PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Llosa (ranked 451 p4p, 60 weight class) and Jim Jones Jr (ranked 482 p4p, 66 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Llosa
vs
Jones Jr

180 cm
25
178 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

180 cm
26
174 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ernesto Llosa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Jones Jr!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones Jr throws a hook but Llosa blocks it.
Llosa misses with a takedown attempt
and Jones Jr counters with a right hand to the body.

Llosa gets a double leg takedown into Jones Jr's guard.

Jones Jr looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Llosa looking to pass the guard.
Llosa trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Jones Jr manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Jones Jr slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Jones Jr is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Llosa tries to improve position but can't.
Jones Jr controls the position from side control.
I've been told that Jones Jr has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones Jr trying to control the action but Llosa is working from the bottom.
Llosa tries to bench press Jones Jr off him but Jones Jr keeps the position.
Llosa is not content to let Jones Jr control the position.
Jones Jr working away.
The referee asks Jones Jr politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Jones Jr prefers to stall for the moment though.
Jones Jr is looking to take a break and control but Llosa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Llosa is looking to reverse the position.
Jones Jr trying to control the position but Llosa is working away.
You can see the frustration on Llosa's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jones Jr landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jones Jr trying to control the action but Llosa is working from the bottom.
Llosa struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Llosa is looking to regain half guard here but Jones Jr keeps moving and retains side control.
Jones Jr is looking to take a break and control but Llosa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones Jr working the body and head with strikes.
Jones Jr connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Llosa some visible discomfort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones Jr scoring with punches from side control.
Llosa is looking for a sweep.
Jones Jr cracks Llosa with a big elbow.
Jones Jr trying to control the position but Llosa is working away.
You can see the frustration on Llosa's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Llosa tries to buck Jones Jr off but Jones Jr is having none of it.
Jones Jr wants to lay and pray for a moment but Llosa keeps working.
Llosa is trying to improve his position.
Llosa manages to get back to half guard.

Llosa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Llosa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones Jr passes to full mount!
Jones Jr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Llosa?
Jones Jr has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Llosa is bucking up trying to escape but Jones Jr cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jones Jr raining down shots from the mount!
Llosa wants to hold on but Jones Jr pushes him away.
Llosa is trying desperately to improve position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones Jr dominating with strikes here.
Llosa tries to hold on but Jones Jr postures up.
Llosa is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at JAG Battle Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Jones Jr landing shots from mount.
Jones Jr looking to control but Llosa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Llosa tries to hold on but Jones Jr pushes him away.
Llosa is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Jones Jr dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Llosa shoots and misses
and Jones Jr makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jones Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Llosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Llosa shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones Jr sprawls well. He's pushed Llosa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Llosa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones Jr counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Llosa thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ernesto Llosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slow jab from Jones Jr misses its intended target.
Llosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Llosa with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jones Jr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones Jr stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones Jr wants it to stay on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones Jr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones Jr shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Llosa eats them both and turns towards Jones Jr to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Llosa shoots in but Jones Jr avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Llosa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones Jr sprawls well. Jones Jr wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Llosa gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Llosa moves away.
Llosa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones Jr.
Jones Jr misses the body punch
and Llosa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Llosa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jim Jones Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Llosa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Llosa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Horrible takedown attempt by Llosa or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones Jr, which made it look bad.
Llosa has a takedown stuffed.
Jones Jr misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones Jr gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jones Jr is trying to keep Llosa in close.
Jones Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones Jr might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Llosa haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jones Jr is on top in guard.

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones Jr trying to control but Llosa is working from the bottom.
Jones Jr is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Llosa looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jones Jr passes into side control.
Jones Jr scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones Jr controls the position.
Jones Jr is looking to take a break and control but Llosa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Llosa tries to buck Jones Jr off but Jones Jr is having none of it.
Jones Jr cracks Llosa with a big right hand but Llosa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Jones Jr trying to control the position but Llosa is working away.
The referee asks Jones Jr politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Jones Jr prefers to stall for the moment though.
Jones Jr is chipping away with strikes.
Llosa tries to buck Jones Jr off but Jones Jr is having none of it.
Llosa gets back to half guard.
Jones Jr trying to control from half guard but Llosa is working away.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jones Jr lands a nice short elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Llosa is looking to control Jones Jr's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Llosa avoid being mounted?

Jones Jr looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jones Jr looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Llosa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Llosa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jones Jr is trying to control. Llosa wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jones Jr is controlling the pace.

Llosa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Jones Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

No luck for Llosa with that takedown attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Llosa.

Llosa closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Llosa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jones Jr knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Jones Jr is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Llosa's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones Jr tries to get to full guard but Llosa has control of the leg.
Jones Jr keeps trying to improve his position.

Llosa seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones Jr works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jones Jr wants to sweep but no luck.
Llosa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jones Jr keeping moving, preventing Llosa from controlling successfully.

Llosa postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Jones Jr is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Llosa, into his guard.

Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones Jr controlling from the top position.

Llosa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Llosa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jones Jr can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Llosa working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Jones Jr has passed into half guard!

Llosa actively working from the bottom here.
Llosa has hold of Jones Jr's hands but Jones Jr slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jones Jr perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jones Jr connects with a nice short shot to Llosa's temple.
Llosa taking some punishment here, with Jones Jr in his half guard.

Llosa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jones Jr controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llosa is doing well to control the position and prevent Jones Jr from advancing to side control.
Llosa wants to improve his position but Jones Jr is controlling well.
Jones Jr controlling the action here.
Llosa trying to hold on to Jones Jr's head to control him but Jones Jr postures up.
Llosa tries to roll over but Jones Jr keeps him under control.
Llosa is looking to control Jones Jr's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Llosa avoid being mounted?
Llosa is refusing to be controlled, as Jones Jr sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Llosa actively working from the bottom here.
Nice strikes from Jones Jr there.

Llosa is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jones Jr pulls his head out easily.
Jones Jr seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Jones Jr trying to control the action but Llosa is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Llosa actively working from the bottom here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jones Jr in particular looking to stall.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Jones Jr is continuing to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Jones Jr really dominated that round.
That's time! Llosa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jones Jr misses with a hook
enabling Llosa to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones Jr stuffs the takedown attempt from Llosa. Llosa gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones Jr lands a nice looking body shot.
Llosa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Llosa shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones Jr sprawls well. He's pushed Llosa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ernesto Llosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones Jr lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Llosa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones Jr circles away.
Nice shot by Jones Jr.
Jones Jr connects with a jab.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Jones Jr throws a right and a left that Llosa avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llosa tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jones Jr defends well and Llosa ends up having to push Jones Jr into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jones Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Llosa.
Llosa fails to land the takedown.
Jones Jr lands a body shot.
Jones Jr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jones Jr loads up on a big right hand but Llosa slips the punch.
A little feinted left hand from Llosa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Llosa shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jones Jr as he avoids it easily.
Llosa misses with a takedown
and Jones Jr counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jones Jr connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Jones Jr - just one landing.
Jones Jr throws a body punch but Llosa moves out of range.
Jones Jr misses with a looping left.
Jones Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Llosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones Jr.
Jones Jr bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Llosa's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Llosa fails with the takedown
and Jones Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones Jr keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jones Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Llosa with a poor takedown
and Jones Jr counters with a two punch combo.

Llosa is rocked!
Jones Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Llosa moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones Jr lands a left and a right that send Llosa crashing to the mat, dazed. Jones Jr thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Llosa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones Jr tests Llosa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jab from Jones Jr.
Llosa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones Jr circles away.
It seemed like Jones Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jones Jr drops Llosa with a big left hand! Llosa is injured, injured bad! Jones Jr jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Jones Jr!
Jim Jones Jr is the new welterweight champion!
Jim Jones Jr decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.