PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brian Jones (ranked 1734 p4p, 183 weight class) and Kristof Sienly (ranked 3626 p4p, 313 weight class). Jones kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Take my hand. Brian Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jones
vs
Sienly

165 cm
31
146 lbs
17 - 14 - 0

175 cm
32
155 lbs
16 - 6 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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IniTech Nutrition

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 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brian Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Kristof Sienly!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Jones misses.
Sienly misses with a wild body shot.
Jones tries to counter with a takedown but Sienly is quick to defend against it.
Jones chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sienly connects with a crisp jab.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Sienly's front leg but catches the back leg as Sienly tries to avoid it.
Sienly blocks a leg kick.
A combination from Sienly does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sienly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sienly checks the leg kick.
Sienly scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sienly lands a body shot.
Sienly throws out a powerful jab.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Jones tries for a takedown but Sienly circles away easily
and Sienly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good exchange - Sienly coming out on top.
Sienly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sienly lands a nice shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Jones misses
and Sienly counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sienly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sienly lands a jab to the nose.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Sienly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sienly looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Sienly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sienly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sienly misses with a looping left.
Sienly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sienly to score with a decent uppercut.
Sienly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Sienly.
Jones appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sienly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sienly lands a nice shot that snaps Jones's head back.
Sienly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones tried to counter with a leg kick but Sienly avoided it.
Sienly tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones tries to score with a low kick but Sienly moves his leg out of the way.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sienly! But no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Sienly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sienly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sienly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jones throws a leg kick but Sienly sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sienly is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jones had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sienly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kristof Sienly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sienly cracks the inside of Jones's front leg.
Sienly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Sienly.
Sienly misses with a shot to the body
and Jones counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sienly swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jones counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sienly misses with a left hand
and Jones counters with an outside leg kick.
Sienly fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kristof Sienly dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sienly checks the leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jones.
Sienly checks a leg kick.
As Jones backs off Sienly throws a huge counter combo but Jones manages to avoid it all.
Sienly misses the shot to the body.
Jones fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sienly just manages to avoid it.
Sienly checks a leg kick.
Sienly throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Sienly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sienly appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sienly keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones motions for Sienly to come forward. Jones throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sienly looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Sienly.
Jones appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sienly takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Jones might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Sienly throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Sienly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sienly scores with a hook to the body. Jones takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones motions for Sienly to come forward. Jones throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sienly fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jones on the side of the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jones 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 Sienly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sienly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A punch lands to the side of Jones 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sienly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sienly lands a slapping body shot.
Jones throws a leg kick but Sienly moved away.
A countering left hand to the body from Sienly misses.
Sienly scores with a hook to the body. Jones takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
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 swings for the body but Sienly moves out of range.
Sienly scores with a nice right hand.
Jones avoids the body shot from Sienly.
A little feinted left hand from Jones on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sienly has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sienly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jones appears to be looking for a big counter.
Jones misses with a body shot
and Sienly counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones slips a jab from Sienly.
It looked like Jones was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sienly.
Sienly lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jones with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jones looks to land a right hand but Sienly moved out of range.
Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jones takes a swing at Sienly's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Sienly on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jones doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sienly throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Sienly on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sienly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sienly checks a leg kick.
Sienly misses with a body shot.
As Sienly backs away, Jones returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Jones misses with a leg kick.
Jones throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jones wants to slow Sienly down by chopping away at his legs.
Kristof Sienly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sienly lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kristof Sienly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice shot by Sienly.
Sienly lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Sienly shows good takedown defense.
Sienly cracks a nice hook into Jones's ribs.
Jones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sienly's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sienly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sienly's sensitive parts.
Sloppy strikes from Sienly. Those never looked like landing.
Jones doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sienly on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jones throws a leg kick that misses.
Jones thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sienly if he has to take too many more of those.
Sienly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones half committed to a counter leg kick.
Jones swings for the body but Sienly moves out of range.
Sienly looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jab by Jones.
Some bone on bone action there as Sienly checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jones misses with a low kick.
Sienly swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Jones blocks the low kick.
Sienly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sienly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sienly throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brian Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sienly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Sienly.
Sienly throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Jones looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sienly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Jones.
Sienly misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Jones appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jones is looking to wear down Sienly with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Sienly checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jones avoids the body shot from Sienly.
Jones walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sienly checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sienly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jones.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones tries to move into range but Sienly moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jones goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jones fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jones lands a really nice looking cross but Sienly seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones punishes Sienly's body with a nice straight punch.
Sienly jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sienly misses with a lunging right hand
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sienly throws out a counter right but Jones avoids it with no problem.
Sienly throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sienly just manages to avoid it.
Sienly misses with a body shot.
Jones looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Sienly backs away, Jones returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sienly misses with an uppercut
and Jones counters with a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kristof Sienly.
Well Sienly has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kristof Sienly!
Our winner, Kristof Sienly, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.