PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zachary Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Hranica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Jones
vs
Hranica

173 cm
20
150 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

178 cm
21
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zachary Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Hranica!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
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.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Hranica does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.
Hranica moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jones has been working on his boxing with his coaches at [CBK] Punch-kicker Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hranica fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice jab there from Hranica.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zachary Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good shot there by Hranica.

Jones is rocked!
Jones shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Hranica. Hranica maintains the clinch.
Hranica scores a nice knee to the body.
Hranica lands a body shot.
We've been informed that Hranica has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Jones lands a hook that snaps the head of Hranica backwards.
Hranica working Jones over with knees to the body.
Jones is breathing heavily.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hranica just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hranica throws an elbow but misses.
Jones seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hranica pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hranica is struggling to control the position.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Hranica has him pressed against the cage.
Hranica keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hranica walks away with a smile on his face. Jones gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Zachary Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hranica sends Jones crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Hranica is motioning to the referee to let Jones up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hranica defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Good leg kick by Hranica there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hranica moves away from the strike by Jones.
Hranica steps in with a hook that catches Jones right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Hranica follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Jones looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Hranica!
Mike Hranica thanked the fans post fight for their support.