PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lucjan Lucjusz (ranked 2609 p4p, 320 weight class) and Russell Jones (ranked 3005 p4p, 358 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lucjusz
vs
Jones

150 cm
27
191 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
27
200 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Pit Bull Development
RAGS of a RONIN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucjan Lucjusz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Russell Jones !
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucjusz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jones staying out of range there.
Lucjusz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lucjusz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lucjusz.
Lucjusz misses with a wild body shot.
Lucjusz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lucjusz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lucjusz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jones 's calf.
Lucjusz cracks Jones with an open hand slap.
Lucjusz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lucjusz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Good work by Jones as he checks the leg kick.
Jones 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lucjusz under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jones gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucjusz tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Lucjusz blocking some punches.
Lucjusz content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lucjusz has a couple of punches blocked by Jones .
Lucjusz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones 's elbow.
Lucjusz working aggressively here.
Lucjusz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lucjusz.
Jones lands a left hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lucjusz.
Lucjusz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lucjusz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Lucjusz fails to land.
Jones misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones .
Lucjusz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Jones .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lucjusz is trying to maintain a safe position but Jones gets an underhook and turns Lucjusz into the cage.
I was talking to Lucjusz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lucjusz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lucjusz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Lucjusz turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lucjusz.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lucjusz.
Jones lands a left hand.
Lucjusz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lucjusz's elbow.
Lucjusz has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lucjusz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jones or not.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Lucjusz has him pressed against the cage.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lucjusz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jones takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Jones darts in and clinches Lucjusz up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucjusz scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones blocks a body shot from Lucjusz.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Lucjusz is leaning against Jones and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A shot in the inside from Lucjusz.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lucjusz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones 's elbow.
Lucjusz effectively controlling the action here.
Lucjusz displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Lucjusz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Jones 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Lucjusz fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Lucjusz lands with a left to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lucjusz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Lucjusz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lucjusz lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Lucjusz.
Nice body punch from Lucjusz.
Jones looks winded!
Lucjusz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lucjusz leaning against his opponent.
Lucjusz lands a shoulder strike.
Lucjusz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lucjusz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Lucjusz drops Jones onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Jones is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Jones is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right hand to the body from Lucjusz.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Lucjusz finish him?
Lucjusz creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Jones with a big uppercut! Jones tries to clinch up but Lucjusz pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Jones to the mat! Jones covers up and Lucjusz unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lucjan Lucjusz!
A relieved looking Lucjan Lucjusz thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.