PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chakrii naKrittiga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noah Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen Barrels of Whiskey as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

naKrittiga
vs
Jones

171 cm
25
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

168 cm
26
140 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chakrii naKrittiga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Noah Jones!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in naKrittiga's guard.
naKrittiga has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Jones controlling from the top position.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but naKrittiga has wrist control.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but naKrittiga blocks nicely.
Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jones distracts naKrittiga with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
naKrittiga keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
naKrittiga avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jones stays in close to naKrittiga's body and controls the position.
Jones is working naKrittiga over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
naKrittiga working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but naKrittiga blocks nicely.
Jones working some strikes from top position.
naKrittiga controls Jones momentarily but Jones frees himself.
naKrittiga keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of naKrittiga's head.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Jones distracts naKrittiga with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jones postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
naKrittiga has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Jones has passed into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones looks up at the clock and then as naKrittiga takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jones smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
naKrittiga dodges the ground and pound from Jones.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones is putting a hurting on naKrittiga here, landing some big shots from side control.
Jones working the ground and pound.
Jones scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at naKrittiga to see if he's OK.

naKrittiga is rocked!
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jones working his ground and pound in the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working away.
Jones scores with punches from side control.
Oh naKrittiga is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
A big shot lands for Jones! That's hurt naKrittiga! Will he recover? Jones fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noah Jones!
Our winner, Noah Jones, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.