PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between George Droop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitchell Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Everything Zen- Bush. Mitchell Jones has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with George Droop's chin.

Droop
vs
Jones

190 cm
31
163 lbs
9 - 10 - 1

170 cm
28
166 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

World class boxer
Experienced

World class MT
Powerful

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 9 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, George Droop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mitchell Jones!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones blocks a low kick nicely.
Droop looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Droop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Droop cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been told by Droop's head coaches at Xtreme Punishment that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A leg kick checked by Jones.
Jones fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Droop has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A swing and a miss from Droop.
Jones's coach down at Team Hopkins was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Jones's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Droop tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Droop misses with a low kick as Jones jumps back.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones avoids the body shot from Droop.
Droop loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Droop.
Droop ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Droop fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones connects with an inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Droop. Those never looked like landing.
Droop throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones lunges at Droop with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Droop's hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones scores with a head kick.
Jones paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Droop fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jones on the side of the head.

Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Droop tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Droop throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Droop.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Droop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Droop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Droop landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Droop blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Droop working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones gets through Droop's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Droop swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Droop misses with a knee strike.
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Droop backwards.
Droop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Droop misses with a hook to the ribs.
Droop scores with a nice hook to the head.
Droop misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Droop in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Droop is breathing heavily.
Droop taking a breather.
Jones is working Droop over against the ropes.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice elbow from Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitchell Jones dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jones lands a lovely overhand right.

Droop is rocked!

It looks like George Droop has been cut.
Droop looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jones scores with a crisp jab that stopped Droop in his tracks.
Oh Droop is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones jabs Droop right on the nose. Droop blinks but takes it well.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Jones scores with a kick to the body.
Jones takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jones cracks Droop with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Droop is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Droop is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Droop could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mitchell Jones!
An intense looking Mitchell Jones took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Keep setting them up I'll keep knocking them down , I don't care who because in the end it doesn't really matter now does it!'.