PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Micheal Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cleveland White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
White

178 cm
19
178 lbs
0 - 8 - 0

186 cm
20
175 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Micheal Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cleveland White!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts White as he jumps to the side.

Jones clinches.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
Jones is pressed up against the cage. White has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jones down to the mat. Jones avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from White, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jones seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Jones fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. White sprawls well initially but Jones persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
White wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Jones is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, White manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
Jones is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
White bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.

White working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jones's head.

White is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Jones is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Jones has escaped and now he's on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White seems keen to control Jones's posture.
Let's hope that White has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but White blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
White wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Jones wants to stand and escape but instead White has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Jones looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
White is stalling in the full guard.
White trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
White is in close to Jones's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones being controlled here, momentarily.
White throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
White is looking to work some ground and pound but Jones has wrist control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Jones is breathing heavily.
White makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
White throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
White in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cleveland White will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

White decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

White maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Jones could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but White has cracked it and Jones is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by White!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Cleveland White!
The defeated Micheal Jones had this to say: 'Damn I Know it Was A Hard Fight Fans, But I'll Win The Next One'.