PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bon Joy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Moxon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joy comes to the cage accompanied by The Prodigy - Breathe. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Joy
vs
Moxon

190 cm
35
199 lbs
22 - 10 - 1

190 cm
40
194 lbs
22 - 20 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bon Joy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Jonathan Moxon!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moxon just misses with a punch to the body.
Joy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Joy tries to close the distance and clinch but Moxon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Moxon throws a leg kick
and Joy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Joy drops his hands momentarily and Moxon takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Joy doesn't manage to clinch there - Moxon circles away.

Joy moves into the clinch.
Joy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moxon is working Joy over against the cage.
Moxon swings wildly with an uppercut but Joy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Joy as Moxon tries to tie him up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Joy.
Moxon looks winded!
A short uppercut from Joy.
Moxon throws a head punch that misses.
Moxon is trying to break the clinch but Joy is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moxon takes an elbow to the temple.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Joy obliges.
Moxon misses with some punches.
Joy lands a right hand.
Knees to the body from Joy.
Joy landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Joy.
Joy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Joy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Joy leaning against his opponent.
Joy lands with a light punch inside.
Joy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Joy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Joy lands with a right to the head.
Moxon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Joy lands an elbow inside.
Joy lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Joy.
Joy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Moxon takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Joy on the inside.
Joy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Joy landing knees to the head.
Moxon has a couple of punches blocked by Joy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Joy obliges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joy.
A nice left hand lands by Joy.
Joy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Joy lands a nice knee to the body.
Joy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Moxon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joy lands a knee to the head.
Joy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joy lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Joy lands an uppercut.
Joy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Joy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Joy lands a hook that snaps the head of Moxon backwards.
Nice body punch from Joy.
Joy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Joy scores with a knee to the head.
Joy's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Joy.
Moxon being controlled against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Joy.
Joy blocks an elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joy.
Joy effectively controlling the action here.
Joy lands a hook that snaps the head of Moxon backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Joy.
A short uppercut from Moxon.
Joy effectively controlling the action here.
Moxon tries to break the clinch but Joy is controlling the position.
Moxon looking to slow down the pace here.
Moxon can't break the clinch.
Moxon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Joy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Moxon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Joy's brow.
Moxon takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joy lands a body shot.
Joy digs a right hand into Moxon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Moxon's gas tank.
Joy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Moxon backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Joy.
Moxon throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bon Joy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Joy staying out of range there.
Moxon throws a predictable looking body shot
and Joy counters with a low kick, right behind Moxon 's knee.
Joy tries to close the distance and clinch but Moxon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joy tries to clinch but Moxon is having none of it.
Moxon scores with the left hand. Joy knows he should have avoided that one.
Moxon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Joy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Moxon can do to turn this around?
Joy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moxon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Joy avoids the body shot from Moxon.
Moxon throws a right and a left that Joy avoids nicely.
Moxon misses with a wild body shot.
Moxon throws a big shot that misses.
Joy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Moxon looks to land a right hand but Joy moved out of range.
Joy tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Moxon counters with a shoot takedown. Joy fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joy wants to sweep here but Moxon controlling him for the moment.
Joy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Moxon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Joy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joy is trying to keep Moxon in close.
My spies in Steel Penn/Heavy Hands Gym inform me that Moxon has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Moxon is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Joy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Moxon working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moxon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Joy seems keen to control Moxon's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bon Joy wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Moxon throws a right and a left that Joy avoids nicely.
Moxon misses with a lunging right hand

and Joy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Joy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moxon is breathing heavily.

Moxon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moxon swats away the attempt to clinch by Joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moxon thuds a left hand into Joy's body.
A combination from Moxon does no damage.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Joy has Moxon pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moxon working hard to break the clinch.
Joy just leaning against Moxon, taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moxon.
Joy tries to throw a body punch but Moxon avoids it by throwing Joy back against the cage.
Bon Joy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Joy.
Joy lands a body shot.
Moxon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Joy tries to work over Moxon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joy landing knees to the body.
Joy scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Joy.
Joy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Moxon fails to land.
Joy lands a nice elbow.
Moxon has a couple of punches blocked by Joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Joy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Moxon's efforts to push away.
Joy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Joy landing knees to the head.
Joy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Moxon's defenses.
Joy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Moxons head.
Joy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Joy lands a damaging elbow.
Joy lands a nice shot to the body.
Joy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Joy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Joy lands an elbow that stopped Moxon in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moxon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Joy lands a hook that snaps the head of Moxon backwards.
Joy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Moxon's face.
Good body shot from Joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bon Joy dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Joy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Moxon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Joy is looking to clinch.
Moxon throws a right and a left that Joy avoids nicely.
Moxon misses with a hook
and Joy counters with a stiff right hand.
Joy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moxon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jonathan Moxon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joy moves to clinch but Moxon breaks away
and Moxon counters with a two punch combo.
Moxon connects with a crisp jab.
Joy avoids the body shot from Moxon.
Jonathan Moxon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moxon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moxon swats away the attempt to clinch by Joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Joy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Moxon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Joy pushes Moxon up against the cage in a clinch.
Moxon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Moxon throws a head punch that misses.
Joy lands with a light punch inside.
Moxon struggles to land a body shot inside as Joy controls his hands.
Joy slows down the pace here.
Joy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Moxon backwards.
Moxon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joy's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Joy as the two fighters clinch.
Moxon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Joy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Moxon's face.
Joy crunches a lovely knee into Moxon's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joy scores a nice knee to the body.
Joy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A bit of stalling here from Joy.
Joy connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Joy.
The referee is keeping an eye on Joy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Joy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Moxon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Joy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Moxon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Joy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jonathan Moxon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joy lands a good knee to the midsection. Moxon won't want to take too many of those.
A hook to the body from Joy.
Joy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knees to the body from Joy.
Joy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Moxon backwards.
Joy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Joy crunches a lovely knee into Moxon's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joy pushes Moxon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Joy obliges.
Moxon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joy.
Joy digs a right hand into Moxon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Moxon's gas tank.
Joy lands a nice elbow.
Joy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Moxon's face.
A left hand lands to the body for Joy.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Moxon throws an elbow but it misses.
Joy stalling in the clinch.
Joy working Moxon over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Moxon lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Joy to work.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Moxon as Joy tries to tie him up.
Moxon throws a head punch that misses.
Joy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Moxon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Joy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Moxon swings wildly with an uppercut but Joy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moxon throws a head punch that misses.
Moxon tries to break the clinch but Joy is controlling the position.
A body shot lands from Joy.
Joy is working Moxon over against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joy lands a body shot.
Moxon misses with a punch on the inside.
Joy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Joy with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bon Joy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Joy, 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bon Joy!
Bon Joy opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.