PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luca Tse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tse has chosen Clutch - Big News I as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Tse

175 cm
22
164 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

170 cm
26
155 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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 - 4 - 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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luca Tse!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tse scores with a decent looking hook.
Jab by Tse.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tse.
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch up but Tse circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Jones tries to clinch but Tse moves away
and Tse counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones moves to clinch but Tse breaks away
and Tse makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tse 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good exchange - Tse coming out on top.
Tse throws a hook but Jones blocks it.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Tse ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tse working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Tse blocks with his arms.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tse blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tse leaning against his opponent.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tse swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tse dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
A bit of stalling here from Jones.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tse has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tse.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones takes a shot to the head.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Tse blocks with his arms.
Tse lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Tse misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Jones turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Jones is breathing heavily.
Tse is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tse controlling the position well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tse is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tse is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Tse looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tse controlling the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tse is trying to maintain the position but Jones is very close to passing his half guard.
Tse is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tse keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Tse is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luca Tse dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tse is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Jones like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Jones from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luca Tse!
During a confident post fight interview, Luca Tse thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.