PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Silvio Crespo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen Dmx Intro as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crespo
vs
Jones

170 cm
21
155 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

160 cm
33
145 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silvio Crespo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Jones!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crespo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crespo throws a one two combo.
Decent striking displayed by Crespo there.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crespo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Crespo misses with a straight right.
Crespo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Crespo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Crespo tries to sprawl out of it but Jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crespo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Crespo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silvio Crespo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crespo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice sprawl there from Crespo as Jones shoots in.
Crespo throwing a counter right hand but Jones manages to avoid it.
Silvio Crespo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Jones.
Jones walks into a stiff left hand from Crespo.
Crespo cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Crespo works the jab nicely.
Jones shoots in and drives through. Crespo sprawls well.
Crespo throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Crespo lands a lovely overhand right.
Crespo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Crespo leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones dives in for a single leg takedown but Crespo sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Jones misses with a combination
and Crespo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Crespo pinned against the cage. Crespo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Crespo clinches up against the cage.
Jones takes a shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Crespo.
Crespo pushes Jones back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones drops down looking for an ankle pick but Crespo pulls his leg out and moves away.
Crespo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Jones tries to counter by closing the distance.
Crespo throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Jones tries to counter by closing the distance.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Crespo throws a poor cross that misses

and Jones decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Crespo's guard.
Crespo looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Crespo wants to get back to his feet but Jones is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Crespo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking to pass the guard.
Crespo wants to get back to his feet but Jones is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Jones drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jones jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silvio Crespo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Crespo missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Crespo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones closes the distance and clinches up with Crespo, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes Crespo against the cage but Crespo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Crespo moves into the clinch.

Jones drags the fight down to the ground.
Crespo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.
Crespo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?

Jones looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jones working for submissions but it's allowed Crespo to get to half guard.

Jones is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Crespo pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is looking for a sweep. Crespo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Jones looking for subs from the bottom but Crespo mounts him!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Crespo controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Crespo'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.
Jones felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Jones is in all sorts of trouble here.
Crespo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones pushes Crespo off looking to stand but Crespo dives back in and keeps control.
Crespo slows the pace down in half guard.
Further stalling from Crespo.

Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jones shoots in for a double leg but Crespo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crespo throws out the jab.
Jones with the counter takedown but Crespo avoids it easily.
Crespo lands with a cross.
Jones has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Crespo finds it's way round the side to connect with Jones's head.
Silvio Crespo is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Crespo's waist but Crespo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jones off to one side.
Silvio Crespo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Jones.
Crespo throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Jones unleashes a big counter combination but Crespo bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Crespo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silvio Crespo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A quick step to the side and Crespo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The fighters circling - Crespo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Crespo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silvio Crespo dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jones has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jones there as he acknowledges the shot.
Crespo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crespo.
Jones wants to counter the offense by Crespo and move into the clinch position.
Jones slips a straight right by Crespo.
Crespo throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Jones staying out of range there.
Crespo works the jab nicely.
Crespo scores with a jab. Jones acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice shot lands for Crespo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crespo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Crespo.
Crespo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Crespo misses with a combination

and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crespo wants to get back to full guard.
Jack Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Crespo tries to kick Jones off but Jones keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Jones wants to advance to full mount but Crespo doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Crespo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jones is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Crespo scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Crespo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones with the counter takedown but Crespo avoids it easily.
Crespo throws a big shot that misses.
Crespo scores with a hook to the body. Jones takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jones needs to keep his hands up - Crespo had a free shot at his head there.
Jones darts in looking for a takedown but Crespo gets double underhooks and turns Jones into the cage.
Crespo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crespo looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones moves out of range as Crespo strikes.
Jones walks into a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crespo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crespo lands a jab-cross combination.
Crespo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jones in his tracks.
Crespo throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Crespo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jones wants to free his trapped foot but Crespo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Jones prevents Crespo from standing back up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jones is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Crespo sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silvio Crespo clearly takes 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 looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Crespo darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
Crespo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Jones is rocked!
A hook to the body from Crespo.
A nice left hand lands by Crespo.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Crespo finish him?
Crespo lands with a left to the head.
Crespo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Crespo dips a shoulder and cracks Jones with a mighty uppercut! Jones falls back against the cage and Crespo unloads with a barrage of strikes! Jones is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Crespo screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Silvio Crespo!
Silvio Crespo retains his featherweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Silvio Crespo waved his t-shirt featuring Bullet Proof System's logo in front of the cameras.