PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sydney Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Floyd Patterson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Jones
vs
Patterson

189 cm
32
290 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

201 cm
24
278 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
BHP Clothing

Conviction
Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sydney Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Floyd Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Patterson moves into the clinch.
A short right from Patterson.
Patterson lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Sydney Jones has been cut.
I was talking to Jones's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Patterson lands an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Patterson avoids it by throwing Jones back against the ropes.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Patterson.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've been informed that Patterson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Patterson.
Patterson lands a damaging elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Patterson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Patterson pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Patterson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones misses with some punches.
Patterson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Patterson.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Patterson fails to land.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Patterson is keeping busy.
Patterson prevents a body shot from Jones.
Patterson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Patterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Floyd Patterson has been cut.
Patterson lands a nice elbow.
Patterson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Patterson lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones stalling in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Patterson.
Jones gets through Patterson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Patterson.
Patterson lands a right hand.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Patterson lands with a left to the head.
Patterson blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Patterson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Patterson digs a good hook to Jones's body.
Patterson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Patterson tries to land a front kick but Jones steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Good leg kick by Patterson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Patterson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jones tries to work over Patterson's front leg with a kick but Patterson checks it.
Patterson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jones takes a step back to recover.

Jones drives through and clinches with Patterson against the ropes.
Patterson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Patterson controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Patterson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Jones.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Patterson avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Patterson controls his hands.
Patterson lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patterson's elbow.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Patterson.
Jones looking to slow down the pace here.
Patterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patterson.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Patterson controls his hands.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Patterson controls the action.
Jones tries a body shot but Patterson blocks it.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patterson.
Patterson swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Jones.
Patterson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Patterson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Patterson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Patterson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patterson lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Patterson misses with an elbow over the top.
Patterson lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Patterson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Patterson breaks the clinch.

Patterson lands a big head kick that sends Jones tumbling to the mat! Patterson takes a step backwards and waves Jones back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Patterson ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Jones's jaw. Jones's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Patterson does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Floyd Patterson! Floyd Patterson retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Floyd Patterson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.