PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Jones (ranked 46 p4p, 191 weight class) and Sora Izanagi (ranked 8 p4p, 33 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Sora Izanagi was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Jones
vs
Izanagi

190 cm
38
213
36 - 17 - 0

190 cm
26
210
17 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition
New Standard

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeremy Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sora Izanagi!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Izanagi connects with a jab.
Izanagi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jones is able to avoid easily.
Jones was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jones lands a jab to the head.
Izanagi thows a body kick. Jones tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jones misses the jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Izanagi.
Jones's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Izanagi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jones scrambles back to his feet.
Izanagi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Izanagi 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Izanagi throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Izanagi misses with a body kick.
Jones throws a right hand that misses
and Izanagi counters with an inside leg kick.
Izanagi misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Izanagi.
Jones stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Izanagi.
Izanagi tries to score with a low kick but Jones moves his leg out of the way.
A lazy left from Jones finds it's target.
Jones looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jones scores with a punch to the head.
Izanagi looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Izanagi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jones checks a leg kick.
Jones quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Izanagi with a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Izanagi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Izanagi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jones prevents a body shot from Izanagi.
Izanagi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy body kick from Jones
and Izanagi counters with a low kick, right behind Jones 's knee.
Izanagi throws a leg kick which misses Jones's front leg but catches the back leg as Jones tries to avoid it.
Jones blocks a leg kick.
Jones throwing a counter right hand but Izanagi manages to avoid it.
Jones throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Izanagi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Izanagi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jones takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jones misses with a lunging right hand
and Izanagi counters with a solid body kick.
Izanagi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones blocks a low kick nicely.
Jones appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
and Izanagi counters with a leg kick.
Izanagi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Izanagi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Izanagi.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Izanagi ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Izanagi lands a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones throws a body kick that misses

and Izanagi counters by moving into the clinch.
Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.
Izanagi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Izanagi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones tries a body shot but Izanagi blocks it.
Izanagi missing with knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sora Izanagi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Izanagi throws a front kick that sends Jones stumbling back into the cage.
Izanagi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Izanagi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Izanagi throws a hook but Jones blocks it.
Jones takes one on the button.
A thudding body kick lands there by Izanagi!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Izanagi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Izanagi. Izanagi maintains the clinch.
Jones is leaning against Izanagi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Izanagi controls the action.
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Izanagi tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Izanagi.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
Izanagi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Jones misses with a body punch.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Izanagi misses with an uppercut.
Izanagi lands a jab.
Jab by Jones.
Izanagi takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A jab from Jones misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Izanagi misses with a looping right.
Jones lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jones throws a wild body kick that Izanagi sees coming a mile off.
Jones throws a lazy uppercut
and Izanagi counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Izanagi saw that one coming.
Izanagi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jones pushes Izanagi away with a front kick.
Sora Izanagi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice uppercut lands for Jones. That snapped Izanagi's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Izanagi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jones is out of range.
It looked like Jones wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Izanagi lands a body shot.
Izanagi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice uppercut there from Izanagi.
Jones throws a push kick but Izanagi slaps the foot to one side.
Izanagi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Izanagi misses with a low kick.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Izanagi.
Izanagi is looking to clinch.
Jones is looking to counter punch.
Izanagi misses with a left hand
and Jones counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Izanagi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jones momentarily.
Izanagi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A lazy left from Jones finds it's target.

Jones lands a big head kick that sends Izanagi tumbling to the mat! Jones takes a step backwards and waves Izanagi back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Izanagi doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Izanagi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Izanagi lands with a thumping leg kick.

Jones lands a big uppercut and Izanagi crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Izanagi looks OK. Jones waves Izanagi back to his feet!

Izanagi is rocked!
Jones 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.
And that is 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!

Jones rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Izanagi counters with a good, hard body kick but Jones shrugs it off.
Izanagi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Izanagi connects with a nice looking jab.
Izanagi swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Izanagi. That's going to slow Jones down.
Izanagi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Izanagi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jones on the side of the head.
Sora Izanagi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones takes one to the chin there.
Izanagi tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Izanagi darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Izanagi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Izanagi presses Jones against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A body shot lands from Izanagi.
Jones is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Izanagi struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Izanagi misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Izanagi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones lands with a light punch inside.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Izanagi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jones is leaning against Izanagi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Izanagi takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Jones.
Izanagi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
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 throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Izanagis head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands an uppercut.
Izanagi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Izanagi takes a shot to the head.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Izanagi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones scores with a nice strike.
Jones throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Izanagi.

Izanagi moves into the clinch.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Izanagi misses with a knee to the head.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Izanagi.
Izanagi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Izanagi.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Izanagi's elbow.
Jones misses with some punches.
A body shot lands from Jones.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
Jeremy Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.
Izanagi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jones tries a body shot but Izanagi blocks it.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones lands a right hand.
Izanagi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Izanagi avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Izanagi stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Jones.
A short right from Jones.
A left hand lands to the body for Jones.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Izanagi tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
A short left from Jones.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Izanagi blocks a body shot from Jones.
Jones lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jones lands a body punch.
Good body shot from Jones.
A short uppercut from Jones.
Jones lands a hook that snaps the head of Izanagi backwards.
Jones lands a hook that snaps the head of Izanagi backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Jones clearly takes that round.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Izanagi 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 with a jab.
Izanagi misses with a looping left.
Izanagi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jones. That did some damage!
Jones will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Izanagi wants to land a leg kick but Jones is out of range.
Jones throws a counter high kick but Izanagi was just alert enough to avoid it.
Izanagi misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones lands with a kick to the ribs.
Izanagi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A low kick from Izanagi misses
letting Jones counter with a right hand.
Izanagi is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Izanagi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
And Jones counters with a quick kick to the body but Izanagi blocks it.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Izanagi.
A low kick lands for Izanagi.
Izanagi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jones throws a wild body kick that Izanagi sees coming a mile off.
Crunch! Izanagi slams his shin into Jones's torso.
Izanagi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.
Izanagi connects with an inside leg kick.
Izanagi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks to land a body kick but Izanagi moved away.
Izanagi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Jones closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Izanagi scores with a punch to the head.
Jones misses with a left hand
and Izanagi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Izanagi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Izanagi lands a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Izanagi.
Izanagi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Izanagi ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Izanagi lands a nice looking body kick.
Izanagi throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Jones throwing a counter right hand but Izanagi manages to avoid it.
Izanagi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jones throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Izanagi's head.
Izanagi throws a leg kick

and Jones counters with a crisp one two that drops Izanagi! Jones thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Izanagi to his feet! Izanagi is in big trouble!
Izanagi is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jones checks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Izanagi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jones looks to throw a body kick
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Izanagi seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones with a nice cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones misses with a body kick.
Jones looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Izanagi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Izanagi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jones misses with an uppercut
and Izanagi counters with a nice leg kick.
Good work by Jones as he checks the leg kick.
Jones looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Izanagi with a nice calf kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sora Izanagi dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Jones on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Izanagi. Izanagi obviously looking to wear him down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Izanagi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Izanagi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jones walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Izanagi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Izanagi with a nice cross.
Jones lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Izanagi gets a clinch.
Izanagi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Izanagi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Izanagi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Izanagi controls his hands.
Izanagi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones tries to work over Izanagi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Izanagi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Izanagi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.
Izanagi is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Izanagi.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Izanagi misses with some punches.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Izanagi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Izanagi takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones tries a body shot but Izanagi blocks it.
Jones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Izanagi takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
Izanagi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Izanagi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Izanagi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Izanagi digs a right hand underneath Jones's ribcage. Jones let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Izanagi.
Izanagi tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Izanagi.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Izanagi uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Izanagi controls the action.
Izanagi misses with a knee strike.
Izanagi swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Izanagi backwards.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Izanagi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Jones prevents a body shot from Izanagi.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jones pushes Izanagi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Izanagi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Izanagi lands a left hand.
Izanagi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Izanagi working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Izanagi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Izanagi misses with a body punch.
Izanagi tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Izanagi blocking some punches.
Izanagi misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Jones.
Izanagi misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Izanagi.
Izanagi misses with a body punch.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Izanagi's elbow.
Izanagi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Izanagi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Izanagi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Izanagi.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jeremy Jones.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 48:47
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 48:47
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremy Jones!
Jeremy Jones retains his light heavyweight title!
Jeremy Jones spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.