PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Soprano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jones might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Numb Encore. Tony Soprano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jones
vs
Soprano

194 cm
21
205 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

188 cm
23
215 lbs
6 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jon Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tony Soprano!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow Soprano down.
Soprano slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Soprano misses with a wild body shot.
Jones thows a body kick. Soprano tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Soprano slips a jab from Jones.
Jones is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Soprano.

It looks like Jon Jones has been cut.
Jones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Jones is rocked!
Soprano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd cheers as Soprano lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jones doesn't seem phased though.
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Soprano misses with a few strikes there.
Soprano misses the jab.
Jones seems to have got his legs back now.
Soprano's corner calls for a 1-2. Soprano obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jones takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Soprano lands with a shot to the body.
Jones gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Soprano.
Soprano looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soprano avoids the head kick by Jones.
Soprano looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones looks for the body kick but Soprano saw that one coming.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Soprano checks the leg kick.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Soprano pushes him off.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Soprano.
Jones scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Soprano stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jones takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice straight punches there by Soprano. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Soprano.
The fighters circling - Soprano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soprano moves out of range of the body kick.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Jones lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jones lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Soprano scores with a nice right hand.
Soprano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Soprano moves out of range of the body kick.
Soprano jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
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!
Jones moves out of range as Soprano strikes.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Soprano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Soprano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Soprano digs a good hook to Jones's body.
Nice jab there from Soprano.
Soprano punishes Jones's body with a nice straight punch.
Soprano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jones momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.
Soprano avoids the body shot from Jones.
Tony Soprano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Soprano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Soprano.

Jon Jones's cut is getting worse.
Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.
Soprano catches Jones with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Soprano crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jones - the referee stops the clock and Soprano gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jones. Soprano manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jones throws a body kick that misses.
Jones swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Soprano counter with a right hand.
Jones is looking to wear down Soprano with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jones walks into a stiff left hand from Soprano.
Soprano is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jones had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jones walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Soprano's front leg but catches the back leg as Soprano tries to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones throws a one two combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soprano misses with a two punch combination.
Soprano scores with a three punch combo!
Soprano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jones throws a hook but Soprano avoids it easily.
Soprano checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jones takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Soprano.
Jones scores with a nice body kick.
Soprano throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Soprano holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jones tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jones punching from mount but Soprano doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Soprano is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Soprano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Jones's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jones misses with a kick to the body.
Soprano takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Soprano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Soprano checks a leg kick.
A solid body kick from Jones.
Soprano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jones misses with a combination
and Soprano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jones misses with a kick to the body.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Soprano ducks down to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Soprano.

Jon Jones's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Jones turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tony Soprano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones scores with a crisp jab that stopped Soprano in his tracks.
Jones throws a head kick but Soprano moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soprano takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tony Soprano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
Jones looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jones tries to land a front kick but Soprano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Soprano.
Jones throws a leg kick but Soprano sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jones throws a jab when Soprano was well out of range.
Soprano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jones scores with the left hand. Soprano knows he should have avoided that one.
Jones walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Soprano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jones looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jones throws a push kick but Soprano slaps the foot to one side.
Jones swings for the body but Soprano moves out of range.
Jones misses with a kick to the body.
Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soprano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jones pivots, looking for a leg kick but Soprano is out of range and Jones settles back down.
Soprano scores with a jab. Jones acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Soprano moves into range and connects with a jab.
Soprano connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soprano misses with a body shot.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Soprano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Soprano lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Jones scores with a spinning back kick!
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Soprano.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Soprano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Some wild striking there from Soprano.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soprano.
Soprano looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Soprano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Soprano has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jones.
Soprano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jones's hands.
Jones walks into a left hand.
Soprano loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Jones throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Soprano moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Jeez, Jon Jones's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Soprano misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Soprano.
Jones tries to work over Soprano's front leg with a kick but Soprano checks it.
Jones thuds his shin into the meat of Soprano's side.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Soprano counters with a nice uppercut.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jon Jones's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tony Soprano!
Tony Soprano is the new light heavyweight champion!