PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Sigic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sigic
vs
Jones

188 cm
21
218 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

189 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

Koffin Inc.
THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

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 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, James Sigic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eli Jones!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sigic throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jones was covering up waiting for the punch and Sigic finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Jones looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Jones is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sigic lands a couple of elbows.
Sigic tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.
Sigic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jones's head.

Jones looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Jones is looking for a triangle but Sigic pushes his legs off easily.
Jones keeping full guard, as Sigic tries to pass.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sigic's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Sigic thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Jones is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sigic defends well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sigic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sigic lands a couple of digs.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sigic wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Jones is trying to keep Sigic in close.
Jones keeping full guard, as Sigic tries to pass.
Sigic postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sigic forces his way into half guard.
Sigic passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jones!
Jones sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones actively working from the bottom here.

Jones is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sigic pulls his head out easily.

Jones is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sigic pulls his head out easily.
Jones looks gassed!
Sigic scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Sigic has control of the leg.
Sigic working the head and body with strikes.

Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sigic passes to side control.

Sigic working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigic scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jones to see if he's OK.

Sigic tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sigic has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jones manages to get back to half guard.
Sigic working the head and body with strikes.
Jones is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sigic's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sigic's back!
Jones wants to control but Sigic manages to buck him off and is now in Jones's guard! Nice work there by Sigic!
Sigic scoring with punches to the head and body.

Jones throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sigic tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.

Jones is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sigic defends well.
Jones can't keep his opponent in guard - Sigic advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sigic has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jones wants to hold on but Sigic pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sigic looking to finish Jones with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jones!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Sigic dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jones throws a jab when Sigic was well out of range.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Sigic is out of range.
Sigic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big left from Jones misses.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Sigic feints and as Jones raises his hands in defense, Sigic changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Jones is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sigic defends well.
Sigic throwing strikes but missing.
Sigic postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Sigic trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sigic works over Jones with some ground and pound from guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sigic loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sigic has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Jones working for a triangle but Sigic defends it easily.
Sigic is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sigic wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Sigic lands a couple of digs.

Jones has his foot on Sigic's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sigic works his way back into a safe position though.
Sigic tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.
Sigic pushing down on Jones's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sigic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jones is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Sigic is staying active.
Sigic slips a nice elbow through Jones's hands, connecting with Jones's forehead.

Jones looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sigic is nestled in close to Jones, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jones has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sigic is working away from the top position though.
Sigic winds up and cracks Jones with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sigic takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Jones is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sigic pulls his head out easily.
Sigic trying to pass the guard but Jones defending well.

Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigic is thwarting Jones's attempts to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice defenses there by Sigic.
Sigic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Sigic shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jones is trying to defend but Sigic finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Sigic takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
James Sigic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Jones actively working from the bottom here.
Jones is in trouble now - Sigic has advanced to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sigic scoring with strikes but Jones is staying in there.
Jones tries to reverse the position but Sigic maintains control.
Sigic scoring with strikes but Jones is staying in there.
Sigic punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sigic landing strikes from the mount.
Jones is looking to get to half guard.
Sigic scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sigic postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jones looks a forlorn figure.
Sigic looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jones wants to hold on but Sigic pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Sigic dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Sigic slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Sigic staying out of range there.

Sigic gets the takedown into side control.
Sigic lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jones wants to control but Sigic postures up.
Sigic lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sigic cracks Jones with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Jones is trying to control Sigic's posture but Sigic avoids it.
Sigic lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jones down.
Sigic tries to score with some ground and pound. Jones controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jones manages to get back to half guard.
Sigic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones trying to control from the bottom.
Sigic is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Jones reverses the position - he's now on top in Sigic's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sigic is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sigic keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
James Sigic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones passes Sigic's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sigic knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sigic wants to get back to full guard.
Jones stalling away here and it's allowed Sigic to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Sigic tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones looking to pass the guard.
Sigic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.
Eli Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
James Sigic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sigic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Sigic!