PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fred Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus of Nazareth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). of Nazareth has chosen oh la naw as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Jones
vs
of Nazareth

167 cm
25
155 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

160 cm
21
150 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Lightning Fight Gear
Lightning Fight Gear

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fred Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jesus of Nazareth!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
of Nazareth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
of Nazareth bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jones's head backwards.
A jab from of Nazareth finds it's way through Jones's defenses.
of Nazareth shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. of Nazareth gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
Jones wants to land a leg kick but of Nazareth is out of range.
A leg kick checked by Jones.
of Nazareth throws a chopping leg kick but Jones manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jones checks a leg kick.
Jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
of Nazareth connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
of Nazareth stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jones takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
of Nazareth scores with a nice right hand.
Jones scores with a hook to the body. of Nazareth takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jones connects with a jab.
Jones throws the left hand but of Nazareth avoids the punch easily.
A good leg kick by Jones.
of Nazareth lands a nice shot to the body.
of Nazareth tries to land a leg kick but Jones saw it coming and moves away.
Jones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
of Nazareth scores with a punch to the head.
of Nazareth connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
of Nazareth digs a good body shot into Jones's ribs.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones slips a jab from of Nazareth.
Fred Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
of Nazareth takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
of Nazareth looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.

of Nazareth scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
of Nazareth is thwarting Jones's attempts to control the position.
of Nazareth is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
of Nazareth slows the pace down in half guard.
of Nazareth is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
of Nazareth slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
of Nazareth trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones has his hands on of Nazareth's head, controlling the position.
of Nazareth looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
of Nazareth slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
of Nazareth is taking a breather. Jones says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
of Nazareth wants to pass to mount but Jones is defending the position.
Jones trying to control from the bottom.
of Nazareth controlling the action here.
I looks like of Nazareth might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Let's hope that of Nazareth has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jesus of Nazareth just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
of Nazareth misses with a straight left.
of Nazareth blocks a leg kick.
of Nazareth moves out of range as Jones strikes.
of Nazareth throws a low kick but Jones avoids it.
Jones throws a one two combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
of Nazareth stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on of Nazareth's shoulder, as of Nazareth tries to avoid the shot.
Jones takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Fred Jones will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jones takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
of Nazareth scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jones chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jones throws a right and a left that of Nazareth avoids nicely.
of Nazareth thows a body shot but no joy.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
of Nazareth lands a really nice looking cross but Jones seems unphased.
of Nazareth swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
of Nazareth digs a good body shot into Jones's ribs.
Jones takes one to the chin there.
of Nazareth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
of Nazareth cracks Jones with an open hand slap.
of Nazareth lands an overhand right.
of Nazareth lands with a hook. Jones tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
of Nazareth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
A big left from Jones misses.
of Nazareth misses with a straight right.
Jesus of Nazareth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones gets cracked with a nice right hand there by of Nazareth.
of Nazareth works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
of Nazareth lands a jab to the head.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
of Nazareth misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
of Nazareth throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
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 of Nazareth has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from of Nazareth and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jones slips a jab from of Nazareth.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
of Nazareth cracks Jones with an open hand slap.
of Nazareth lands a head shot.
Jones missing with a left hand there. of Nazareth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
of Nazareth lands with a right hand.
Jones throws a leg kick but of Nazareth sees it coming and checks it nicely.
of Nazareth tried to score with a low kick but Jones checks it.
of Nazareth moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jones closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
of Nazareth lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones lands a with a good body shot.
Jones misses with a low kick.
Fred Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from of Nazareth.
of Nazareth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
of Nazareth keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
of Nazareth feints and then cracks Jones's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jones down.
of Nazareth throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a straight punch to the body, keeping of Nazareth at a distance.
of Nazareth avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice shot lands for of Nazareth.
of Nazareth blocks a head kick by Jones.
of Nazareth scores with a nice right hand.
Fred Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
of Nazareth wants to land a leg kick but Jones is out of range.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but of Nazareth was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
of Nazareth throws a leg kick but Jones checks it.
of Nazareth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
of Nazareth with a nice cross.
of Nazareth scores with a punch to the head.
Jones turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
of Nazareth connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones blocks a low kick nicely.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but of Nazareth ducks down to avoid it.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from of Nazareth.
Jones misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
of Nazareth scores with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. of Nazareth does a little dance to reset his feet.
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.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from of Nazareth.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from of Nazareth.
Jones leaves of Nazareth with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt of Nazareth.
Good work by of Nazareth as he checks the leg kick.
Jones throws a solid leg kick but of Nazareth takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jones.
of Nazareth moves out of range as Jones strikes.
of Nazareth blocks a head kick by Jones.
Jones throws a body kick that misses.
Jones moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
of Nazareth throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
of Nazareth uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jones has time to react.
of Nazareth scores with a jab.
of Nazareth lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
of Nazareth dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones tries to move into range but of Nazareth moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
of Nazareth lands the left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
of Nazareth throws a chopping leg kick but Jones manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
of Nazareth throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jones counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
of Nazareth misses with an uppercut.
Jones misses with the combination.
of Nazareth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
of Nazareth misses with a jab to the body
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
of Nazareth connects with a crisp jab.
Nice shot by Jones.
A slow jab from of Nazareth misses its intended target.
of Nazareth scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jones doesn't seem bothered though.
Good work by Jones as he checks the leg kick.
of Nazareth clobbers Jones with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
of Nazareth shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
of Nazareth throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
of Nazareth misses with a hook to the body
and Jones counters with a good, hard body kick but of Nazareth shrugs it off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
of Nazareth thows a body shot but no joy.
of Nazareth fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jones lands a jab-cross combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
of Nazareth connects with the punch.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but of Nazareth manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jesus of Nazareth will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

of Nazareth shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
of Nazareth looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Jones misses with a looping left.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jones!
of Nazareth lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
of Nazareth takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
of Nazareth looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
The crowd cheers as of Nazareth lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jones doesn't seem phased though.
of Nazareth lands the left hand.
Good exchange - of Nazareth coming out on top.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
of Nazareth looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones checks a leg kick.
Good work by Jones as he checks the leg kick.
of Nazareth cracks Jones with a good jab.
of Nazareth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jones takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
of Nazareth missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones checks the leg kick nicely there.
of Nazareth attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
of Nazareth misses with a leg kick.
of Nazareth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but of Nazareth is just out of range.
Jones takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
of Nazareth misses with a wild body shot.
of Nazareth lands a jab to the head.
of Nazareth fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
of Nazareth throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jones.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones.
of Nazareth misses with a straight right.
Nice shot by of Nazareth.
of Nazareth wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
of Nazareth scores with the left hand. Jones knows he should have avoided that one.
of Nazareth scores with a sloppy right hand. Jones should have avoided that one.
Jones throws a hook but of Nazareth avoids it easily.
Jones lands a with a good body shot.
of Nazareth listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jones moves away from the strike by of Nazareth.
of Nazareth takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
of Nazareth throws a chopping leg kick but Jones manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from of Nazareth 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 swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jones throws a right and a left that of Nazareth avoids nicely.
of Nazareth looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
of Nazareth listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
of Nazareth throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jones takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but of Nazareth is just out of range.
Jones walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jones looks to land a right hand but of Nazareth moved out of range.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
of Nazareth throws a front kick aimed at Jones's knee but Jones avoids it well.
of Nazareth misses with a wild body shot.
of Nazareth thows a body shot but no joy.
of Nazareth connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jones. Jones circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
of Nazareth moves into range and connects with a jab.
of Nazareth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jones scores with a sloppy right hand. of Nazareth should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a series of punches but of Nazareth moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Jones checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
of Nazareth loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Jones looks to throw the jab but of Nazareth is out of range.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
of Nazareth throws a low kick but Jones avoids it.
of Nazareth doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
of Nazareth fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jones is out of range.
A punch combination from of Nazareth misses.
Jones walks into a jab.
of Nazareth motions for Jones to come forward. of Nazareth throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
of Nazareth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
of Nazareth throws a hook but Jones blocks it.
of Nazareth throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jones stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A punch lands to the side of Jones 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jones throws a hook but of Nazareth blocks it.
Jones leaves of Nazareth with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by of Nazareth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from of Nazareth misses its intended target.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones misses with a double jab.
of Nazareth lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jones at a distance.
of Nazareth throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jones counters with an inside leg kick.
Jones lands with an overhand left.
Jones walks into a left hand.
of Nazareth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
of Nazareth connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
of Nazareth closes the distance and clinches up with Jones, looking for a takedown. of Nazareth pushes Jones against the cage but Jones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Fred Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus of Nazareth.
of Nazareth takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A jab from Jones misses.
of Nazareth throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
of Nazareth works Jones's body with a nice hook.
Jones checks a low kick from of Nazareth.
of Nazareth will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice uppercut lands for Jones. That snapped of Nazareth's head back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Jones.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
of Nazareth cracks Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fred Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!