PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Travis (ranked 4199 p4p, 468 weight class) and Canipleaserolla Jonjones (ranked 3887 p4p, 439 weight class). Travis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Chris Travis - Crunch Time. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Travis
vs
Jonjones

194 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

193 cm
19
207 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Travis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Canipleaserolla Jonjones!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Chad Campbell and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jonjones looks to land a left hand but Travis moved out of range nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Travis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Travis.
Nice shot lands for Travis.
Travis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jonjones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jonjones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jonjones swings widly with a right hand
letting Travis counter with a right hand.
Travis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Travis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Travis manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Travis keeping moving, preventing Jonjones from controlling successfully.

Travis is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jonjones is aware though and is defending well.
Jonjones trying to control but Travis is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonjones slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Jonjones is trying to get an arm triangle but Travis is defending well.

Jonjones wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Travis, who protects the arm well.

Jonjones is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Travis knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Jonjones looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Travis struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travis tries to improve position but can't.
Travis wants to control but Jonjones postures up.

Jonjones is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Travis has escaped the position, nice work there.

Jonjones is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Travis knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Jonjones is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Travis has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jonjones is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Travis's shoulder. That is not cool.

Jonjones is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Travis is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Travis is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Jonjones's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jonjones moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Travis.
Jonjones controls the position.
Travis is trying to improve his position.
Travis manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Jonjones trying to control from the bottom.
Jonjones keeping hold of Travis's head, controlling as best he can.

Jonjones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jonjones looking for submissions off his back.

Jonjones has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Travis escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Travis!
Travis is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Jonjones's shoulder. That is not cool.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jonjones tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Travis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Travis 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.

Travis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jonjones.
Travis throwing a counter right hand but Jonjones manages to avoid it.
Travis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jonjones.
It looked like Travis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Travis throws a shot to the body.
Travis blocks a jab.
Jonjones takes one on the button.
Jonjones misses with an uppercut. Travis saw that one coming.
Chris Travis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Travis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jonjones.
Jonjones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Travis blocks an uppercut.
Travis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Travis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jonjones backwards.
Jonjones is breathing heavily.
Travis pushes Jonjones back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Travis.
Travis lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Travis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Travis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Travis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Travis.
A head punch on the inside from Travis fails to land.
Travis lands a shot to the body.
Travis blocking some punches.
Travis scores with a hook to the body.

Travis jumps guard and drags Jonjones to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Jonjones drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jonjones jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Travis has his foot on Jonjones's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jonjones works his way back into a safe position though.
Travis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jonjones can do to turn this around?

Travis has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jonjones can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jonjones is stalling in the full guard.

Jonjones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Travis has his foot on Jonjones's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jonjones works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonjones trying to control the position from guard on top but Travis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jonjones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Travis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Travis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jonjones is stalling in the full guard.
Jonjones trying to control the position from guard on top but Travis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jonjones sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Travis escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jonjones gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Travis looking for subs off his back but Jonjones has passed one foot through into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jonjones in particular looking to stall.

Travis is defending against the submission attempts here by Jonjones.

Jonjones is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four 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.

Travis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Travis actively working from the bottom here.

Jonjones looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Travis trying to control here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Travis is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jonjones pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Travis 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Travis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jonjones takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Travis misses the jab.
Travis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jonjones's corner calls for a 1-2. Jonjones obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Chris Travis is winning the standup battle so far.
Travis misses with a right hand
and Jonjones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jonjones takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jonjones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jonjones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jonjones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Travis.
Jonjones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Travis.
Jonjones throws a poor cross that misses
and Travis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Travis lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonjones closes the distance but Travis moves to the side
letting Travis counter with a right hand.
Travis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jonjones looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jonjones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jonjones on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Travis lands a jab-cross combination.
Travis gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Travis misses with a body shot
and Jonjones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Travis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jonjones.
A telegraphed right hand from Jonjones misses the target.
Travis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jonjones throws out the jab.
Travis throws a poor cross that misses
and Travis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A combination from Travis does no damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Travis misses with a left hand

and Jonjones moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonjones tries to pull guard but Travis forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jonjones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jonjones fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Travis lands with a left to the head.
Jonjones working aggressively here.
Travis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jonjones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jonjones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Travis tries to pull guard but Jonjones won't allow it.
Travis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jonjones tries to pull guard but Travis holds him up against the cage and eventually Jonjones drops back down to his feet.
Chris Travis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Canipleaserolla Jonjones.

Jonjones pulls Travis into guard.
Travis trying to control the position from guard on top but Jonjones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Canipleaserolla Jonjones has got the better of the ground game so far.

Jonjones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Travis trying to control but Jonjones is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jonjones is looking for a triangle but Travis pushes his legs off easily.
Travis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Travis got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jonjones has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Travis has managed to get both his arms back between Jonjones's legs - danger averted.
Travis wants to control from the top but Jonjones keeps moving.
Jonjones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jonjones keeping moving, preventing Travis from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Canipleaserolla Jonjones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jonjones slips a straight right by Travis.
A countering left hand to the body from Jonjones misses.
Travis looks to score with a jab to the body but Jonjones is just out of range.
Travis misses with a hook. Jonjones ducked under it nicely.
Jonjones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jonjones ducks right into an uppercut from Travis.
Travis lands a two punch combo.
A cross from Travis lands.

Jonjones is rocked!
Travis lands a body shot.

Jonjones forces Travis back against the cage and clinches.
Jonjones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Travis lands with a short shot to the head.
Jonjones lands with a short shot to the head.
Travis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Travis.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Travis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Travis, 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Travis!
An out of breath and clearly excited Chris Travis thanked Sportivité for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).