PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Jones (ranked 4643 p4p, 2952 weight class) and Stiruz Lygre (ranked 0 p4p, 189 weight class). Lygre is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dovahkiin - The Song of The Dragonborn. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jones
vs
Lygre

187 cm
22
180
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
130
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Intelligent

Nutritional Shaved Ice

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stiruz Lygre!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lygre shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jones eats them both and turns towards Lygre to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lygre slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Lygre swinging wildly here.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Lygre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Jones gets a clinch.

Lygre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lygre moves away from the strike by Jones.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Despite the aggression on Lygre's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Lygre slips a straight right by Jones.
Lygre throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lygre.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones misses the jab.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Lygre moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lygre goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones misses the jab.
A shot to the body from Jones misses
and Lygre counters with a straight right hand.
Lygre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A left lands for Jones.
James Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lygre thumps Jones with a low kick.
Lygre scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jones misses with the combination.
Lygre moves away from the strike by Jones.
Jones misses with a right hand
and Lygre counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lygre.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones throws a lazy uppercut
and Lygre counters with a right hand to the body.
Lygre slips a straight right by Jones.
Lygre misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Lygre is rocked!
Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lygre is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Lygre is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
BOOM! Jones lands a beautiful left hook that drops Lygre. Lygre tries to recover but Jones is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Lygre lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Jones!
Stiruz Lygre was interviewed post fight and said 'I want to apologize to my opponent for letting him think that was my best performance. I was out drinking all night yesterday, probably going to forget this entire night by tommorrow. So it doesn't count in my book. '.