PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mukassa Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitaliy Klichko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Vitaliy Klichko looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Jones
vs
Klichko

194 cm
22
217 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

202 cm
25
270 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mukassa Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vitaliy Klichko!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Klichko's hands.
Klichko connects with a body shot that sends Jones's belly button to the back.
Klichko ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Sloppy strikes from Klichko. Those never looked like landing.
Klichko looks gassed!
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw.
Klichko lands a slapping body shot.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klichko.

Jones forces Klichko back against the ropes and clinches.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Klichko staying out of range there.
Jones throws a body punch but Klichko moves out of range.
Klichko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Vitaliy Klichko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klichko moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Jones misses.
Klichko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Klichko throws a combination. Jones tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jones works over Klichko's head and body with a nice combination.
Klichko looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Jones throws a right hand that Klichko ducks under and follows up with a left that Klichko also avoids with ease.
Klichko throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.

Jones clinches.
Jones lands a left hand.
Jones gets through Klichko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Jones tightens his grip and picks Klichko up, before dumping him to the ground. Klichko manages to land in guard.
Jones stops Klichko from standing up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jones is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones stops Klichko from standing up.
Jones lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Jones is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Klichko kicks Jones off and gets to his feet.
Jones has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jones there as he acknowledges the shot.
A punch lands to the side of Jones 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Klichko connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Klichko.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Klichko is just out of range.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Klichko's shoulder, as Klichko tries to avoid the shot.
Klichko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Klichko.
Jones misses with a straight left.

Jones closes the distance and pushes Klichko back into the ropes.
Klichko is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Klichko takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Klichko misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Jones breaks the clinch.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Klichko is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Jones has Klichko pressed against the ropes, preventing Klichko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Klichko wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.

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

Klichko stands up from Jones's guard - Klichko perhaps looking for a knockout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mukassa Jones dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Klichko lands with a good body shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Klichko.
Klichko throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.

Jones moves into the clinch.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Jones pulls guard.

Jones is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Klichko is aware though and is defending well.
Klichko wants to stand and escape but instead Jones has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jones prevents Klichko from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Klichko is keeping the position for now.
Jones wants to stand but Klichko is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klichko keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones won't allow Klichko to get back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jones throwing strikes but missing.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Klichko blocks nicely.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Klichko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones won't allow Klichko to get back to his feet.

Jones stands up and waves to Klichko to follow him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Klichko is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Klichko throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Jones getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Klichko looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
Nice jab there from Jones.
Klichko lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Jones has Klichko up against the ropes in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Klichko regains guard immediately.
Klichko is looking to stand up but Jones isn't so interested in that idea.
Klichko keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Klichko is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jones is controlling him.
Jones trying to control but Klichko is working from the bottom.

Mukassa Jones has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
A jab from Jones misses.
Klichko fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Klichko manages to avoid it.
Vitaliy Klichko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones swinging wildly here.
A left and a right from Klichko both land. Nice combination.
Klichko lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Klichko.
Jones lands a right hook to the body.
Klichko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klichko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
A decent looking cross lands there for Klichko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mukassa Jones dominated that second round.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Klichko lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Klichko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Klichko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Klichko moves away from the strike by Jones.
Klichko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Klichko scores with a decent looking hook.
Klichko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jones connects with a crisp jab.
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
Jones lands with a cross.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones takes a swing at Klichko's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klichko.

Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
Jones tries to pull guard but Klichko won't allow it.
Klichko wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Klichko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Klichko misses with a hook.
Klichko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Klichko.
Jones avoids the body shot from Klichko.
Klichko gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Klichko changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jones tries to avoid it but Klichko manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jones to the ground. Jones escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a looping left.
Jones looks to land a combination but Klichko avoids it well.
Jones tries for a takedown but Klichko sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mukassa Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Jones takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Klichko.
Klichko throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones wants to clinch up but Klichko keeps it at a distance.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown but Klichko manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jones's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Klichko stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Klichko does it's job there.
Klichko scores with a shot to the body.
Klichko misses with a wild body shot.
Klichko misses with a straight left.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Klichko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jones swings for the body but Klichko moves out of range.
Klichko just misses with a punch to the body.
Klichko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Klichko pushes him off.
Jones tries to clinch but Klichko is having none of it.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klichko stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Klichko throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jones.
Klichko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.

Jones clinches up against the ropes.
Klichko tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the ropes.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones throws a leg kick but Klichko checks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jones here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Klichko scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Vitaliy Klichko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mukassa Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jones has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mukassa Jones!