PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between The Hoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Hoe
vs
Jones

200 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Solid boxing
Big heart

Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, The Hoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh Jones!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hoe counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Hoe clinches with his opponent.
Jones stalling the fight.
Jones receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Hoe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hoe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Hoe content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Hoe for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by The Hoe.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Hoe clinches with his opponent.
Hoe could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones has Hoe pressed against the cage, preventing Hoe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoe tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Hoe tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
Hoe taking a breather.
Hoe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Hoe tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones keeps control of Hoe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hoe stalling against the cage.
Hoe tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Hoe dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hoe has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Hoe has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.
Jones stalls.
Hoe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hoe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones stalling in the clinch but Hoe improves position.
Jones keeps control of Hoe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hoe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Hoe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hoe has Jones pressed against the cage.
Jones has Hoe pressed against the cage, preventing Hoe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hoe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Come on Jones - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoe stalling against the cage.
Hoe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hoe.
Hoe slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Hoe dominated that second round.
That's time! Hoe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hoe.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hoe counters with a nice body shot.
The Hoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hoe clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.

Hoe breaks from the clinch.
Jones misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Hoe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hoe 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 throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hoe counters by clinching up.
Hoe tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones avoiding damage as Hoe throws knees to the body.
Jones prevents Hoe from breaking the clinch.

Hoe breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Hoe. Hoe maintains the clinch.
Jones taking a breather.
Hoe stalling.
Hoe tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Jones is struggling to control the position.
Jones has Hoe pressed against the cage, preventing Hoe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Josh Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Hoe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Hoe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hoe has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Hoe!