PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the ring accompanied by Alice in Chains - Them Bones. Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: disturbed - down with the sickness. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Jones
vs
Gracie

195 cm
23
270 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

200 cm
19
265 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joseph Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chuck Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Gracie throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gracie.
Joseph Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Gracie slips a jab from Jones.
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jones has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jones there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jones throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Gracie swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Jones looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Gracie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jones lands with a straight right. Gracie didn't see that one coming.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss

and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jones wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Gracie is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
Jones throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.
Gracie shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gracie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones looks to land a combination. Gracie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jones lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jones.
Jones misses with a looping left.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gracie counters with a three punch combo that has Jones backing up. Jones nods at Gracie to acknowledge the strikes.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Joseph Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuck Gracie.
Gracie lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jones drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gracie lands a really nice looking cross but Jones seems unphased.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Jones.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Jones misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Gracie to counter with a crisp jab.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a looping right.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie slips a straight right by Jones.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Jones gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gracie.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Jones, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Jones against the ropes but Jones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
A big left from Gracie misses.

That's six 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.
Gracie misses with a double jab
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gracie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gracie might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.
Jones swinging wilding here.
Gracie is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
A big left from Jones misses.
Jones takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Joseph Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
A punch combination from Jones misses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Gracie slips a jab from Jones.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Jones.
Jones throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Jones slips a jab from Gracie.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Jones misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Jones dominated that 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 gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Jones throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gracie drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jones struggling a bit here.
Gracie prevents Jones from escaping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie working the ground and pound but Jones is defending the strikes.

Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jones, who protects the arm well.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gracie looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Jones is avoiding damage well.
Jones is trying to control Gracie's posture but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gracie misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Gracie throws an elbow but Jones slips to the side and avoids it well.
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.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gracie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Joseph Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuck Gracie.
Jones lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Gracie throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big right from Gracie misses.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Joseph Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Gracie closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gracie wants to pass to mount but Jones is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but Jones is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but Jones defending well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jones manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jones throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Jones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jones connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gracie. Gracie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jones swinging wilding here.
A big right from Jones misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jones fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Jones slips under a jab.
Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jones lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gracie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gracie throws a hook but Jones blocks it.
Jones works over Gracie's head and body with a nice combination.

Gracie is rocked!
Jones fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gracie on the side of the head.
Chuck Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Jones.
A big right from Jones misses.
Gracie seems to have recovered his senses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gracie finds it's way round the side to connect with Jones's head.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Jones with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gracie to score with a decent uppercut.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
Jones throws a one two combo.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Gracie throws a series of strikes that have Jones backpedaling.
Jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Jones throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joseph 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Joseph Jones!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Joseph Jones!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Joseph Jones!

Joseph Jones wins by unanimous decision!