PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Julio Jones has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Julio Jones seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Jones
vs
Munoz

195 cm
25
213 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
213 lbs
1 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Julio Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grant Munoz!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones slips a jab from Munoz.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick.
Munoz's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Munoz duly obliges.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Munoz misses with a few strikes there.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.

Jones forces Munoz back against the cage and clinches.
Munoz is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jones is defending well.
Munoz tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Munoz has him pressed against the cage.

Munoz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones wants to clinch up but Munoz keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Munoz.
Munoz slaps away a takedown attempt from Jones, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jones fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Munoz misses with a wild body shot.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Munoz as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to score a power double leg takedown but Munoz sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jones somewhat.
Munoz has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jones is defended easily by Munoz.
Munoz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Jones moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Munoz manages to break the clinch.
Munoz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Munoz shows good takedown defense.
Munoz throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Munoz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jones makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jones blocks the body kick.
Nice takedown defense from Munoz. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Jones goes for a double leg but Munoz avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Munoz continues to drive forward.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones is working for takedown but Munoz is calmly controlling the position for now.

Munoz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Munoz.
Munoz is looking to score with low kicks.
Jones is looking to clinch but Munoz is avoiding it.
Munoz misses with the combination.
A combination from Munoz does no damage.
Julio Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Munoz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Munoz slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones throws a low kick but it's checked well by Munoz.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Munoz.
Jones misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grant Munoz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Munoz throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones dives in for a single leg takedown but Munoz sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Munoz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice uppercut there from Jones.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Munoz.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
A left and a right from Munoz both land. Nice combination.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Munoz. Munoz maintains the clinch.
Jones fails to pull guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Munoz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Munoz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Munoz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab lands there for Munoz.
Munoz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.
Munoz works Jones's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Munoz throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Munoz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Jones blocks the leg kick.
Grant Munoz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Munoz looks for the body kick but Jones saw that one coming.
Jones fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Munoz avoids it really well and circles away.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Jones. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Munoz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Munoz misses.
Munoz misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Munoz throws out the jab.
Munoz misses with a wild combination.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jones.
Munoz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jones misses with a body kick.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Munoz.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Munoz was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Munoz as he avoids it easily.
Jones fails to land the takedown.
Munoz fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Munoz.
Nice sprawl there from Munoz as Jones shoots in.
Munoz throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Munoz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Munoz misses with a head kick.
Munoz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grant Munoz 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. This is the final round!

Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Munoz on that attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jones.
Munoz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Munoz scores with a one two! Jones had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Munoz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Munoz has a takedown stuffed.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Munoz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.

Munoz manages to break the clinch.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Munoz sprawls well. Munoz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Munoz tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Munoz misses with a body kick.
Jones slips under a jab.
Munoz moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks for a takedown but Munoz sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Munoz takes the fight into the clinch.

Munoz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Munoz instigates a clinch.
Munoz wants to break the clinch but can't.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones darts in looking for a takedown but Munoz gets double underhooks and turns Jones into the cage.
Jones stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from Munoz.
Julio Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones takes one to the side of the head.
Munoz misses with a body kick.
No joy there for Munoz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Munoz's waist but Munoz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jones off to one side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Munoz throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Sloppy strikes from Munoz. Those never looked like landing.
Jones throws a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones goes for a double leg but Munoz avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Munoz continues to drive forward.

Munoz breaks from the clinch.
Munoz throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Munoz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jones momentarily.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Munoz.
Jones checks the leg kick.

Jones drives through and clinches with Munoz against the cage.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Munoz pushes him off.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grant Munoz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Munoz 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grant Munoz!
Grant Munoz is the new light heavyweight champion!