PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Joshua Jones (ranked 23058 p4p, 5981 weight class) and Mike Evans (ranked 653 p4p, 587 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Evans

185 cm
26
220
6 - 5 - 1

195 cm
18
234
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Brawler
Solid chin

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 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joshua Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Evans!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones has managed to clinch.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Evans is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.

Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Evans, pushing him back against the ropes.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Evans gets tackled into the ropes by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Evans throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Joshua Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Evans working hard to break the clinch.

Jones breaks the clinch.

Evans gets tackled into the ropes by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.
Evans is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Evans misses with a combination
and Jones counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones rushes Evans and presses him up against the ropes.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Evans tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jones counters with a slapping leg kick.
Evans darts in trying to clinch
and Jones counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Evans throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Evans misses with a body kick.
Evans tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Evans is looking to clinch.

Jones instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the ropes.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jones drives through and clinches with Evans against the ropes.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with Evans.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jones breaks the clinch.

Jones instigates a clinch.
Evans has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Evans clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the ropes.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Jones dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Evans tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.

Jones breaks the clinch.

Jones clinches with his opponent.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Evans pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

Jones takes the fight into the clinch.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evans throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged Evans in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evans fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Evans can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Evans.
Evans pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Jones has Evans up against the ropes in a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Evans tries to tie him up.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jones counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Evans fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the ropes.
Evans is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones clinches up with Evans and pushes him back against the ropes.
Joshua Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Evans misses with a punch to the body.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Jones has managed to clinch.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Evans throws a leg kick
and Jones counters with a nice body shot.
Evans is breathing heavily.

Jones gets a clinch.
Evans is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jones is keeping busy.
Evans tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Jones dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jones clinches.

Jones manages to break the clinch.

Jones closes the distance and pushes Evans back into the ropes.
Evans is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Evans has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Joshua Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Evans tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Evans misses with a hook from the clinch.
Evans tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evans moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged Evans in a clinch.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jones rushes Evans and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Evans fails in his attempt to clinch.
Evans throws a left and a right that both miss

and Jones counters with a lead uppercut that lands right on the button! Evans goes down! Will Evans beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's up! No problem. Let's get back to the action!

It looks like Mike Evans has been cut.
Evans tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Jones closes the distance and pushes Evans back into the ropes.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Evans throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jones pushes Evans up against the ropes in a clinch.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Evans misses with a hook
and Jones counters with a stiff jab, followed by a cross and an uppercut! That's too much punishment for Evans to take - he tumbles to the canvas, blood pouring from his nose, barely conscious. That's the end of the fight! Great knockout by Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Joshua Jones!
A victorious Joshua Jones thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.