PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Jones (ranked 440 p4p, 66 weight class) and Liam James (ranked 586 p4p, 83 weight class). James comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Come To Daddy by Aphex Twin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jones
vs
James

190 cm
24
212 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
215 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Pit Bull Development

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeremy Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam James!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jones.
James lands with an overhand left.
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jones moves away from the strike by James.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Jones lands a straight punch to the body, keeping James at a distance.
James moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones lands a nice leg kick that just misses James's sensitive parts.
James throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
James has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
James blocks the body kick.
James slips under a jab.
A left and a right from James both land. Nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones misses with a body shot.
James looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jones scores with a leg kick.
James throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
James slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to land a body kick
and James counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Jones there.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones throws a leg kick
and James counters with a lovely straight right hand!
James throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jones slips under a jab from James.
The fighters circling - James throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
James looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
James looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
James throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
James throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones tries to work over James's front leg with a kick but James checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from James! But no joy.
James lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
James misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Jones throwing a counter right hand but James manages to avoid it.
Jones misses with a looping left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Jones there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
James throws a poor cross that misses
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jeremy Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jones.
James throws a big shot that misses.
Jones fires out a quick counter leg kick but James just manages to avoid it.
James swings widly with a right hand
and James takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
James uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
A bone on bone clash there as James blocks the leg kick.
James fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jones lands a really nice looking cross but James seems unphased.
James works the jab nicely.
James throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
James takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jones wants to slow James down by chopping away at his legs.
Jones scores with a leg kick.
James might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
James misses with a straight left.
Jab, jab by Jones - just one landing.
Jones misses with a hook.
Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jones misses with a hook. James ducked under it nicely.
Jones misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
James lands a nice shot that snaps Jones's head back.
A lazy left from Jones finds it's target.
James throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt James.
James takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before James has time to react.
Jones moves away from the strike by James.
James lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones moves out of range as James strikes.
Jones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
James on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jones. Jones obviously looking to wear him down.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones misses the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
James swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.
James darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jones lands with a slapping head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
A shot to the liver by James. Beautiful body shot.
James moves out of range of the strikes.
James's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A big left from James misses.
Jones lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
James throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jones misses with a looping right.
Jones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by James.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
It looked like Jones wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jones slips a jab from James.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses James's front leg but catches the back leg as James tries to avoid it.
Jones dips to his left and cracks James with an uppercut!
Jones with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.
James rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and James takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
James throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from James misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Jones dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jones feints and then cracks James's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow James down.
James waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
James looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
James rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
James falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a nice body kick.
Jones misses the jab.
James throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
James blocks a head kick by Jones.
James moves out of range of the body kick.
James throws an off balance right hand
and Jones makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. James really felt that one!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good leg kick by Jones there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones is looking to counter with a body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow James down.
Jones scores with a crisp jab that stopped James in his tracks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jones stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
James throws out a counter right but Jones avoids it with no problem.
Jones throws a push kick but James slaps the foot to one side.
Jones gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from James misses its intended target.
James misses with a two punch combination.
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.
Jones lands a nice leg kick that just misses James's sensitive parts.
James takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Jones connects with an inside leg kick.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that James can do to turn this around?
Jones lands a leg kick that knocks James off balance momentarily.
Jones throws a hook to the side of James's head but James sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
James throws a body shot but no joy.

Jones drives through and clinches with James against the cage.
James tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.

James manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James clobbers Jones with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
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!
James checks the leg kick nicely there.
James looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
James scores with a jab.
Jones lands a nice leg kick that just misses James's sensitive parts.
James throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jones scores with a spinning back kick!
James takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jones throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jones walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. James checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
James slips a straight right by Jones.
James looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
James misses the shot to the body.
Jones looks to land a body kick but James moved away.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
James has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jones.
Jones looks to throw the jab but James is out of range.
James misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Jones slams his shin into James's torso.
Jones lands an overhand right.
James looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
James throws out a counter right but Jones avoids it with no problem.
A shot to the liver by Jones. Beautiful body shot.
Jones cracks James with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A big left from Jones misses.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Sloppy strikes from James. Those never looked like landing.
Jones clobbers James with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jones lands a nice looking body kick.
James checks the leg kick.
Jones lands a jab to James's midsection.
A slow jab from James misses its intended target.
Jones throws a leg kick
and James counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones lands a nice shot that snaps James's head back.
James throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Jones forces James back against the cage and clinches.
A body shot lands from Jones.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Good body shot from Jones.
Jones prevents James from breaking the clinch.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
James is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
James tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
James's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones digs a right hand underneath James's ribcage. James let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
James tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Jones.
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
James's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jones connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! James scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Jones dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A left lands for James.
Jones thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on James if he has to take too many more of those.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. James moves away and avoids it.
Jones takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
James chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jones can pounce on him.
Jones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
James slips a jab from Jones.
Nice body kick from Jones.
Jones lands with a hook. James tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
James throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
James misses with the combination.
Jones is looking to counter with a body kick.
Jones lands a jab.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jones bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
James looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jones avoids the body shot from James.
A jab from Jones misses.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
James throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones tried to counter with a leg kick but James avoided it.
Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.
A cross from Jones lands.
A telegraphed right hand from James misses the target.
A jab from James misses.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
James looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
James on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jones works James's body with a nice hook.
James has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones connects with a leg kick. James looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jeremy Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on James's shoulder, as James tries to avoid the shot.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
James lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
James misses with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jones.
James lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
James ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones throws a leg kick that misses.
Jones lands an overhand right.
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
James jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And Jones counters with a quick kick to the body but James blocks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones.
James is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Jones throws a quick counter kick to the body but James avoids it.
Good work by James as he checks the leg kick.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by James.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
James getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jones scores with a crisp jab that stopped James in his tracks.
Jones scores with a jab.
James defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Nice straight punches there by Jones. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jones.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
James dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones slips a jab from James.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones.
Jones tries a low kick but James avoids it.
Jones fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches James on the side of the head.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by James.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones tried to counter with a leg kick but James avoided it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from James.
James has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jones.
James tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from James.
Jones thinks about countering with a body kick.
James swinging wildly here.
James uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jones is looking to slow James down with leg kicks.
James throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
James misses with an uppercut.
James misses the shot to the body.
Jeremy Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
James moves out of range as Jones strikes.
It seemed like James was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
James misses with a left hand
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and James moves out of range easily.
Jones slips under a jab.
Jones walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Liam James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jones.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight for Jeremy Jones!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Jeremy Jones!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Jeremy Jones!

Jeremy Jones wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Jeremy Jones rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
The defeated Liam James had this to say: 'No one likes seeing their opponent's hand raised, but that just means that they were the better man today. My team at 3Band MMA and I will break down this match and make the proper changes for my next camp.'.