PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jesse James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Jonberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

James
vs
Jonberg

183 cm
24
182 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

183 cm
25
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesse James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Jonberg!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James works the jab nicely.
James throws a right and a left that Jonberg avoids nicely.
Jonberg tries to clinch but James moves out of range.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jonberg scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jonberg doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
James digs a good body shot into Jonberg's ribs.
A combination from James does no damage.
James lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by James.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jonberg thows a body shot but no joy.
Jab from James.
Danga de danga de dang - James scores with a four punch combination!
James avoids the head kick by Jonberg.
James jabs at Jonberg's body.
James lands with a nice combination. Jonberg backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonberg tries to clinch but James moves out of range.
Jonberg misses with a low kick.
Jonberg tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Jonberg has closed the distance and engaged James in a clinch.
Jonberg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and James avoids it.
Jonberg has James pressed against the ropes, preventing James from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jonberg is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jonberg stalling the fight.
Jonberg trying to land knees to the body.
James is trying to push Jonberg away but Jonberg has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg tries to land knees in the clinch but James avoids the damage to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Jonberg.
James blocks an elbow strike.
Jonberg unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jonberg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from James.
Nice elbow from Jonberg.
James avoiding damage as Jonberg throws knees to the body.
Jonberg unloads a knee to the mid-section. James lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jonberg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but James has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jonberg throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but James is keeping busy.
James working hard to break the clinch.
Jonberg lands an elbow that stopped James in his tracks for a moment.
Jonberg working James over with knees to the body.
James letting Jonberg take a breather here.
Jonberg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jonberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but James is keeping busy.
Jonberg looking to throw knees to the head but James is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg slowing the pace effectively.
James is looking to break free of the clinch but Jonberg has double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Jonberg.
Jonberg scores a nice knee to the body.
Jonberg will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning James up against the ropes.
Jonberg looking to throw knees to the head but James is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jonberg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
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 Jesse James will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jonberg tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
Jesse James is winning the standup battle so far.
James bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jonberg's head backwards.
James lands with a nice combination. Jonberg backs away looking to recover.
James moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jonberg makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
James connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jonberg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jonberg avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jonberg wants to clinch but James slips to the side

and James counters with a crisp right hand that drops Jonberg! James lets Jonberg back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Jonberg is rocked!
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jonberg is still on wobbly legs! Can James finish him?
Jonberg is looking to clinch.
James lands with a right that hurts Jonberg. Jonberg looks to clinch but James throws a short knee that drops Jonberg. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Jesse James!
Jesse James seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.