PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Przyz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geoffrey Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen "Vindaloo" by Fat Les as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Przyz
vs
Jones

188 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
20
194 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Mango Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Przyz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Geoffrey Jones!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Przyz keeps the fight on the outside.
Michael Przyz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Przyz looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.
Przyz dodges the punch combination from Jones.

Jones pushes Przyz up against the cage in a clinch.
Przyz is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Przyz jumps guard but Jones turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Przyz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones misses with a double jab
and Przyz makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jones tries to clinch but Przyz is having none of it.
Jones keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Przyz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones tries to clinch there but Przyz circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Przyz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jones's calf.

Przyz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.
Przyz trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Przyz into the cage.
Jones fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Przyz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jones walks away with a smile on his face. Przyz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Przyz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Przyz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jones defends it nicely.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Przyz slips the punch.
Przyz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Przyz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Przyz looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.
Przyz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Jones forces Przyz back against the cage and clinches.
Przyz avoiding damage.
Przyz drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jones gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Jones moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jones scores with a shot to the side of Przyz's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Jones works on Przyz's body with a couple of short punches.
Przyz is breathing heavily.
Przyz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones lands a left hand.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jones - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jones lands a shot to the body.
Przyz trying to land knees to the body.
Jones presses Przyz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Przyz has him pressed against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.
Jones is trying to drag Przyz to the mat but Przyz just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Jones is leaning against Przyz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Przyz being controlled against the cage.
A short right from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Przyz has double underhooks.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Jones.
Jones goes for a takedown attempt but Przyz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Przyz moves into range and clinches up with Jones.
Jones tries to circle away but Przyz has him pinned against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Przyz backwards.
Jones prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geoffrey Jones dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jones tries to clinch there but Przyz circles away.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Michael Przyz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Przyz is looking to clinch.

Przyz moves into range and clinches up with Jones.
Geoffrey Jones seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Przyz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Przyzs head.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Przyz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jones prevents it.
Przyz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jones smiles and moves away.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jones moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Przyz breaks the clinch.
Przyz is looking to clinch.
Przyz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Przyz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Przyz has double underhooks.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Przyz drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jones gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Przyz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Przyz is trying to pull guard but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Przyz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Przyz is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Jones.
Jones has Przyz pressed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A right handed body shot lands from Jones.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Przyz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jones is pressed up against the cage. Przyz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jones down to the mat. Jones avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Jones rushes Przyz and presses him up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones wants to stall.
Jones is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Przyz has denied him.
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Jones tries to circle away but Przyz has him pinned against the cage.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Przyz blocks a body shot from Jones.
Jones tries to work over Przyz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to clinch but Przyz is having none of it.
Jones wants to clinch
and Przyz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jones thinking.
Przyz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Przyz tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones tries to clinch but Przyz is having none of it.
Przyz has a takedown stuffed.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Przyz shoots in looking for a takedown but Jones manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Przyz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Przyz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones wants to clinch.
Przyz shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geoffrey Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Przyz dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Przyz has a takedown stuffed.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones tries to clinch up but Przyz circles away and keeps his distance.
Przyz fails in his attempt to clinch.

Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Przyz has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jones is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Przyzs head.
Przyz jumps guard but Jones turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Przyz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Przyz lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Przyz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jones walks away with a smile on his face. Przyz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Geoffrey Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Przyz looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.
Przyz misses with a takedown attempt

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jones cracks Przyz with a nice body shot.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Przyz backwards.
Jones lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Przyz takes a shot to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jones - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jones is leaning against Przyz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jones wants a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Przyz is trying to pull guard but Jones turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Przyz pulls guard effortlessly.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Jones is pushing down on Przyz's leg trying to pass to half guard. Przyz is fighting to maintain full guard but Jones has managed to sneak the leg through.
Przyz is trying to control but Jones passes into side control!
Przyz parries the strikes from Jones easily there. Jones is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Przyz to escape.
Przyz is looking to reverse the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Jones are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jones misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jones landing a few strikes.
Przyz is trying to control Jones's posture but Jones avoids it.

Jones working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Jones has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones lands a shoulder strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Przyz.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Przyz avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Jones.
Geoffrey Jones is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Przyz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones lands a body shot in the clinch.
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 tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Michael Przyz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.

And that's the end of the fight!
Geoffrey 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Geoffrey Jones!
Geoffrey Jones took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Mango Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.