PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jefferson Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Jones
vs
Thompson

175 cm
22
164 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

178 cm
19
154 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jefferson Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson fails to land with a series of punches.
Thompson clobbers Jones with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Thompson gets tackled into the cage by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.
Jones scores a nice knee to the body.
Thompson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones with a knee to the head.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thompson throws a low kick, looking for Jones's leg but Jones calmly moves out of range.
Thompson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones closes the distance and clinches up with Thompson, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes Thompson against the cage but Thompson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Thompson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jones back to the cage. Thompson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson throws a leg kick but Jones checks it.
Thompson scores with a jab to the head.
Thompson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones keeps control of Thompson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.

Thompson manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Thompson cracks Jones with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thompson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thompson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thompson swings widly with a right hand

and Jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Thompson is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones prevents Thompson from breaking the clinch.
Thompson working hard to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Thompson tries to work over Jones's front leg with a kick but Jones checks it.
Jefferson Thompson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
An inside leg kick from Thompson misses.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with Thompson.
Thompson can't break the clinch.
Jones lands a knee to the head.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thompson.

Jones darts in and clinches Thompson up against the cage.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Thompson tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
Jones prevents Thompson from breaking the clinch.
Thompson tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Thompson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Jones keeps control of Thompson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson wants to break free but Jones has control.
Thompson is trying to break free.
Thompson is pressed up against the cage. Jones has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Thompson down to the mat. Thompson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jones tries to clinch up but Thompson circles away and keeps his distance.

Jones gets a clinch.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thompson's efforts to push away.
Thompson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones tries to score a body lock takedown but Thompson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Thompson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones lands an elbow just above Thompson 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Thompson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones is breathing heavily.

Thompson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.

Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thompson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that James Jones will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Thompson tries to score with a low kick but Jones moves his leg out of the way.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thompson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones wants to clinch.
Thompson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jones connects with an inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Thompson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jones is out of range.
Jones throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Thompson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Thompson tries to avoid it but Jones manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Thompson to the ground. Thompson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Thompson lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Jones goes down and covers up as Thompson starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jefferson Thompson!