PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Boxer (ranked 6701 p4p, 4930 weight class) and Tin Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 620 weight class). Tin Jones has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with James Boxer's chin.

Boxer
vs
Jones

187 cm
25
202
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
198
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Boxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tin Jones!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones shoots in but Boxer avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Boxer works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Boxer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Boxer has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Boxer misses with a punch to the body.
Boxer working hard to break the clinch.
Boxer lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Boxer's efforts to push away.
Boxer tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boxer tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Boxer misses with the head strike.
Boxer wants to break free but Jones has control.
Boxer misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Boxer's efforts to push away.
Boxer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boxer effectively controlling the action here.
Boxer can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Boxer is struggling to control the position.
Boxer working hard to break the clinch.
Boxer misses with a body punch.
Boxer lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Boxer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Boxer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boxer wants to break free but Jones has control.
Jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Boxers head.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Boxer backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Boxer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Boxer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boxer takes a shot to the head.
Boxer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Boxer tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Boxer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boxer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Boxer tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Boxer is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boxer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Boxer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Boxer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Boxer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jones prevents a body shot from Boxer.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Boxer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boxer has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Boxer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Boxer dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Boxer lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Boxer circles away.
Boxer tries to counter with a takedown but Jones is quick to defend against it.
Boxer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Jones tries to clinch there but Boxer circles away.

Jones tries to keep at a distance but Boxer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Boxer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boxer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Boxer is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Boxer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boxer is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boxer is trying to break free.
Boxer is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer is trying to break free.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Boxer's efforts to push away.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boxer backwards.
Boxer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Boxer has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Boxer.
Boxer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Boxer.
A frustrated look appears on Boxer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boxer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Boxer wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Boxer working hard to break the clinch.
Jones has Boxer pressed against the cage, preventing Boxer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boxer tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Boxer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boxer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boxer can't break the clinch.
Jones prevents Boxer from breaking the clinch.
Jones misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Boxer.
Boxer tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Boxer has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Boxer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boxer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boxer is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Boxer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones has Boxer pressed against the cage, preventing Boxer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones keeps control of Boxer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boxer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boxer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Boxer.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boxer struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Boxer's efforts to push away.
Jones working aggressively here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Boxer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boxer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Boxer effectively controlling the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Boxer dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Jones rushes Boxer and presses him up against the cage.
Jones keeps control of Boxer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boxer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones lands a hook that snaps the head of Boxer backwards.
Boxer misses with a punch to the body.
Jones working aggressively here.
Boxer working aggressively here.
Boxer tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Boxer's efforts to push away.
Boxer wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Boxer trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones has Boxer pressed against the cage, preventing Boxer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones has Boxer pressed against the cage, preventing Boxer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boxer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Boxer scores with a hook to the body.
Boxer tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Boxer blocks an uppercut.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boxer tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boxer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Boxer throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones blocks a body shot from Boxer.
James Boxer has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jones gets through Boxer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Boxer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Boxer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Boxer.
Boxer tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Boxer stalling the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.
Boxer can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer is pushing Jones up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jones avoiding damage as Boxer throws knees to the body.
Boxer is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Boxer is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boxer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Boxer leaning against his opponent.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Boxer missing with knees to the body.
Boxer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
James Boxer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boxer has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Boxer.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Boxer.
Boxer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Boxer.
Tin Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boxer tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A short left from Boxer.
Boxer is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tin Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Boxer has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Boxer!
James Boxer spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.