PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chris Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shakir Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nelson's choice of entrance music: Erase Me. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jones
vs
Nelson

183 cm
25
141 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shakir Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson fails to land with a series of punches.
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
Nelson slaps away a takedown attempt from Jones, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nelson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jones swivels and escapes.
Nelson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jones.
Jones lands a really nice looking cross but Nelson seems unphased.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nelson.
Nelson looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Chris Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shakir Nelson.
Nelson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Chris Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Nelson tries to bench press Jones off him but Jones keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The strikes coming from Jones are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Nelson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jones.
The strikes coming from Jones are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jones throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Jones looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Nelson is avoiding damage well.
Jones sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nelson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Nelson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jones.
Jones working away.
Nelson looks gassed!
Nelson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jones.
Nelson taking a bit of punishment here - Jones scoring with strikes.
Nelson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Nelson to see if he's OK.
Nelson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jones working the ground and pound but Nelson is defending the strikes.
Nelson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jones.
Nelson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jones connects with a decent elbow.
The strikes coming from Jones are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jones working the body and head with strikes.
Jones working the ground and pound from side control.
Nelson holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Nelson is trying to improve his position.
Jones works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working the body and head with strikes.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nelson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jones tries to move to mount but Nelson blocks the move with his legs.
Jones fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Jones tries to score with some ground and pound. Nelson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jones misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Nelson manages to get back to half guard.
Nelson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones looks to land a strike but Nelson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones postures up in Nelson's guard and throws a big left but Nelson blocks it.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
Jones postures up in Nelson's guard and throws a big left but Nelson blocks it.
Jones won't allow Nelson to get back to his feet.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nelson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nelson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson looking to control.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Nelson blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Jones dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jones fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nelson avoids it really well and circles away.
Nelson fails to land the takedown.
Nelson keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones wants to clinch.
Nelson moves away from the strike by Jones.
Jones dives in and grabs Nelson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nelson pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Nelson misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
Nelson misses with a few strikes there.
Nelson tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Nelson shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.
Nelson stuffs the takedown attempt from Jones. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nelson misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.

Jones closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones throwing shots but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nelson is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nelson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nelson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nelson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nelson's head.
Nelson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throwing shots but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nelson's head.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nelson wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nelson punching from the bottom.
Jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nelson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nelson is trying to get back to full guard.
Nelson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nelson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nelson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.
Nelson has hold of Jones's hands but Jones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones slips a nice elbow through Nelson's hands, connecting with Nelson's forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.
Jones stops Nelson from getting back to his feet.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nelson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nelson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Jones dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones shoots for a double leg takedown but Nelson sprawls well. He's pushed Jones's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nelson feints and then cracks Jones's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jones down.

Nelson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nelson looking for a takedown.
Nelson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nelson smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jones.

Nelson clinches.
Nelson jumps guard but Jones stands there with Nelson around his waist. Nelson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jones is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nelson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jones is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Nelson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones throws a right and a left that Nelson avoids nicely.
Chris Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Nelson circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Nelson is looking to clinch.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones is looking to clinch but Nelson is avoiding it.
Jones tries for a takedown but Nelson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jones shoots in and drives through. Nelson sprawls well.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nelson pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson lands a lovely overhand right.
Nelson stuffs the takedown attempt from Jones. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Nelson. Those never looked like landing.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nelson.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Nelson circles away.

Jones scores a takedown into full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jones cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nelson is looking to improve his position but Jones isn't that keen on the idea.
Nelson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jones. What's that going to do exactly?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones thowing shots but they're missing.
Nelson is looking to improve his position but Jones isn't that keen on the idea.
Jones is landing with some decent strikes but Nelson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Poor strikes thrown by Jones there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jones unloading with bombs!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nelson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nelson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones raining down shots from the mount!
Shakir Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chris Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nelson is bucking up trying to escape but Jones cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jones, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Jones!