PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leandro Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Stankevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Stankevich

183 cm
30
181 lbs
12 - 11 - 1

185 cm
25
180 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leandro Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Igor Stankevich!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Stankevich misses.

Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones being controlled against the cage.
Stankevich displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Stankevich has him pressed against the cage.
Stankevich has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stankevich tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.

Stankevich breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stankevich is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jones fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Stankevich avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leandro Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stankevich throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.

Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stankevich can't break the clinch.
Jones taking a breather.
Stankevich is struggling to control the position.
A frustrated look appears on Stankevich's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stankevich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stankevich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
A solid body kick from Jones.
Stankevich misses with a hook
and Stankevich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Stankevich counters with a straight right hand.
Stankevich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Stankevich misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Jones throwing a counter right hand but Stankevich manages to avoid it.
Stankevich throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Jones counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stankevich throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stankevich misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stankevich.
Stankevich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stankevich throws out a counter right but Jones avoids it with no problem.
Stankevich lands with an uppercut that bounces Jones off the cage and back into range.
Stankevich misses the jab.
Jones was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jones tries to clinch there but Stankevich circles away.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Stankevich circles away.
Stankevich throws an off balance right hand
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stankevich moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Stankevich throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stankevich lands a jab.

Jones closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Stankevich did well to prevent Jones getting side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stankevich trying to control from the bottom.
Stankevich blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.

Jones is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Stankevich defends it well.
Stankevich gets back to full guard.
Jones won't allow Stankevich to sweep him here.
Jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stankevich preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stankevich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Stankevich tries to sprawl but Jones drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Stankevich is trying to stand.

Jones wants to work for an arm triangle but Stankevich is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Jones is trying to control the action in half guard but Stankevich is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Stankevich wants to get back to his feet.
Jones thows a huge punch but Stankevich dodges it nicely.
Jones is trying to control the action in half guard but Stankevich is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Jones seems to be working for a kimura but Stankevich defends the submission attempt.
Stankevich regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones cracks Stankevich with a solid left hand.
Jones has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jones prevents Stankevich from getting back to his feet.
Stankevich looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stankevich lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Stankevich trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Jones is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stankevich is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stankevich tries to stand but Jones is controlling from the bottom.
Stankevich wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Stankevich has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jones is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Leandro Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones has a closed guard, preventing Stankevich from standing up.
Stankevich controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jones is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Jones throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jones looking for a sweep. Not yet Jones, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stankevich trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Stankevich looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Stankevich throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jones counters with a big head kick but Stankevich shrugs it off.
Stankevich swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Stankevich doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Stankevich scores with the left hand. Jones knows he should have avoided that one.
Stankevich throws an off balance right hand
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones fails with the takedown.
Stankevich lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Stankevich defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jones.
Stankevich dips to his left and cracks Jones with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Stankevich. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones appears to be looking for a big counter.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stankevich has time to react.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Stankevich misses with a looping left.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with Stankevich.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Stankevich uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones has Stankevich pressed against the cage, preventing Stankevich from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Leandro Jones will probably get the nod.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Jones with a lazy takedown attempt
and Stankevich counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Stankevich moves away and avoids it.

Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stankevich looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stankevich stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.

Stankevich breaks from the clinch.
Stankevich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown but Stankevich manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jones's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Stankevich throws out a counter right but Jones avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leandro Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Stankevich avoids it really well and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Stankevich.
Nice takedown defense from Stankevich. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Jones misses with a takedown
and Stankevich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stankevich.
An attempted straight right counter from Jones misses the target.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves forwards but Stankevich connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Stankevich throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.

Jones gets a clinch.
Jones can't get the takedown.
Stankevich is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Stankevich is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones closes the distance but Stankevich moves to the side
and Stankevich counters with a stiff right hand.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.

Stankevich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stankevich tries to avoid it but Jones manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stankevich to the ground. Stankevich escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Jones clinches with his opponent.
Stalling in the clinch from Stankevich.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Leandro Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stankevich throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stankevich throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Jones is looking to counter punch.
Stankevich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stankevich let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stankevich! But no joy.
Jones takes a swing at Stankevich's ribcage but misses.
Igor Stankevich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jones.
A countering left hand to the body from Stankevich misses.
Stankevich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Stankevich.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones wants to clinch up but Stankevich keeps it at a distance.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Stankevich tries to sprawl out of it but Jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stankevich manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Stankevich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Stankevich has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Stankevich!
Igor Stankevich gave a mention to Bushido Fightwear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).