PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Poldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brian Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Poldi
vs
Jones

188 cm
28
220 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

183 cm
36
203 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Poldi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brian Jones!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jones smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jones misses with the combination.

Poldi gets a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Poldi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Poldi tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Jones just leaning against Poldi, taking a breather.
Poldi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Poldi is struggling to control the position.
Poldi stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.
Poldi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones jumps guard but Poldi turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Poldi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jones blocks a body shot from Poldi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poldi lands a shoulder strike.
The referee calls for Poldi to work.
Poldi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Poldi is pressed up against the cage. Jones has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Poldi down to the mat. Poldi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Poldi throws a push kick but Jones slaps the foot to one side.
Jones fails to land the takedown.
Jack Poldi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Jones.
Jones looks winded!
Nice sprawl there from Poldi as Jones shoots in.
Poldi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jones if he has to take too many more of those.

Poldi moves into range and clinches up with Jones.
Jones is looking for a takedown.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right handed body shot lands from Poldi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poldi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Poldi has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poldi leaning against his opponent.
A short uppercut from Poldi.
Poldi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Poldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Jones has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Poldi seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jones can turn it around.
Poldi is trying to drag Jones to the mat but Jones just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The referee calls for Poldi to work.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jack Poldi.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Poldi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Poldi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Poldi lands with a cross.
Brian Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poldi blocks a head kick by Jones.
Poldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones takes one to the side of the head.
Jones misses with a head kick.

Poldi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jones sprawls well initially but Poldi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Poldi has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Poldi fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poldi controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poldi looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Poldi landing shots from mount.
Poldi controlling from mount.
Poldi raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poldi controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Poldi dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Poldi cracks Jones with a good jab.
Jones throws a right hand that Poldi ducks under and follows up with a left that Poldi also avoids with ease.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Poldi circles away quickly and effectively.
Poldi lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones misses with a hook
and Poldi counters with a good, hard body kick but Jones shrugs it off.
Poldi is looking to clinch.
Poldi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jones on the side of the head.
Jones walks forward, straight into a front kick from Poldi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poldi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Poldi lands with a nice body punch.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Poldi punishes Jones's body with a nice straight punch.
A punch combination from Jones misses.

Poldi moves into range and clinches up with Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poldi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jones is breathing heavily.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Poldi for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
A short right from Poldi.
Jones being controlled against the cage.

Jones gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Poldi has his hands clasped together around Jones's back. He's all about the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Poldi trying to hold on to Jones's head to control him but Jones postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to control but Poldi is keeping him busy.
Poldi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Poldi gets full guard.
Jones is fighting to break Poldi's control of his arms but Poldi is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Poldi seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poldi has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Jack Poldi wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Jones misses with a hook.
Jones with a hook.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Poldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Poldi blocks a jab.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Poldi clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.
Poldi scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head.
Poldi keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Poldi.
Poldi lands a shoulder strike.
Poldi tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Poldi back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Poldi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poldi lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Brian Jones has been cut.
Poldi lands with a short shot to the head.
Poldi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Jack Poldi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Poldi is trying to maintain a safe position but Jones gets an underhook and turns Poldi into the cage.
Poldi slowing the pace effectively.
Good body shot from Poldi.
Poldi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Poldi.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poldi.
Stalling in the clinch from Poldi.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Poldi turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Jones wants to control but Poldi postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Poldi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brian Jones's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Poldi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Poldi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Poldi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones blocks a body shot from Poldi.
Poldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Poldi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Jones is rocked!
Poldi creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Jones! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Poldi.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Poldi!
Jack Poldi is the new light heavyweight champion!
After the big win, Jack Poldi made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors $300 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.