PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Dwight Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Qasem Soleimani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones's entrance music is God gave me style. A fine choice. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dwight Jones
vs
Soleimani

193 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jonathan Dwight Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Qasem Soleimani!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Francis DeMontford and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soleimani takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Soleimani throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Soleimani looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Soleimani taking a breather.
Soleimani blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Jones.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Soleimani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Soleimani wants to stall.
A shot in the inside from Jones.
Soleimani is trying to maintain a safe position but Jones gets an underhook and turns Soleimani into the cage.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Soleimani.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Soleimani misses with an elbow strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Jones.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Soleimani avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Soleimani lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Jonathan Dwight Jones has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soleimani lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Soleimani lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Soleimani misses with an elbow strike.
Soleimani misses with an elbow strike.
Soleimani blocks an uppercut.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Soleimani.
Soleimani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Jones.
Soleimani pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Soleimani tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones avoiding damage as Soleimani throws knees to the body.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Soleimani taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soleimani dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones stalls.
Jones scores with a shot to the side of Soleimani's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soleimani lands an elbow inside.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soleimani blocks it with crossed arms.
Soleimani is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Soleimani.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Soleimani.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Soleimani.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soleimani.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones lands a shoulder strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Soleimani, against the cage.
Soleimani lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.

Jonathan Dwight Jones's cut is getting worse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Soleimani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soleimani creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Soleimani throws an elbow that misses.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Soleimani.
Soleimani blocks an uppercut.
Jones is struggling to control the position.
Jones stalls.
Soleimani throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Soleimani avoids it.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Soleimani is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jones is keeping busy.
Soleimani comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Soleimani is trying to stall.
Soleimani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Soleimani pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones trying to stall but Soleimani improves his position.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Soleimani.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Soleimani.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Soleimani.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soleimani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Soleimani pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soleimani.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Soleimani looking to stall.
Jones keeps control of Soleimani as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Dwight Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Dwight Jones's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Soleimani clinches up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Soleimani just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Soleimani lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Soleimani dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Soleimani pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Soleimani lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.

Jonathan Dwight Jones's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Soleimani throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Soleimani's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Soleimani just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Soleimani tries to tie him up.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Soleimani.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Soleimani.
Soleimani misses with an elbow strike.
Soleimani lands a nice elbow.

Jeez, Jonathan Dwight Jones's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Soleimani's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones stalling.
Soleimani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Soleimani.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Soleimani misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Soleimani just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Soleimani lands a damaging elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jonathan Dwight Jones's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Qasem Soleimani!
The defeated Jonathan Dwight Jones had this to say: 'A loss is a loss, I'm still the boss. '.