PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Masaharu Fujioka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fujioka
vs
Jones

183 cm
21
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Masaharu Fujioka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sean Jones!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fujioka tries to avoid it but Jones manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fujioka to the ground. Fujioka escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Fujioka shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jones napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fujioka moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones is trying to buck Fujioka off.
Jones tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Fujioka presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Fujioka controlling his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fujioka lands with some strikes.
Jones tries to lock up and control but Fujioka gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Jones regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jones working a defensive guard here.
Fujioka controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Fujioka wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.

Jones throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Fujioka escapes and throws Jones's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Jones tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fujioka wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Fujioka decides to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fujioka scores with a takedown into Jones's guard.

Fujioka avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jones looking to control.
Jones looks winded!

Jones has an active guard here but Fujioka has managed to pass into half guard.
Fujioka knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Fujioka looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jones has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fujioka is working away from the top position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujioka takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jones trying to control here.
Jones is looking for a sweep. Fujioka is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fujioka working the head and body with strikes.
Jones tries to kick Fujioka off in order to stand up. Fujioka Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

Fujioka thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Fujioka is staying tight to Jones's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fujioka working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Fujioka works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Jones wants to control but Fujioka postures up.
Fujioka staying calm.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Fujioka stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaharu Fujioka dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jones shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fujioka defends it nicely.
Fujioka swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fujioka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Fujioka looking to score a takedown here. Jones is defending well but Fujioka drives through and ends up in Jones's guard.
Fujioka seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Jones looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Fujioka has picked Jones up and slammed him! Jones can't keep hold of the triangle and Fujioka manages to pass to side control!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones manages to work his way to half guard, despite Fujioka's best efforts.
Jones landing small, sideways elbows.
Fujioka controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujioka wants to stand up but Jones has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Jones has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fujioka is working away from the top position though.
Jones regains full guard. Nicely done.

Jones has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fujioka can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jones is breathing heavily.

Jones looking for subs off his back but Fujioka has passed one foot through into half guard.
Masaharu Fujioka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Jones has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Fujioka escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Fujioka!
Fujioka has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Jones!
Fujioka controlling from mount.
Fujioka's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujioka has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jones tries to hold on but Fujioka postures up.
Fujioka unloading with bombs!
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fujioka working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fujioka breaks from Jones's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fujioka lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jones hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujioka controlling the pace for now.
Jones is working to get back to half guard.
Fujioka sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fujioka landing strikes from the mount and Jones is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaharu Fujioka dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fujioka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Fujioka drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jones trying to control the position.
Fujioka distracts Jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fujioka controlling from the top position.
Fujioka trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jones pushes a forearm under Fujioka's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Fujioka is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sean Jones!