PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leandro Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buzz Lightbeer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leandro Jones is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Jones
vs
Lightbeer

183 cm
32
181 lbs
15 - 15 - 2

176 cm
33
160 lbs
13 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leandro Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Buzz Lightbeer!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lightbeer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jones connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lightbeer's hands.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lightbeer jabs at Jones's body.
Jones looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lightbeer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lightbeer throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
and Lightbeer counters with a thumping low kick.
A big right from Jones misses.
Donk. Jones catches Lightbeer right on the button with a cross.
Lightbeer cracks the inside of Jones's front leg.

Jones moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lightbeer throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Jones tests Lightbeer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lightbeer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jones moves away from the strike by Lightbeer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightbeer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Jones fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Lightbeer to the ground. Jones is now in Lightbeer's guard.

Lightbeer is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Jones presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.

Lightbeer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lightbeer has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jones is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Jones has Lightbeer up against the cage in a clinch.
Lightbeer tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones avoids the head kick by Lightbeer.
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Jones closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lightbeer's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones connects with a couple of short punches.

Lightbeer scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Lightbeer misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Lightbeer tries a head kick but it misses.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Lightbeer circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lightbeer missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Lightbeer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jones misses with a hook. Lightbeer ducked under it nicely.
Crunch! Lightbeer slams his shin into Jones's torso.
Buzz Lightbeer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jones is defended easily by Lightbeer.
Lightbeer throws a fast counter high kick but Jones manages to duck under it in time.
Jones throws a series of punches but Lightbeer avoids them all with ease.
Jones misses the jab.
Lightbeer raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Lightbeer's corner calls for a 1-2. Lightbeer obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lightbeer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lightbeer.
Lightbeer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Lightbeer.
Jones swinging wildly here.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Lightbeer, which made it look bad.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lightbeer! But no joy.
Jones misses with a hook. Lightbeer ducked under it nicely.
Leandro Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lightbeer lunges at Jones with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jones's hand.
Jones misses with the combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lightbeer! But no joy.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Lightbeer is out of range.
Lightbeer connects with an inside leg kick.
Jones throws a series of punches but Lightbeer moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jones throws a jab when Lightbeer was well out of range.
Jones backing away here, and Lightbeer unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jones tries to clinch but Lightbeer is having none of it.
Jones connects with a leg kick. Lightbeer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lightbeer swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Lightbeer's head but Lightbeer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lightbeer throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Jones takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jones lands with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lightbeer sizes up Jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lightbeer misses with a body shot.
Lightbeer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lightbeer looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Leandro Jones will probably get the nod.
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.

A head kick misses from Jones.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with Lightbeer.
Lightbeer pressing his opponent against the cage.

Lightbeer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lightbeer.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Lightbeer pushes him off.
Lightbeer throws a leg kick but Jones sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jones misses with a low kick.
Jones throws a quick inside leg kick.
Leandro Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to land a leg kick but Lightbeer saw it coming and moves away.
Leandro Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Lightbeer scores with a head kick.
Jones throws a right hand that Lightbeer ducks under and follows up with a left that Lightbeer also avoids with ease.
Jones changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lightbeer tries to avoid it but Jones manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lightbeer to the ground. Lightbeer escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Jones takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lightbeer manages to break the clinch.
Lightbeer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice jab there from Lightbeer.
Lightbeer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lightbeer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lightbeer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lightbeer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lightbeer throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Jones throwing a counter right hand but Lightbeer manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Lightbeer.
A big right from Jones misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lightbeer momentarily.
Jones lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lightbeer moves out of range of the body kick.
Lightbeer throws a head kick that half lands.
Lightbeer lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lightbeer defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Lightbeer only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Jab by Jones.
Lightbeer misses with a head kick.
Lightbeer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged Lightbeer in a clinch.
Lightbeer stalling.
Lightbeer is pushing Jones up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Jones gets control of Lightbeer's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jones will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Lightbeer gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jones lands with a straight right. Lightbeer didn't see that one coming.
Lightbeer scores with a jab.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lightbeer but Lightbeer pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lightbeer throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones throws a right hand that Lightbeer ducks under and follows up with a left that Lightbeer also avoids with ease.
It seemed like Lightbeer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jones feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lightbeers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones misses with a looping right.

Jones clinches up against the cage.
Lightbeer has Jones pushed against the cage.

Lightbeer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lightbeer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jones's calf.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Lightbeer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Lightbeer misses.
A jab from Lightbeer misses.
A jab from Lightbeer misses.
Lightbeer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Leandro Jones will probably get the nod.
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!

Lightbeer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jones shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lightbeer defends it nicely.
Lightbeer slips a straight right by Jones.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Lightbeer misses with a straight left.
Lightbeer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Lightbeer.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lightbeer.
Lightbeer misses with a low kick.
Lightbeer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Lightbeer cracks Jones with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lightbeer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lightbeer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jones duly obliges.
Lightbeer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lightbeer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jones tries to clinch up but Lightbeer circles away and keeps his distance.
Lightbeer misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lightbeer lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice jab there from Jones.

Lightbeer is rocked!
Jones throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lightbeer is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Nice uppercut there from Jones.
Lightbeer misses with a body shot.
Lightbeer throws a head kick that half lands.
Lightbeer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Good exchange - Jones coming out on top.
Jones misses the jab.
Jones swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lightbeer connects with the punch.
Lightbeer seems to have recovered his senses.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leandro Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones dips to his left and cracks Lightbeer with an uppercut!
Jones connects with a looping right hand.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Lightbeer raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Jones blocks a head kick by Lightbeer.
Jones takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jones misses with a low kick.
Lightbeer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Lightbeer.
Lightbeer is looking to chop away at Jones's legs.
Lightbeer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Jones misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lightbeer misses with a head kick.
Jones lands a slapping body shot.
Jones shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lightbeer eats them both and turns towards Jones to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lightbeer backs up against the cage.
Jones misses with a hook.
Jones lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lightbeer loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Buzz Lightbeer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lightbeer misses with a looping right.
Lightbeer ducks right into an uppercut from Jones.
Jones takes one to the chin there.
Jones misses with a hook. Lightbeer ducked under it nicely.
Lightbeer throws out a counter right but Jones avoids it with no problem.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leandro 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leandro Jones!
Leandro Jones was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.