PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaff Terra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Fort Minor - Remember The Name. Terra is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Imagine Dragons - Radioactive. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Jones
vs
Terra

193 cm
28
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

189 cm
30
201 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gaff Terra!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Terra closes the distance and clinches.
Terra is stalling here.
Terra taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Terra.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Terra scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head.
Terra is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Terra lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terra connects with a solid leg kick.
Terra scores with a nice right hand.
Terra sizes up Jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jones misses with a low kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Terra! But no joy.

Terra rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terra stalling against the cage.
Terra is pressed up against the cage. Jones has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Terra down to the mat. Terra avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Terra lands with a hook. Jones tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Terra moves out of range easily.
Jones lands a nice looking kick to the body. Terra takes a step back to recover.

Terra takes the fight into the clinch.
Terra lands a damaging elbow.
Terra lands an elbow inside.
Jones trying to stall but Terra improves his position.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Terra is blocking nicely.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Terra avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Terra blocks with his arms.
Jones definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Terra has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Terra stalling in the clinch.
Terra lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jones or not.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Terra lands with a light punch inside.
Terra taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jones tries to stall but Terra uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nice body punch from Terra.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Terra has Jones pressed against the cage.
Jones is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Terra pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Terra lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Terra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Terra as Jones tries to tie him up.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Terra is blocking nicely.
Terra makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Terra.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Terra.
Terra displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Terra.
Jones avoiding damage as Terra throws knees to the body.
Jones goes for a takedown attempt but Terra pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Terra lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A nice inside leg kick there by Terra. That's going to slow Jones down.
Terra cracks the inside of Jones's front leg.

Terra darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
Terra makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Terra lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Terra.

It looks like John Jones has been cut.
Terra's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Terra is pressed up against the cage. Jones has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Terra down to the mat. Terra avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jones looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Terra! But no joy.

Terra closes the distance and pushes Jones back into the cage.
Terra gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jones.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Terra lands with a short shot to the head.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Terra lands a left hand.
Terra comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Terra scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaff Terra dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Jones's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jones throws a nice outside leg kick.
Terra bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A low kick from Jones is predictable there
and Terra counters with a straight that turns Jones's legs to rubber! Terra pushes forward with more strikes and Jones goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gaff Terra!
After winning the bout, Gaff Terra thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, John Jones stepped up to the mic, saying 'Ill Be Back.'.