PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Mitchell Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Adamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the ring accompanied by Everything Zen- Bush. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Jones
vs
Adamson

170 cm
28
166 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

186 cm
28
160 lbs
12 - 14 - 0

World class MT
Very quick

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mitchell Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Craig Adamson!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adamson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jones counters with a head kick.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Adamson takes the fight into the clinch.
Adamson tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Adamson avoids the damage to the body.
Adamson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Adamson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adamson avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Adamson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones lands a hook to the side of the head.
Adamson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Adamson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Adamson is just out of range.
Adamson tries to clinch up.
Adamson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones drives through and clinches with Adamson against the ropes.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adamson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jones pushes Adamson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Adamson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Adamson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Adamson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adamson lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Adamson.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Adamson breaks the clinch.
Adamson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Adamson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the ropes.
Adamson avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Adamson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adamson lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Adamson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Adamson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Jones working aggressively here.
Adamson missing with knees to the body.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones pushes Adamson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Adamson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Adamson avoids it by throwing Jones back against the ropes.
Jones pushes Adamson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Adamson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Adamson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones avoiding damage as Adamson throws knees to the body.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adamson backwards.
Adamson avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones landing knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Adamson dominated that round.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Adamson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Adamson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adamson missing with knees to the body.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Adamson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adamson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Adamson backwards.
Adamson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Adamson.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adamson working hard to break the clinch.
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Adamson blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Craig Adamson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.

Adamson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adamson looks for the body kick but Jones saw that one coming.
Adamson tries to clinch
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Adamson ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Adamson lands a high kick!
Adamson tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Adamson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adamson is looking to clinch.

Adamson has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jones lands with a light punch inside.
Jones misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Adamson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Adamson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adamson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adamson wants to break free but Jones has control.
Adamson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adamson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jones avoiding damage as Adamson throws knees to the body.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Adamson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mitchell Jones will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jones walks forward, straight into a front kick from Adamson.
Adamson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adamson tries to clinch but Jones moves away
and Jones makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Adamson tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Adamson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice body kick from Adamson.
Adamson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jones's calf.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Adamson.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adamson was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Adamson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jones.
Adamson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Adamson tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jones throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Adamson is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones scores with a head kick. Adamson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Craig Adamson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Adamson tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Adamson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Adamson.
Adamson tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Adamson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jones's head.

Adamson darts in and clinches Jones up against the ropes.
Adamson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Adamson blocking some punches.
Adamson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adamson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adamson is defending well for now.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adamson.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Adamson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adamson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Adamson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Adamson trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Craig Adamson just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Adamson has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Adamson prevents a body shot from Jones.
Adamson crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Adamson.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones misses with some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Adamson obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones avoiding damage as Adamson throws knees to the body.
Adamson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adamson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Adamson seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Adamson blocks an uppercut.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Adamson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamson trying to land knees to the body.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adamson backwards.
Adamson trying to land knees to the body.
Adamson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adamson wants to stall.
Adamson misses with a knee strike.
Adamson trying to stall but Jones improves his position.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Adamson manages to break the clinch.
Jones avoids the head kick by Adamson.
Adamson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
Adamson pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adamson throws a head kick that half lands.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Adamson moves out of range easily.
Adamson delivers a nice body kick.
Adamson tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Adamson throws a body kick that misses.
Adamson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Adamson tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adamson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Adamson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Adamson obliges.
Adamson working Jones over with knees to the body.
Adamson looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Adamson dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Adamson wants to clinch.
Mitchell Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adamson tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones throws a head kick but Adamson moves out of range.
Adamson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Adamson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Adamson tries to clinch up.
Adamson closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.

Adamson closes the distance and pushes Jones back into the ropes.
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
Jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adamsons head.
Adamson trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a knee strike.

Adamson breaks the clinch.
Adamson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Adamson scores with a kick to the body.
Jones throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Adamson is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Adamson.
Adamson tries to clinch up.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jones.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Adamson.
Adamson misses with a kick to the body.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

Adamson pushes Jones up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adamson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adamson avoids it.
Adamson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Adamson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adamson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Adamson avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adamson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Adamson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Adamson avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adamson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Adamson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Craig Adamson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Adamson takes an elbow to the forehead.

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 Mitchell Jones.
Well Adamson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 45:50
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Craig Adamson!
After winning the bout, Craig Adamson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.