PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Je Tunaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Tunaki
vs
Jones

182 cm
20
200 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

187 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent elbows
Experienced

Good elbows
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Je Tunaki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Jones!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tunaki fails to land with a series of punches.

Tunaki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the ropes.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Tunaki's ribcage.

Tunaki breaks from the clinch.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.

Jones clinches up against the ropes.
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Tunaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Come on Tunaki - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jones lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Je Tunaki has been cut.

Tunaki breaks the clinch.

Tunaki gets a clinch.
Tunaki 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!
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Tunaki blocks with his arms.
Tunaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Jones looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Tunaki.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tunaki.

Tunaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tunaki misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones rushes Tunaki and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Tunaki's ribcage.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tunaki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tunaki takes an elbow to the forehead.
A bit of stalling here from Tunaki.
Tunaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Tunaki landing knees to the body.
Tunaki is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tunaki has his back to the ropes.

Tunaki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tunaki slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones tests Tunaki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tunaki pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jones back to the ropes. Tunaki follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Tunaki clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the ropes.

Tunaki breaks the clinch.

Jones clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Tunaki blocks a body shot from Jones.
I was talking to Tunaki's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tunaki misses with a knee strike.
Tunaki lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Tunaki looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tunaki avoids it.
Tunaki prevents a body shot from Jones.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Tunaki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tunaki.

Jones rushes Tunaki and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Tunaki crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jeremy Jones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Je Tunaki's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nice body punch from Tunaki.

Tunaki gets a clinch.
Tunaki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tunaki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jeremy Jones seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tunaki avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the ropes.
Jones avoiding damage as Tunaki throws knees to the body.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Tunaki blocks it.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tunaki's defenses.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Tunaki blocks it.
Tunaki effectively controlling the action here.

Tunaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Jones has Tunaki up against the ropes in a clinch.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tunaki's elbow.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tunaki tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tunaki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tunaki.
Tunaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tunaki blocks an uppercut.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tunaki.
Tunaki taking a breather.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Tunaki breaks the clinch.

Tunaki tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tunaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Tunaki taking a breather.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tunaki.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tunaki.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Tunaki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Knees to the body from Jones.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters up against the ropes, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tunaki is trying to maintain a safe position but Jones gets an underhook and turns Tunaki into the ropes.
Tunaki leaning against his opponent.

Tunaki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tunaki connects with a crisp jab.
Tunaki scores with a three punch combo!
Tunaki connects with a nice looking jab.
Tunaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
A jab from Tunaki does it's job there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tunaki bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jones's head.
Tunaki cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones fakes the leg kick and cracks Tunaki in the body.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tunaki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Je Tunaki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Je Tunaki's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tunaki misses with a head kick.

Jones clinches up against the ropes.
Tunaki avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Tunaki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Tunaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Tunaki shrugs off.
Jones's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Tunaki.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tunaki.

Tunaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tunaki takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tunaki is pushing Jones up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Tunaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Tunaki.
Tunaki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Jeremy Jones has been cut.

Tunaki manages to break the clinch.
Jones's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tunaki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jones scrambles back to his feet.
Tunaki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Tunaki closes the distance and clinches.
Tunaki lands a nice knee to the body.

Tunaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tunaki lands a front kick to the face, that drops Jones to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!

Jones is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tunaki closes the distance and catches Jones with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Jones is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Jones is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Jones is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Tunaki takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Je Tunaki!
Je Tunaki is the new light heavyweight champion!
Post fight, Je Tunaki took to the microphone: 'I did it i won thank you all so much for the support and to my trainers and management also id like to thank aaron for giving me the opportunity'.