PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jones might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lacuna Coil - Without Fear. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jones
vs
Rosenthal

208 cm
31
262 lbs
22 - 12 - 1

195 cm
30
270 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Crippler's Corner
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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 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Curtis Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Rosenthal !
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosenthal bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jones's head backwards.
Jones misses with a jab to the body

and Rosenthal counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rosenthal .
Rosenthal stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rosenthal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rosenthal lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Rosenthal gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rosenthal throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rosenthal 's elbow.
Rosenthal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rosenthal struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rosenthal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rosenthal 's elbow.
Rosenthal lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Rosenthal .
Rosenthal blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosenthal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Rosenthal .
Rosenthal stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rosenthal lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jones or not.
Jones is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rosenthal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rosenthal working aggressively here.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rosenthal misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Rosenthal .

Jones is rocked!
Rosenthal digs a right hand underneath Jones's ribcage. Jones let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rosenthal creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Jones's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Jones drops to his knees and Rosenthal pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Rosenthal !
Frank Rosenthal bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.