PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mukassa Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Master Enki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Master Enki has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Jones
vs
Enki

194 cm
27
217 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

189 cm
26
215 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mukassa Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Master Enki!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Enki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Enki throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Enki shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jones eats them both and turns towards Enki to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Mukassa Jones has been cut.
Jones works the jab nicely.
Jones moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Enki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Enki misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Mukassa Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Enki falls off balance throwing a combination

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
Jones tries to work over Enki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Enki fails to pull guard.
Enki wants to stall.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Enki backwards.

Enki manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Jones tenderised Enki's leg. Enki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jones throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Enki's shoulder, as Enki tries to avoid the shot.
Jones takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with Enki.
Enki lands an uppercut.
Enki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Enki uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Enki tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mukassa Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Master Enki.
Jones dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Enki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones thows a leg kick but Enki checks it
and Enki counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Enki moves out of range easily.
Enki throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Enki slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones lands a nice leg kick that just misses Enki's sensitive parts.
Jones lands a two punch combo.
Jones takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.
Donk. Jones catches Enki right on the button with a cross.
Enki stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jones.
Enki swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jones.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Enki's head but Enki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Enki throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Enki misses with a body shot.
Enki takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Enki connects with a body shot that sends Jones's belly button to the back.
Enki lands with an uppercut that bounces Jones off the cage and back into range.
Enki slips under a jab.
Jones lands with an overhand left.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones misses with a jab to the body
and Enki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jones tries to clinch up.
A slow jab from Enki misses its intended target.
Jones misses with a low kick.
Enki cracks Jones with a good jab.
Enki misses with the combination.
Jones throws a hook but Enki avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Enki lands the left hand.

Jones forces Enki back against the cage and clinches.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones trying to stall but Enki improves his position.
Enki trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Enki into the cage.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
Enki is trying to maintain a safe position but Jones gets an underhook and turns Enki into the cage.
Enki misses with a punch to the body.
Jones is working Enki over against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Enki prevents a body shot from Jones.
Enki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones gets underhooks to prevent Enki's takedown attempt.
Enki blocks a body shot from Jones.
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 Mukassa Jones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mukassa Jones's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Enki blocks a low kick nicely.
Master Enki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones misses with a left hand
and Enki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Enki throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Enki throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Jones lands with a hook. Enki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Enki misses with a low kick.
Jones misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Enki to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Enki walks into a left hand.
Enki looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
Jones stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
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 instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Enki drags the fight down to the ground.
Enki is trying to control the position but Jones postures up.

Enki looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.
Jones wants to control from the top but Enki keeps moving.

Enki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Enki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Enki working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Jones has passed into half guard!
Jones is keen to just control but Enki is a slippery customer.
Enki moves into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Enki is keeping the position for now.

Enki working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jones doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jones manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Enki is keeping the position for now.
Jones slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Enki is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Jones drops back, looking for a kneebar! Enki looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Enki looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Enki!
Jones taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Enki tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Enki has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Jones explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Jones takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Enki blocks a head kick by Jones.
Enki lands a slapping body shot.
Enki catches Jones with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jones listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Jones throws a leg kick
and Enki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Enki.
Nice defenses there by Jones.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Enki is looking for a takedown.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Enki.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Enki controls his hands.
Enki looking to stall.
Enki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Enki.
Enki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Enki tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Master Enki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mukassa Jones's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jones pivots, looking for a leg kick but Enki is out of range and Jones settles back down.
Good shot there by Enki.
Jones throws a jab when Enki was well out of range.
Jones scores with a hook to the body. Enki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Master Enki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Enki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Enki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
A bone on bone clash there as Enki blocks the leg kick.
Jones swings for the body but Enki moves out of range.
A big left from Jones misses.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Enki misses with a looping right.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Enki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice defenses there by Enki.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Enki.
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.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jones.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones walks into a left hand.
Enki throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones misses with a kick to the body
and Enki counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones defending well as Enki loads up on a big left hand.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Enki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Enki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Enki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Enki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jones throws a leg kick that is checked
and Enki counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A jab from Jones misses.
Enki lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Enki throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jones takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jones misses with a left hand
and Enki counters with a straight right hand.
Jones swinging wildly here.
Jones looks to land a combination but Enki avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Enki takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Enki saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Enki misses the target.
A big right from Enki misses.
Enki looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Jones takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Enki swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
The fighters circling - Enki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Enki thows a body shot but no joy.
Enki slips a straight right by Jones.
Enki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Enki misses the body punch
and Jones counters with an inside leg kick.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Jones pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice cross by Jones.
Enki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Enki misses with a low kick.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Enki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Enki throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Enki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Enki lands a lovely overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Enki lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Master Enki.
I think Enki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Master Enki!