PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy The Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anton Jones has the eye of the tiger tonight.

The Butcher
vs
Jones

187 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

206 cm
21
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy The Butcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Anton Jones!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Butcher's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and The Butcher duly obliges.
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The Butcher scores with a one two! Jones had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The Butcher moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones avoids the body shot from The Butcher.
Jones throws a right hand that The Butcher ducks under and follows up with a left that The Butcher also avoids with ease.
The Butcher lands a nice looking body shot.
The Butcher slaps away a takedown attempt from Jones, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The Butcher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jones fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. The Butcher sprawls well initially but Jones persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Butcher is trying to escape back to his feet but Jones uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Jones working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Butcher wants to get back to his feet but Jones drags him back down.
The Butcher is trying to escape the position but Jones is controlling the position.
The Butcher is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Butcher gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

Jones gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
The Butcher misses with a wild combination.
The Butcher stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and The Butcher wants it to stay on the feet.
Jones slips a jab from The Butcher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones shoots in and drives through. The Butcher sprawls well.
Billy The Butcher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anton Jones.
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Butcher closes the distance but Jones moves to the side

and Jones counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The Butcher is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The Butcher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Butcher wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
The Butcher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Butcher tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
The Butcher is pressed up against the cage. Jones has hold of a leg and is looking to drag The Butcher down to the mat. The Butcher avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jones dodges the punch combination from The Butcher.
The Butcher lands a nice shot that snaps Jones's head back.
Jones looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by The Butcher.
The Butcher tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Butcher fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A frustrated look appears on The Butcher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones looking for a takedown.
The Butcher tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on The Butcher's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones prevents The Butcher from breaking the clinch.
The Butcher working hard to break the clinch.
The Butcher wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones keeps control of The Butcher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones throws a half hearted mid kick.
Billy The Butcher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Butcher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
The Butcher displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jones.
Jones on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Butcher lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jones at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Butcher moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy The Butcher dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Butcher ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Jones clinches up with The Butcher and pushes him back against the cage.
The Butcher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Butcher prevents the takedown attempt.
The Butcher gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jones.
The Butcher has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Jones prevents The Butcher from breaking the clinch.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones is on the wrong end of a nice combination from The Butcher.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Butcher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from The Butcher.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Butcher lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
The Butcher tries to clinch but Jones moves away

and Jones counters by clinching up.
The Butcher is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
The Butcher can't break the clinch.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Butcher lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Jones is breathing heavily.

The Butcher clinches with his opponent.
The Butcher trying to stall but Jones improves his position.

The Butcher manages to break the clinch.
Jones walks into a left hand.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Butcher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by The Butcher - just one landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Butcher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Butcher digs a good hook to Jones's body.
The Butcher misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but The Butcher shows good takedown defense.
Billy The Butcher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anton Jones.
The Butcher misses with a double jab.
Anton Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Butcher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
The Butcher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Butcher throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
The Butcher throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but The Butcher shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones shoots for a double leg takedown but The Butcher sprawls well. He's pushed Jones's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Butcher stalks Jones and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jones's face. Jones staggers backwards, shaken.
Nice shot lands for The Butcher.
The Butcher wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Billy The Butcher is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Butcher keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The Butcher lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The Butcher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Butcher lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Butcher connects with a jab.
A jab lands there for The Butcher.
The Butcher bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The Butcher throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Butcher scores with a nice head shot.

Jones is rocked!
The Butcher cracks Jones with a hook to the temple - Jones is on wobbly legs here! The Butcher swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Jones falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! The Butcher wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Billy The Butcher!
Our winner, Billy The Butcher, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.