PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximo Alvarez (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. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Jones
vs
Alvarez

178 cm
27
199 lbs
16 - 0 - 0

189 cm
28
196 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Brute

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Maximo Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like James Jones has been cut.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alvarez moves out of range of the body kick.
Alvarez doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Alvarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick

and Alvarez counters by clinching up.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
Alvarez tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jones digs a right hand into Alvarez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alvarez's gas tank.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alvarez or not.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alvarez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones throws a head kick but Alvarez moves out of range.
Jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Alvarez takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Alvarez misses with a wild body shot.
Alvarez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Alvarez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alvarez.
Jones throws a push kick but Alvarez slaps the foot to one side.
A big left from Alvarez misses.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Alvarez cracks Jones with an open hand slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Maximo Alvarez has been cut.
Alvarez swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jones.
A lazy left from Alvarez finds it's target.
Good work by Jones as he checks the leg kick.
A big right from Alvarez misses.
Alvarez swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Alvarez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jones back to the ropes. Alvarez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow Alvarez down.
Jones throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jones slips a straight right by Alvarez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones rushes Alvarez and presses him up against the ropes.
Alvarez blocks a body shot from Jones.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones gets through Alvarez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Alvarez fails to land.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez throws a big shot that misses.
Jones misses with a body kick.
Alvarez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jones throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jones lands an overhand right.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Alvarez staying out of range there.
Alvarez tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Alvarez tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones lands with a kick to the ribs.
Alvarez tries a low kick but Jones avoids it.
Alvarez lands a body shot.
Jones moves out of range as Alvarez strikes.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alvarez tries to clinch but Jones moves away
and Jones counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jones there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jones takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Jones dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Alvarez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Alvarez lands with an uppercut that bounces Jones off the ropes and back into range.
Jones tries to clinch but Alvarez is having none of it.
Jones throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Alvarez swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Alvarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones lands a two punch combo.
Jones swinging wildly here.
James Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Alvarez throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez cracks Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.
Alvarez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alvarez lands with a cross.
Alvarez with a jab.
Jones throws a head kick that Alvarez semi-blocks.
Alvarez is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
James Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones throws a body kick that misses
and Alvarez counters with a straight right hand.
Alvarez moves out of range of the body kick from Jones.
Jones is looking to land body kicks.
Jones scores with a leg kick.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alvarez was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Alvarez clinches with his opponent.
Alvarez tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Alvarez back against the ropes.
Alvarez has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Alvarez.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Alvarez avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Alvarez tries to tie him up.
A right handed body shot lands from Alvarez.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
Alvarez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones prevents a body shot from Alvarez.
Alvarez blocks a body shot from Jones.
Alvarez misses with a punch to the body.
Alvarez looking to stall.
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
James Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Alvarez is breathing heavily.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Alvarez is rocked!
Alvarez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jones lands a right hand.
Alvarez is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
A right hook to the body lands for Jones.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jones is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Alvarez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Jones engages and cracks Alvarez with a massive lead left hook - Alvarez tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Jones is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Jones!
James Jones retains his middleweight title!
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.