PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jayceon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sergius Serra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Serra has chosen Drowning Pool- The Game as his entrance music. sergius Serra has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jones
vs
Serra

170 cm
22
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
21
166 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jayceon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, sergius Serra!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Serra is looking to clinch.
Jones shoots in but no luck this time.

Jones moves into the clinch.

Jones turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Jones manages to end up in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jones tries for a kimura but Serra is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Serra's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Serra stops Jones from passing to mount.
Jones trying to control the action but Serra is working from the bottom.
Serra struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the position but Serra is working away.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Serra swinging wilding here.
Serra tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Serra shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Serra showed some decent athleticism there.
Jones is trying to stand.
Serra should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Serra is working for a submission of some sort.
Serra is trying to control. Jones wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serra looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Serra is keen to just control but Jones is a slippery customer.
Serra thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
Serra not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Jones is trying to stand back up but Serra is controlling him

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jones.
Serra is trying to control Jones's posture but Jones avoids it.
Jones trying to control the position but Serra is working away.
Jones is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serra can't do much from the bottom here.

Jones looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Serra is looking to reverse the position.
Jones tries to move to mount but Serra blocks the move with his legs.
Jones tries to stand but Serra is controlling his head.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Serra misses with a two punch combination.
Serra fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jones lands a head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Serra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Serra tries to clinch up.
Serra fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jones avoids it really well and circles away.
A head kick misses from Jones.
Serra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Serra is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.

Jones has managed to clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Serra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Serra breaks from the clinch.
Serra tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Serra.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jayceon Jones dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Serra scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Serra trying to control from half guard but Jones is working away.
Serra prevents Jones from improving his position.
Serra frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Serra putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Serra with a couple of short strikes.
Serra landing strikes from the mount.
Jones is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Serra landing punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serra landing strikes from the mount and Jones is in trouble!
Serra takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jones tries to hold on but Serra pushes him away.
Serra scoring with strikes but Jones is staying in there.
Serra wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.
Jones is bucking up trying to escape but Serra cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The referee warns Jones that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serra with a couple of short strikes.
Jones really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Serra cracks Jones with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Serra fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jones working to try and regain half guard.
Jones is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Serra with a couple of short strikes.
Serra looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Serra is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jones can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Serra lands a big shot there that rocks Jones but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to reverse the position but Serra maintains control.
Serra lands a nice shot to the head.
Serra lands with some strikes.
Serra with a couple of short strikes.
Jones is bucking up trying to escape but Serra cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Serra can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jones is looking to escape.
Jones keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Jones that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Serra scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Serra with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serra scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
Serra with shots to the head and body - Jones looks very uncomfortable down there.
Serra lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jones is trying to escape the mount.
Serra unloading with bombs!
Jones is in a horrible position here. Serra smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Serra connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Serra controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

sergius Serra 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! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Serra moves into the clinch.
Serra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Serra just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Serra has Jones pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jones manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Serra lands a nice uppercut.

Jones has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Serra regains guard immediately.
Serra is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Serra looking to control.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serra trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.

Serra is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jones defends well.
Serra striking off his back but it's not causing Jones any problems.
Serra is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Serra misses with a takedown attempt

and Jones counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Jones seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Serra does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jones has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jones tries to control but Serra wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Jones goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Serra turns into him and now he's in Jones's guard.
Jones is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Serra works over Jones with some ground and pound from guard.
Serra trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Serra is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Serra is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Serra in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Serra distracts Jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Serra's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Jones had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Serra is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Jones Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Serra's back instead.
Jones is trying to stick to Serra's back but Serra is turning into Jones. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Jones's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Serra.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Serra is in close to Jones's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Jones had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Serra is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Jones Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Serra's back instead.
Serra breaks Jones's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Serra won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Serra trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Serra preventing the sweep.
Jones looking to control.
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Serra closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
and Jones counters with a head kick. That will keep Serra thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jayceon Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!