PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matt Jones II (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and SOUL Kojima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jones II
vs
Kojima

180 cm
25
146 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Jones II!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, SOUL Kojima!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kojima swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kojima throws a one two combo.
Kojima scores with a jab to the head.
Kojima will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kojima throws a right and a left that both miss.
SOUL Kojima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of Jones II 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Jones II clinches up against the cage.
Kojima has had enough of the clinch but Jones II keeps him there for the moment.
Kojima takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like SOUL Kojima has been cut.
Jones II's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kojima working hard to break the clinch.
Jones II lands an elbow inside.
Jones II tries a knee to the head but Kojima blocks it.
Jones II has Kojima pressed against the cage, preventing Kojima from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kojima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones II tries a knee to the head but Kojima blocks it.
Jones II throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kojima blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones II stalling in the clinch.
Kojima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones II using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kojima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kojima tries to circle away but Jones II has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kojima is trying to force a seperation but Jones II has the dominant position.
Jones II with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones II throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kojima blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones II with a knee to the head.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II has him pressed against the cage.
Jones II lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones II with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kojima tries to break the clinch but Jones II is controlling the position.
Kojima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kojima is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones II has double underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kojima tries to circle away but Jones II has him pinned against the cage.
Jones II lands an elbow inside that Kojima shrugs off.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II has him pressed against the cage.
Kojima working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones II throws an elbow but misses.
Kojima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kojima being controlled against the cage.
Kojima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones II lands an elbow inside.
Jones II landing knees to the body.
Kojima takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones II throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kojima blocks it with crossed arms.
Kojima wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones II won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jones II throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones II is breathing heavily.
Kojima wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kojima tries to break free but Jones II pushes him back against the cage.
Kojima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones II looking to throw knees to the head but Kojima is blocking nicely.
Jones II trying to land knees to the body.
Kojima is trying to break free.
Jones II really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II is controlling him.
Jones II keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kojima's efforts to push away.
Jones II lands an elbow just above Kojima 's eye.
Kojima wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones II throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones II looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones II taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jones II gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kojima is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones II has double underhooks.
Kojima has had enough of the clinch but Jones II keeps him there for the moment.
Jones II has Kojima pressed against the cage, preventing Kojima from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones II keeps control of Kojima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones II just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kojima's brow.
Jones II prevents Kojima from breaking the clinch.
Jones II tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kojima avoids it.
Jones II misses with a knee strike.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II is controlling him.
Jones II pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kojima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kojima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones II is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kojima is defending well for now.
Jones II tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kojima working hard to break the clinch.
Kojima wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kojima wants to break free but Jones II has control.
Kojima has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones II lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kojima is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones II has double underhooks.
Jones II tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kojima is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones II has double underhooks.
Kojima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kojima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kojima can't break the clinch.
Kojima can't break the clinch.
Jones II throws an elbow that misses.
Kojima tries to break the clinch but Jones II is controlling the position.
Jones II prevents Kojima from breaking the clinch.
Jones II prevents Kojima from breaking the clinch.
Kojima has had enough of the clinch but Jones II keeps him there for the moment.
Kojima tries to circle away but Jones II has him pinned against the cage.
Jones II landing knees to the head.
Kojima can't break the clinch.
Jones II using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kojima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kojima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones II keeps control of Kojima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones II using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kojima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones II keeps control of Kojima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones II misses with a knee strike.

Kojima breaks the clinch.
Kojima stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kojima misses with the combination.
Kojima lands a slapping body shot.
Kojima lands with a good body shot.
Kojima lands a head shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones II tries to clinch but Kojima is having none of it.
Kojima thuds a left hand into Jones II's body.
Kojima scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but SOUL Kojima will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on SOUL Kojima's cut.
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.

Kojima misses with a wild combination.
Kojima swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones II.
Kojima scores with a nice strike.
Kojima misses with a few strikes there.
Kojima jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jones II gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Jones II rushes Kojima and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones II is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jones II working Kojima over with knees to the body.
Kojima tries to circle away but Jones II has him pinned against the cage.
Kojima is breathing heavily.
Jones II scores with a knee to the head.
Jones II is struggling to control the position.
Kojima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones II with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kojima working hard to break the clinch.
Jones II stalling.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones II just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kojima's brow.
Kojima has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones II tries a knee to the head but Kojima blocks it.
Jones II with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones II looking to throw knees to the head but Kojima is blocking nicely.
Kojima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kojima is trying to break free.
Jones II looking to throw knees to the head but Kojima is blocking nicely.
Kojima has had enough of the clinch but Jones II keeps him there for the moment.
Kojima is trying to break free.
Kojima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kojima wants to break free but Jones II has control.
Kojima is trying to break free.
Kojima is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones II has double underhooks.
Jones II has Kojima pressed against the cage, preventing Kojima from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jones II throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kojima wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones II has him pressed against the cage.
Kojima wants to break free but Jones II has control.
Jones II misses with an elbow over the top.
Kojima tries to circle away but Jones II has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kojima is trying to force a seperation but Jones II has the dominant position.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II is controlling him.
Jones II landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kojima has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II has him pressed against the cage.
Kojima is trying to force a seperation but Jones II has the dominant position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kojima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kojima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones II using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kojima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kojima wants to break free but Jones II has control.
Kojima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kojima working hard to break the clinch.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II is controlling him.
Jones II misses with a knee to the head.
Kojima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kojima tries to break free but Jones II pushes him back against the cage.
Kojima tries to break the clinch but Jones II is controlling the position.
Jones II landing knees to the head.
Kojima is trying to break free.
A bit of stalling here from Jones II.
Kojima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kojima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones II slowing the pace effectively.
Kojima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones II looking to throw knees to the head but Kojima is blocking nicely.
Jones II is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kojima is defending well for now.
Jones II lands a nice knee to the body.
Kojima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones II tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kojima tries to circle away but Jones II has him pinned against the cage.
Jones II keeps control of Kojima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kojima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones II connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kojima's face.
A knee to the head by Jones II.
Jones II throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kojima blocks it with crossed arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A frustrated look appears on Kojima's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kojima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones II has Kojima pressed against the cage, preventing Kojima from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones II throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones II misses with a knee to the head.
Kojima can't break the clinch.
Kojima has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones II with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kojima is trying to break free.
Jones II comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A frustrated look appears on Kojima's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kojima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones II landing knees to the head.
Kojima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones II is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jones II has Kojima pressed against the cage, preventing Kojima from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kojima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones II landing knees to the head.
Kojima wants to break free but Jones II has control.
Jones II tries to land a knee to the head but Kojima blocks with his arms.
Jones II with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones II looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones II keeps control of Kojima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones II tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kojima tries to break free but Jones II pushes him back against the cage.
Jones II lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II has him pressed against the cage.
Jones II with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Kojima's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones II tries to land a knee to the head but Kojima blocks with his arms.
Jones II throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones II with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Jones II dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on SOUL Kojima's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kojima lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jones II backs up against the cage.
Kojima cracks Jones II with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kojima misses with a double jab.
Kojima circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kojima rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones II moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jones II tries to clinch up.
Kojima with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Jones II gets a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Kojima's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones II tries to land a knee to the head but Kojima blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones II landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II is controlling him.
Jones II connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kojima's face.
Kojima wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones II has him pressed against the cage.
Kojima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kojima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones II with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones II looking to throw knees to the head but Kojima is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kojima has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones II keeps control of Kojima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kojima is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones II has double underhooks.
Kojima is trying to break free.
Jones II throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kojima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones II keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kojima's efforts to push away.
Kojima is trying to force a seperation but Jones II has the dominant position.
Kojima tries to break free but Jones II pushes him back against the cage.
Jones II misses with a knee to the head.
Kojima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones II keeps control of Kojima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones II misses with a knee to the head.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II is controlling him.
Jones II scores a nice knee to the body.
Kojima wants to break free but Jones II has control.
Jones II prevents Kojima from breaking the clinch.
Kojima is trying to break free.
Jones II creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kojima's defenses.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II has him pressed against the cage.
Kojima wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A knee to the head by Jones II.

That's two 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.
Kojima working hard to break the clinch.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II has him pressed against the cage.
Jones II has Kojima pressed against the cage, preventing Kojima from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kojima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones II wants to stall.
Kojima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kojima tries to break free but Jones II pushes him back against the cage.
Kojima tries to break free but Jones II pushes him back against the cage.
Kojima working hard to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Jones II.
Jones II tries a knee to the head but Kojima blocks it.
Kojima working hard to break the clinch.
Jones II lands an elbow that stopped Kojima in his tracks for a moment.
Jones II crunches a lovely knee into Kojima's ribcage.
Jones II keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kojima's efforts to push away.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones II obliges.
Kojima wants to break free but Jones II has control.
Jones II lands a damaging elbow.
Jones II throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kojima blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones II throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kojima blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones II misses with a knee strike.
Kojima wants to break free but Jones II has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kojima tries to circle away but Jones II has him pinned against the cage.
Kojima takes an elbow to the temple.
Kojima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kojima can't break the clinch.
Jones II content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kojima takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones II trying to control the position but instead, Kojima has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones II into the cage.
Kojima working hard to break the clinch.
Kojima tries to break the clinch but Jones II is controlling the position.
Kojima is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones II has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Jones II.
Kojima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones II using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones II looking to throw knees to the head but Kojima is blocking nicely.
Jones II with a knee to the head.
Jones II using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kojima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II is controlling him.
Jones II with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones II misses with a knee to the head.
Kojima has had enough of the clinch but Jones II keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kojima is trying to break the clinch but Jones II has him pressed against the cage.
Jones II wants to stall.
Jones II using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kojima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kojima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kojima is trying to break free.
Jones II scores a nice knee to the body.
Jones II tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones II lands a knee to the head.
Kojima can't break the clinch.
Jones II keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kojima's efforts to push away.
Kojima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones II prevents Kojima from breaking the clinch.
Jones II prevents Kojima from breaking the clinch.
Kojima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones II obliges.
Jones II throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kojima blocks it with crossed arms.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones II looking to throw knees to the head but Kojima is blocking nicely.
Jones II pressing his opponent against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kojima has had enough of the clinch but Jones II keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Jones II showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jones II 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Jones II!