PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Mahone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James The Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mahone might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper. The Best has chosen Tina Turner - The Best as his entrance music. Jake Mahone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mahone
vs
The Best

199 cm
22
237 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

175 cm
28
270 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Mahone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James The Best!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Best tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mahone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mahone scores with a jab to the head.
The Best doesn't manage to clinch there - Mahone circles away.
Mahone cracks The Best with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The Best has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Mahone throws a quick head kick that skims the top of The Best's head.

It looks like James The Best has been cut.
Mahone cracks a nice hook into The Best's ribs.
The Best gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mahone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Best takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mahone connects with a leg kick. The Best looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mahone lands a nice looking body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahone scores with a nice head shot.
Mahone lands with an overhand left.
Mahone scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mahone connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Best. The Best circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The Best misses with an uppercut.
Mahone thuds his shin into the meat of The Best's side.
The Best moves in looking to clinch but Mahone pushes him off.
Mahone lands a nice looking kick to the body. The Best takes a step back to recover.
Mahone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Best.
Mahone lands with a good body shot.
Mahone is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Best shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mahone lands with a shot to the body.
The Best takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Best tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mahone paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Best tries to clinch but Mahone moves out of range.
The Best tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mahone is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mahone scores with a decent looking hook.
Mahone cracks a nice hook into The Best's ribs.
Mahone jabs The Best to the body, keeping him at a distance.
James The Best is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mahone.

The Best is rocked!
Jake Mahone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Best steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mahone.
The Best is still on wobbly legs! Can Mahone finish him?
Mahone throws a shot from downtown. The Best moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Mahone misses the target.
Mahone throws a big shot that misses.
The Best uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mahone.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Look low, kick high! Mahone uses the oldest trick in the book to send The Best tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Mahone is absolutely delighted - when The Best wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jake Mahone!
During a confident post fight interview, Jake Mahone thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.