown pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jones back to the cage. Beatdown follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jones doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jones slips a straight right by Beatdown.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Beatdown stalks Jones and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jones's face. Jones staggers backwards, shaken.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beatdown bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab from Beatdown misses.
Beatdown lands a lovely overhand right.
Horrible takedown by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Beatdown which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eder Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jones doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Beatdown.
Sloppy strikes from Beatdown. Those never looked like landing.
Beatdown scores with a body shot.
Beatdown lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Eder Jones has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beatdown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Beatdown lands a jab.
Beatdown throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Beatdown lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Beatdown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beatdown. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beatdown's corner calls for a 1-2. Beatdown obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Beatdown misses with a few strikes there.
Beatdown pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beatdown fails to land with a series of punches.
Beatdown scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jones in his tracks.
Beatdown looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
Jones blocks a jab.

Jones dives in and scores a takedown into Beatdown's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beatdown looking for a sweep. Not yet Beatdown, not yet.
Jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jones scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beatdown is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Beatdown had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily.
Beatdown is breathing heavily.
Jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hypertrophic Beatdown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eder Jones's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Beatdown works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.
Eder Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Beatdown. Those never looked like landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beatdown. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beatdown.
Jones takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Beatdown uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Beatdown connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jones momentarily.
Beatdown looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beatdown loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Beatdown.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Beatdown shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Beatdown scores with the left hand. Jones knows he should have avoided that one.
Beatdown misses with a wild body shot.
Nice shot by Beatdown.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beatdown.
Beatdown misses with a looping right.
Jones 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 moves out of range as Beatdown strikes.
No joy there for Beatdown, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beatdown lands a nice shot to the body.
Beatdown misses with a double jab.
Beatdown misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Beatdown misses with a body shot.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Beatdown.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Beatdown enables Jones to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Beatdown manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Beatdown has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Beatdown throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jones has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Beatdown takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Beatdown working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jones jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Beatdown wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.

Beatdown is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jones postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jones passes Beatdown's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Jones is trying to work for a kimura but Beatdown is defending well.
Beatdown is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Beatdown gets full guard.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jones advances to half guard.

Jones looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jones is looking for a kimura but Beatdown is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jones to get the leverage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Beatdown has managed to free his arm - good work.

Jones looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Beatdown wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jones is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Beatdown still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Beatdown has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!

Beatdown goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Jones rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Beatdown's guard! Nice work there by Jones!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hypertrophic Beatdown.
I've got Beatdown winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hypertrophic Beatdown!