PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and He Jin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Mushroomhead. He Jin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jim Jones's chin.

Jones
vs
Jin

180 cm
27
215 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

185 cm
26
205 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jim Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, He Jin!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones cracks Jin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jones.
Jones fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Jones misses with the combination.
Jones throws a hook but Jin avoids it easily.
Jin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jin slips a straight right by Jones.
Jin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jin dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones lands a two punch combo.
Jones swinging wildly here.
Jin avoids the body shot from Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jin blocks a jab.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jin circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jin momentarily.
Jin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones lands with an uppercut that bounces Jin off the cage and back into rage.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jin tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jim Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones throws a series of punches but Jin avoids them all with ease.
Jin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a right hook to the body.
Jin takes one on the button.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Jin moved out of range nicely.
Jin dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Jin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jin doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Nice uppercut there from Jones.
Jin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
The crowd cheers as Jones lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jin doesn't seem phased though.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Jin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jin.
Jones swings for the body but Jin moves out of range.
Jones fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jin manages to avoid it.
Jin tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jin tries to move into range but Jones moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jones misses with the combination.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Jin saw that one coming.
Jin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Jin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jin tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Jin staying out of range there.
Jones is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones throws a jab when Jin was well out of range.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones misses with a looping right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Jones dominated that 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.

Jones catches Jin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jin wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jin moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jin momentarily.
Jin avoids the body shot from Jones.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Jin.
Nice shot lands for Jones.
Jin avoids the body shot from Jones.
A jab from Jones misses.
Jones looks to land a right hand but Jin moved out of range.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jones.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jin tries to clinch up.
Jin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jin moves away from the strike by Jones.
Jin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Jin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Jin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jin has time to react.
Jin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jones lands the left hand.
Jones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jin moves out of range as Jones strikes.
Jin tries to clinch up.
Jin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Jones as he connects with a hook.
Jin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Jim Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Jin saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Jin.
Jin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jones throws a hook but Jin avoids it easily.
Jin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jin ducks right into an uppercut from Jones.
Jin tries to clinch up.
Jin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
He Jin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jin moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jin slips a jab and a cross from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jones scores with a jab to the body.
Jones takes a swing at Jin's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Jones lands the left hand.
Jin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Jones scores with a nice right hand.
Jin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones lands with a shot to the body.
Jin slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jones scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a hook. Jin ducked under it nicely.
Jones cracks Jin with a good jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Jones throws a jab when Jin was well out of range.
Jin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jones scores with a body shot.
Jones moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jin.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Jones dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Jones lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jin moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Jin might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Jones has got the better of the exchanges.
Jones displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like He Jin has been cut.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Jones lands a jab.
Nice jab there from Jones.
Jones connects with a nice looking jab.
Jin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones scores with a jab.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jin tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
A punch lands to the side of Jin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A shot to the liver by Jones. Beautiful body shot.

Jin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Jin.

Jones has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Jin is trying to keep an underhook but Jones manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Jin wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
Jones is nestled in close to Jin, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
He Jin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jin wants to get back to full guard.
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Jin actively working from the bottom here.
Jones is nestled in close to Jin, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jin looking for submissions off his back.
Jin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Jin looking for submissions off his back.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jones connects with a nice short shot to Jin's temple.
Jones winds up and cracks Jin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jones is nestled in close to Jin, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jones looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jones passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jin!
Jones has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jones lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jones is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Jones prevents Jin from getting the reversal.
Jones lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jones looking to finish Jin with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jin!
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jin can do to turn this around?
Jones working the ground and pound effectively.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jin looks a forlorn figure.

Jin is rocked!
Jones landing shots from mount.
Jin is still in real trouble! Can Jones finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a big elbow.
Jin seems to have recovered his senses.
Jin is looking to improve his position but Jones isn't that keen on the idea.
Jin throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jones scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jin is bucking up trying to escape but Jones cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jim Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Jones with a couple of short strikes.
Jin throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jones controlling the pace for now.
Jin working to try and regain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones blocks Jin's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jin is desperately trying to improve his position but Jones has a good base and remains in mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jones, 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:25
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:25
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:25

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