PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Joshua Jones (ranked 22323 p4p, 21504 weight class) and Jake Demuss (ranked 570 p4p, 548 weight class). Demuss comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Joshua Jones is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Jones
vs
Demuss

185 cm
28
220
9 - 8 - 1

185 cm
32
225
6 - 8 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joshua Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Demuss!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demuss swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Demuss has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Demuss looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
Jones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Joshua Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Demuss misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Jones is looking for a counter combo.
Demuss pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Demuss was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Demuss is looking to land body kicks.

Jones has managed to clinch.
Demuss misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demuss stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Demuss has Jones pressed against the ropes, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Demuss wants to stall.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Demuss keeps him there for the moment.
Jones is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demuss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Demuss.
Jones blocks a body shot from Demuss.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Demuss creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Demuss lands a hook to the side of the head.
Demuss lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones tries to circle away but Demuss has him pinned against the ropes.
Demuss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones blocking some punches.

Demuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good standup being displayed there by Demuss as he connects with a hook.
Jones tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Demuss manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Demuss keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Demuss.
Demuss fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Demuss pushes him off.
Demuss ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Demuss throws the kick towards the body but Jones avoids it.
Demuss changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Demuss pushes him off.
Demuss works the jab nicely.
Demuss throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Demuss, pushing him back against the ropes.
Demuss tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Demuss is controlling the position.
Demuss misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Demuss makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jones can't break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Demuss dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Demuss circles away.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Demuss flicks out a counter leg kick but Jones steps away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Demuss.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Demuss counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Demuss closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Demuss throws an elbow but it misses.
Demuss throws a head punch that misses.
Demuss has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Demuss lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jones wants to break free but Demuss has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Demuss misses with a short punch on the inside.
Demuss lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Demuss tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demuss thuds his right hand into Jones's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jones blocks a low kick nicely.

Jones rushes Demuss and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Demuss has Jones pressed against the ropes, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Demuss lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Demuss has double underhooks.
Demuss makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Demuss looking to stall.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Demuss throws a half hearted mid kick.
Demuss swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Demuss lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Demuss throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones moves into the clinch.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Demuss. Demuss obviously looking to wear him down.
Jones blocks the body kick.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Demuss paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab lands there for Demuss.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Demuss pushes him off.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.

Demuss has managed to clinch.
Jones avoiding damage as Demuss throws knees to the body.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Demuss is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Demuss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Demuss showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Demuss waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Jake Demuss is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jones closes the distance but Demuss moves to the side
and Demuss counters with a right hand to the body.
Demuss misses the jab.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Demuss circles away.
Demuss tries a head kick but it misses.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Demuss circles away.
Jake Demuss seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A good leg kick by Demuss.
Demuss lands with a shot to the body.
Jones wants to clinch but Demuss slips to the side
and Demuss counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Demuss keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demuss swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones blocks a leg kick.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demuss tries to score with a low kick but Jones moves his leg out of the way.
Demuss scores with the left hand. Jones knows he should have avoided that one.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones wants to break free but Demuss has control.
Jones avoiding damage as Demuss throws knees to the body.
Jones tries to circle away but Demuss has him pinned against the ropes.
Jones tries to circle away but Demuss has him pinned against the ropes.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Demuss scores with a spinning back kick!
Demuss lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Demuss there.
Jones is looking to clinch but Demuss is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to clinch but Demuss is avoiding it.
Demuss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones tries to clinch but Demuss moves away
and Demuss counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jones is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice side step and Demuss releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Demuss looks to land a body kick but Jones moved away.
Jones tries to clinch
and Demuss counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demuss tries a low kick but Jones avoids it.
Nice body punch from Demuss.
Jones walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Demuss lands a nice looking body kick.
Joshua Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice body kick from Demuss.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Demuss swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joshua Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Demuss comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Demuss 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Demuss!
Jake Demuss seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.