PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brody Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Adam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes into the arena with "Grease Box" blaring out of the sound system. Brody Jones is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Jones
vs
Adam

189 cm
25
222 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

197 cm
26
215 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brody Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Adam!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adam shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jones defends it nicely.
Jones wants to clinch up but Adam keeps it at a distance.
Adam bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jones throws a series of punches but Adam avoids them all with ease.
Jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Adam jabs at Jones's body.
No luck for Adam with that takedown attempt.

Adam rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Adam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adam shoots in but no luck this time.
Brody Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Adam.

Adam shoots in and bounces Jones off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jones wants to stand up but Adam is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Adam loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jones wants to stand and escape but Adam is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adam with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jones on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jones tries to get out of the position.
Adam keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jones's head.

Adam gets to his feet - Jones follows without any prompting.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Adam moves away from the strike by Jones.
Adam throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Adam dives in and scores a takedown into Jones's guard.
Adam throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Adam.

Adam drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Adam jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jones looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jones working a defensive guard here.
Adam stops Jones from standing up.

We're going to have a standup here because Brody Jones wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Adam clinches up against the cage.

Adam manages to break the clinch.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Adam fails to land with a series of punches.

Jones tries to keep at a distance but Adam has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones fails to pull guard.

Adam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Adam uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adam thuds his right hand into Jones's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jones moves to clinch but Adam breaks away
and Adam counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jones thinking.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adam was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Jones throws a lazy uppercut
and Adam makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A punch combination from Adam misses.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adam moves away.
Jones throws the left hand but Adam avoids the punch easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Adam shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Adam throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adam looks gassed!
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Adam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adam attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Adam counters with a stiff right hand.
Jones throws a body punch but Adam moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Adam dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Adam saw that one coming.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Adam. That's going to slow Jones down.
Jones with a jab.
Jones throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Adam moves into the clinch successfully.

Adam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adam comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Adam.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Adam dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brody Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Adam moved out of range nicely.
Adam misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones dives in and grabs Adam's left leg, looking for a takedown. Adam pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Adam uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones throws a right and a left that Adam avoids nicely.

Adam gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Adam manages to break the clinch.
Adam keeps the fight on the outside.
Adam swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adam moves out of range of the strikes.

Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Adam is controlling him.

Adam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adam does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jones swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adam.
Adam throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Adam turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jones throws a hook but Adam blocks it.
Adam scores with a nice right hand.
Adam takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd cheers as Adam lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jones doesn't seem phased though.
Adam misses with the combination.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adam manages to avoid it.
Brody Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adam looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Adam persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
Adam is breathing heavily.
Jones tries to clinch there but Adam circles away.
Jones misses the body punch
and Adam counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jones misses with a body kick.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown but Adam manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jones's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Adam shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense.
Adam pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big right from Jones misses.
Jones stalks Adam and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Adam's face. Adam staggers backwards, shaken.
Adam feints a jab promting Jones to slip. Adam then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jones slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jones misses with a hook.
Jason Adam seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones scores with a one two! Adam had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Adam pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice body punch from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a shot to the body.
Adam defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Jones checks a low kick from Adam.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adam moves away from the strike by Jones.
Adam slips under a jab.
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adam.
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Adam on that attempt.
Brody Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Adam.
Adam showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Adam gets tackled into the cage by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.
Adam has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Adam wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Adam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adam dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Adam bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones is looking to clinch but Adam is avoiding it.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Adam throws a solid leg kick but Jones takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Adam.
Jones misses with a hook.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones misses with a looping left.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Adam bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jones's head backwards.
No joy there for Adam, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brody Jones dominated that second round.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jones misses with a body shot.
Adam throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jones's waist but Jones gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Adam off to one side.
Adam misses with the combination.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Adam tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jones swivels and escapes.

Adam gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Adam has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones tries to break free but Adam pushes him back against the cage.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Adam takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Adam comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Adam lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adam takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jones misses with a wild combination.

Jones rushes Adam and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Adam prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Adam prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.

Adam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adam avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Adam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from Adam, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Brody Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Adam.
Adam defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Adam doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Adam ducks down to avoid it.
Adam dodges the punch combination from Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones tries to keep at a distance but Adam has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Adam has the dominant position.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.

Adam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adam displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jones.
Adam fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Adam throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Adam pushes him off.

Adam takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adam has him pressed against the cage.

Adam breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to clinch up but Adam keeps it at a distance.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A lazy left from Jones finds it's target.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Adam manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Adam scores with a hook.
Jones takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Horrible takedown by Adam or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Horrible takedown by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Adam which made him look bad.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones moves to clinch but Adam breaks away
and Adam counters with a two punch combo.
No joy there for Adam, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to clinch up but Adam keeps it at a distance.
Jones tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Adam swivels and escapes.
Adam slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Adam counters with a left and a right that stings Jones.
Jones connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adam moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Jones enables Adam to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Jones manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Adam being controlled here momentarily.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Adam is controlling him.
Jones throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brody 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brody Jones!
Brody Jones tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.