PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Joseph Amadi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Amadi's entrance music is Tupac - Out On Bail. A fine choice. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Amadi
vs
Jones

185 cm
26
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

187 cm
25
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good elbows
Very confident

Condemned

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Joseph Amadi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Jones!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones slips a jab from Amadi.
Amadi lands with a nice body punch.
Jones looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Amadi misses with a looping left.
Amadi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jones's hands.
Amadi avoids the body shot from Jones.
Amadi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Amadi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Amadi looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
A cross from Amadi lands.
Jones lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Jones rushes Amadi and presses him up against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Amadi.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Amadi misses with the head strike.
Amadi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Amadi blocks with his arms.
A shot in the inside from Amadi.
Amadi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Amadi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Amadi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Amadi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Amadi misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Amadi's defenses.
Amadi takes an elbow to the temple.
Amadi works on Jones's body with a couple of short punches.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Amadi's efforts to push away.
Amadi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Amadi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Amadi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Jones lands a left hand.
Jones keeps control of Amadi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones scores with a knee to the head.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Amadi fails to land.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Amadi avoids it.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Amadi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Amadi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Amadi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Amadi shrugs off.
Amadi throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Amadi.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Amadi fails to land.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Amadi blocks it.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Amadi has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
Amadi throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
A short body shot lands from Amadi as the two fighters clinch.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Amadi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Amadi lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones looks winded!

Amadi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice uppercut lands for Amadi. That snapped Jones's head back.
Amadi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Amadi keeps the fight on the outside.
Amadi connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Jones's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Jones - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Joseph Amadi!
Joseph Amadi retains his light heavyweight title!
After the fight, Joseph Amadi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.