PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between David Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graham Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the ring accompanied by Hoist the Colours. The crowd seem to be enjoying Wellington's choice of entrance music: Suffragrette City. Graham Wellington has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Jones
vs
Wellington

186 cm
27
214 lbs
13 - 9 - 2

190 cm
31
218 lbs
28 - 13 - 0

Great elbows
Experienced

Good kicks
Determined

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 13 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, David Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Graham Wellington!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wellington looks to land a body kick but Jones moved away.
Jones is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wellington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones throws a right and a left that Wellington avoids nicely.
Wellington scores with a punch to the head.
Jones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wellington fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jones lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jones checks a low kick from Wellington.
Wellington misses with a body kick.
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wellington scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wellington. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jones walks into a jab.
Graham Wellington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wellington connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones cracks a nice hook into Wellington's ribs.
Jones misses with the combination.

Jones instigates a clinch.
Jones prevents a body shot from Wellington.
Jones lands a body punch.
Wellington lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wellington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wellington misses with some punches.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones prevents a body shot from Wellington.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wellington avoids it.
A short body shot lands from Wellington as the two fighters clinch.
Knees to the body from Wellington.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Wellington avoids the damage to the body.
Wellington struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Wellington in his tracks for a moment.
A left hand lands to the body for Wellington.
Wellington can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Wellington missing with knees to the body.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Wellington uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wellington misses with a body punch.
Wellington avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Good body shot from Wellington.
Jones lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wellington avoids it.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Wellington controls the action.
Wellington looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Jones presses Wellington against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wellington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wellington missing with knees to the body.
Wellington lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Wellington - that landed with a thud.
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 has Wellington pressed against the ropes, preventing Wellington from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Wellington avoids the damage to the body.
Wellington misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Jones.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Wellington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wellington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones blocking some punches.
Wellington missing with knees to the body.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wellington avoids it.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A body shot lands from Jones.
Jones digs a right hand into Wellington's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wellington's gas tank.
Wellington lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Wellington controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wellington swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones tries to work over Wellington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Wellington avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Graham Wellington dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jones missing with a left hand there. Wellington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wellington was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Wellington lands the left hand.
Wellington lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wellington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wellington slips under a jab from Jones.
Wellington tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Donk. Jones catches Wellington right on the button with a cross.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wellington.
Jones slips a straight right by Wellington.
A lazy left from Wellington finds it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones scores with a leg kick.
Wellington tries to work over Jones's front leg with a kick but Jones checks it.
Wellington misses with a looping right.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Wellington. Those never looked like landing.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Graham Wellington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones wants to clinch but Wellington slips to the side
and Wellington counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jones misses with a kick to the body
and Wellington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wellington counters with a head kick. That will keep Jones thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Wellington throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wellington lands a nice shot that snaps Jones's head back.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wellington checks a leg kick.
David Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wellington throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wellington lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wellington slips a jab from Jones.
Wellington throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wellington pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jones is out of range and Wellington settles back down.
Jones looks to land a combination but Wellington avoids it well.
Jones avoids the body shot from Wellington.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to clinch
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Wellington makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wellington thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jones if he has to take too many more of those.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Wellington.
Nice jab there from Wellington.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones misses with a leg kick.
Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!

Wellington moves into the clinch.
Jones misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones prevents a body shot from Wellington.
Wellington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Wellington tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Wellington back against the ropes.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wellington avoids it.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Wellington avoids the damage to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Jones.
Wellington works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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 lands an elbow that stopped Wellington in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Graham Wellington has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Wellington trying to land knees to the body.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones tries to work over Wellington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wellington 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.
Wellington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wellington tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Graham Wellington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Graham Wellington's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Wellington avoids the body shot from Jones.
Jones scores with a nice right hand.
Jones is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wellington.
Jones tries to work over Wellington's front leg with a kick but Wellington checks it.
Jab from Jones.
Wellington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wellington lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wellington takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wellington slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Wellington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wellington.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Wellington does no damage.
Jones lands a nice looking body kick.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wellington counters with a left to the body.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wellington counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wellington takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wellington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Wellington crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jones - the referee stops the clock and Wellington gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jones. Wellington manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wellington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wellington swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a leg kick
and Wellington counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.

Jones drives through and clinches with Wellington against the ropes.
Wellington lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Wellington breaks from the clinch.
Jones tries to clinch there but Wellington circles away.
Jones avoids the head kick by Wellington.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Wellington showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wellington connects with a looping right hand.
Wellington blocks the body kick.
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Wellington counters with a stiff right hand.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Wellington throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Wellington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wellington misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wellington just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch lands to the side of Wellington 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wellington lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wellington throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jones.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wellington.
David Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones scores with a nice head shot.

Jones moves into the clinch.
Wellington tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Wellington back against the ropes.
Wellington tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Wellington back against the ropes.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Wellington controls the action.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wellington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wellington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wellington 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Graham Wellington!