PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jeremy Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Menem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jones
vs
Menem

187 cm
26
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

189 cm
20
205 lbs
6 - 0 - 1

Decent elbows
Experienced

Good kicks
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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Menem!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones gets tackled into the ropes by Menem. Menem maintains the clinch.
Menem tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the ropes.
Menem is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Menem wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Menem lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Menem tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the ropes.
Menem wants to break free but Jones has control.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Menem avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Menem tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the ropes.
Good body shot from Jones.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Menem's brow.
Menem has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Menem controls his hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Menem fails to land.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones is working Menem over against the ropes.
Menem has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menem doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Menem has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Menem wants to break the clinch but can't.
Menem takes a knee right on the jaw!
Menem is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Menem's efforts to push away.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Menem is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Menem takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Menem avoids it.
Jones lands an elbow inside.

Menem manages to break the clinch.
Menem has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Jones is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Menem clinches with his opponent.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
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 lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Menem's ribcage.
Menem looks winded!
Jones working Menem over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees to the body from Jones.
Menem takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Menem blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Menem is blocking nicely.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Menem takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jones working Menem over with knees to the body.
Jones with a knee to the head.
Menem is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Menem wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones presses Menem against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Menem throws a head punch that misses.
Menem wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Jones dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jones lands a head kick!
Menem gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jones misses with a head kick.

Menem moves into the clinch successfully.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Menem wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Menem avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Menem blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones lands a nice knee to the body.
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Menem wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Menem tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Menem looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jeremy Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Menem is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones with a knee to the head.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Menem wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.

Menem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Menem throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.
Menem throws a leg kick which misses Jones's front leg but catches the back leg as Jones tries to avoid it.
Menem checks a leg kick.
Menem cracks Jones with a good jab.
Menem clobbers Jones with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jeremy Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Menem.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Menem goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jones scores with a jab to the body.
Menem throws a push kick but Jones slaps the foot to one side.
Menem throws a body kick that misses.
Menem looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Menem catches Jones with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Menem throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menem keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Menem attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A head kick misses from Menem.

Menem clinches up against the ropes.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Menem in his tracks for a moment.
Menem takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones digs a right hand into Menem's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Menem's gas tank.
Menem is breathing heavily.
Menem is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Menem is trying to break free.
Menem misses with the head strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Menem trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Menem into the ropes.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Menem blocks with his arms.
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Jones dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Good exchange - Menem coming out on top.
Menem misses with a kick to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Menem just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Menem tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Menem lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jones has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jones and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Jones misses.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Menem swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Jones pushes Menem up against the ropes in a clinch.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Menem is defending well for now.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Menem in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Menem tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menem missing with knees to the body.
Menem blocks a body shot from Jones.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Menem is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Menem.
Menem blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Menem tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Menem tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the ropes.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones gets through Menem's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jones has Menem pressed against the ropes, preventing Menem from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Menem's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Menem is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones keeps control of Menem as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones lands a good knee to the midsection. Menem won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Menem fails to land.
Menem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones has Menem pressed against the ropes, preventing Menem from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Menem tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the ropes.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Menem tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Menem takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marcos Menem has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Menem misses with some punches.
Menem's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Menem tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Menem swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Menem takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Menem controls the action.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones digs a right hand underneath Menem's ribcage. Menem let out a lung full of air as it connected.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jones, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremy Jones!
Jeremy Jones thanked the fans post fight for their support.