PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruben Wiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the ring accompanied by Pimp C. Skrypture, C$krilla ft. Bun B & The Isleys - One Day. Wiki has chosen Reuben James as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jones
vs
Wiki

178 cm
27
199 lbs
15 - 0 - 0

173 cm
28
182 lbs
16 - 7 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ruben Wiki!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wiki cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones throws the kick towards the body but Wiki avoids it.
Wiki throws a body kick that misses.
Wiki throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wiki. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wiki looks to land a body kick but Jones moved away.
Wiki throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wiki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wiki cracks Jones with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Wiki moves out of range easily.
Wiki with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wiki.
Wiki misses with a right hand
and Jones counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wiki slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jones throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wiki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiki digs a good hook to Jones's body.
Jones throws a lazy body kick
enabling Wiki to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jones lands with an overhand left.
Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jones's corner calls for a 1-2. Jones obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wiki throws a head kick that misses.
Wiki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jones throws a low kick but Wiki moves out of range easily.
Jones moves away from the strike by Wiki.
A head kick misses from Wiki.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wiki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wiki tries a head kick but it misses.
Wiki motions for Jones to come forward. Wiki throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Wiki.
Wiki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wiki. That's going to slow Jones down.
A telegraphed right hand from Wiki misses the target.
Wiki looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Wiki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wiki connects with a solid leg kick.
Wiki throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Wiki throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Wiki attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jones tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wiki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wiki connects with an inside leg kick.
Jones lands a jab.
Ruben Wiki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Wiki.
Jones checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jones, as that shot connected.
Jones walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wiki lands a lovely overhand right.
Wiki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wiki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wiki goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wiki misses with a straight right.
Wiki misses with a hook
and Jones counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jones thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wiki if he has to take too many more of those.
Wiki catches Jones with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot lands for Jones.
Jones goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Jones forces Wiki back against the ropes and clinches.
Jones is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Knees to the body from Jones.
Wiki looks gassed!
Jones lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wiki or not.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wiki backwards.

Wiki is rocked!
Jones lands a body punch.
Wiki is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Jones cracks Wiki with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Wiki goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Wiki wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). James Jones!
James Jones decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.