PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russell Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is On the Eve of War. Barnett has chosen Alaj volim kad je pomalena as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Jones
vs
Barnett

195 cm
24
265 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

188 cm
32
240 lbs
28 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell 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, Mirko Barnett!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Barnett scores with a decent looking hook.
Jones jabs at Barnett's body.
Russell Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnett 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 is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barnett looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Barnett looks gassed!
Jones scores with a hook to the body. Barnett takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jones cracks a nice hook into Barnett's ribs.

Jones lands a big right hand that sends Barnett crashing to the mat! Jones stays standing though and waves Barnett back to his feet!

It looks like Mirko Barnett has been cut.
Jones throws the kick towards the body but Barnett avoids it.

Jones clinches up with Barnett and pushes him back against the ropes.
Jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Jones has Barnett pressed against the ropes.
Barnett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
A hook to the body from Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett being controlled against the ropes.
Jones lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barnett or not.
Jones is working Barnett over against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones presses Barnett against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hand to the body from Jones.
Barnett being controlled against the ropes.
Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jones pushes Barnett back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnett.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barnett managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jones takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jones gets through Barnett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
Jones cracks Barnett with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones lands a body punch.
Jones dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones lands an elbow just above Barnett 's eye.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Jones.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That has opened up Mirko Barnett's cut even more.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barnett backwards.

Barnett is rocked!
Barnett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jones presses Barnett against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jones cracks Barnett with a nice body shot.
Jones lands a shoulder strike.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A hook to the body from Jones.
Jones is struggling to control the position.
Jones works on Barnett's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
Jones pushes Barnett back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jones controlling the action here for a moment.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones drops Barnett with a naaaaasty hook - Barnett is in real trouble here! Jones dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russell Jones!