PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarmo Raikonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Jon Jones has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jon Jones seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Jones
vs
Raikonen

193 cm
18
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarmo Raikonen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Raikonen is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Raikonen. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Raikonen misses the jab.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Raikonen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Raikonen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Raikonen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Raikonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones staying out of range there.
Raikonen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jones at a distance.
Raikonen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jones has Raikonen up against the ropes in a clinch.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones obliges.
Raikonen is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.
Raikonen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Jones throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raikonen prevents a body shot from Jones.
Jones with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Jones.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Raikonen looks winded!
Knees to the body from Jones.
Jones scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jarmo Raikonen has been cut.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raikonen's efforts to push away.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raikonen's face.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raikonen's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raikonen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Jones.
A knee to the head by Jones.
Jones working Raikonen over with knees to the body.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Jones content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Raikonen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
Jones landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raikonen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones lands a nice knee to the body.
Jones with a knee to the head.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Raikonen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the ropes.
Raikonen is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raikonen's face.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raikonen's efforts to push away.
Raikonen is trying to stall.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Raikonen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones obliges.
Jones landing knees to the body.
Jones landing knees to the body.
Raikonen tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Raikonen's ribcage.
Jones is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raikonen's efforts to push away.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones obliges.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Raikonen is trying to break free.
Raikonen is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Raikonen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Raikonen is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Jones keeps control of Raikonen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Raikonen is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Raikonen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Raikonen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Raikonen's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones with a knee to the head.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raikonen's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raikonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones scores with a knee to the head.
Jones displaying some good clinch control by pressing Raikonen up against the ropes.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones lands a knee to the head.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones stalling in the clinch but Raikonen improves position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones obliges.
A hook to the body from Jones.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Raikonen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Raikonen tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones with a knee to the head.
Raikonen wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones with a knee to the head.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jarmo Raikonen's cut.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Raikonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones wants to clinch.
Raikonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Raikonen.
Raikonen lands with a shot to the body.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones throws a body punch but Raikonen moves out of range.
Raikonen cracks a nice hook into Jones's ribs.
Raikonen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raikonen misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Raikonen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raikonen throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Raikonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Jones tries to clinch but Raikonen moves out of range.
Raikonen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raikonen lands with a nice body punch.
Jarmo Raikonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Raikonen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Raikonen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jones tries to clinch there but Raikonen circles away.
Raikonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.

Jones drives through and clinches with Raikonen against the ropes.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Raikonen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones prevents Raikonen from breaking the clinch.
Jones looking to slow down the pace here.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raikonen blocks it with crossed arms.
Raikonen can't break the clinch.
Raikonen is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Raikonen is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Raikonen blocks a body shot from Jones.
Raikonen has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Raikonen wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raikonen can't break the clinch.
Jones prevents Raikonen from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Jones.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Raikonen blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones keeps control of Raikonen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Raikonen's ribcage.
Jones trying to stall but Raikonen improves his position.

Raikonen breaks from the clinch.
Raikonen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jones on the side of the head.
Jones is looking to clinch but Raikonen is avoiding it.
Raikonen misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Raikonen throws out a powerful jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Raikonen.
Raikonen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raikonen cracks a nice hook into Jones's ribs.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Raikonen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jones's head.
Jones tries to clinch up but Raikonen circles away and keeps his distance.
Raikonen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Raikonen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones slips under a jab.
Raikonen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raikonen looks to land a combination. Jones sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Raikonen.
Jones takes one on the button.
Raikonen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Raikonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.

Jones gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jones working Raikonen over with knees to the body.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raikonen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Raikonen is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now Raikonen has his back to the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Raikonen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Jones.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones scores with a knee to the head.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones keeps control of Raikonen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Raikonen.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Jones dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jarmo Raikonen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Raikonen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones slips under a jab from Raikonen.
Raikonen looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Raikonen can do to turn this around?
Raikonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Raikonen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raikonen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Raikonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Raikonen.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Raikonen.
A big left from Jones misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Raikonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raikonen misses with a two punch combination.
Raikonen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Raikonen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Raikonen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Raikonen circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Raikonen is just out of range.
Jarmo Raikonen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Raikonen throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Raikonen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones misses the jab.
Some wild striking there from Raikonen.
A combination from Raikonen does no damage.
Raikonen takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.

Jones darts in and clinches Raikonen up against the ropes.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Raikonen blocks it.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Raikonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raikonen has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Raikonen avoids the damage to the body.
Raikonen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Raikonen is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raikonen is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Jon Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Jones landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jones landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jones lands a good knee to the midsection. Raikonen won't want to take too many of those.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Raikonen's ribcage.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Raikonen is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Raikonen is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones misses with a knee strike.

Raikonen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Raikonen.
Raikonen swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones cracks a nice hook into Raikonen's ribs.
Jones tries to clinch up but Raikonen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.

Jones clinches up with Raikonen and pushes him back against the ropes.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raikonen's efforts to push away.
Jones keeps control of Raikonen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Raikonen has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Raikonen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Raikonen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Raikonen misses with the combination.
Raikonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Raikonen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch but Raikonen is having none of it.
Raikonen throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Jones tries to clinch but Raikonen moves out of range.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Raikonen moves away.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Raikonen keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Raikonen pushes him off.
Raikonen swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Raikonen throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Raikonen throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Jones takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
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 keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Raikonen lands with an overhand left.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Raikonen circles away.
Raikonen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jarmo Raikonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jon Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A punch combination from Raikonen misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jon Jones.
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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

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