PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terry Krom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregory Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terry Krom has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Krom
vs
Jones

180 cm
20
183 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Terry Krom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gregory Jones!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Krom lands a body shot.
Krom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krom.
A shot to the body from Jones misses
enabling Krom to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones throws a combination. Krom tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Krom misses with a hook.
Krom changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Krom counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krom ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch
and Krom counters with a stiff right hand.
Krom lands a right hook to the body.
Jones walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Krom thuds a left hand into Jones's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Krom pushes him off.
Krom tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Krom walks into a stiff left hand from Jones.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones misses with a combination
and Krom counters with a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Nice straight punches there by Krom. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Krom.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krom sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krom throws a big shot that misses.
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Krom counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Krom misses.
Gregory Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Krom counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jones looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krom connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jones. Jones circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Krom dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krom moves out of range as Jones strikes.
Jones walks into a jab.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Krom.
Krom lands a really nice looking cross but Jones seems unphased.
Jones blocks a jab.
Krom stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jones ducks right into an uppercut from Krom.

Jones is rocked!
Jones misses with a double jab
and Krom counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Krom finish him?
Krom throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Jones throws a hook but Krom blocks it.
Jones seems to have recovered his senses.
Krom jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jones misses with the combination.
Krom displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Krom.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krom. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krom looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Krom is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Krom scores with a decent looking hook.
Krom wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jones swinging wildly here.
A slow jab from Krom misses its intended target.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krom counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Krom keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Krom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones misses with a double jab
and Krom counters with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krom connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jones momentarily.
Jones walks into a left hand.
Krom throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Krom misses with the combination.
Jones slips under a jab from Krom.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krom.
Krom keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones moves forwards but Krom connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Krom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab by Krom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Krom as he connects with a hook.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krom counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Krom slips a jab from Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Krom dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jones takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Krom missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Krom connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gregory Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krom.
Terry Krom is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krom counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Krom misses the target.
The fighters circling - Krom throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Krom lands with an overhand left.
Krom has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krom manages to avoid it.
Krom keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones slips a straight right by Krom.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Krom counter with a right hand.
Jones takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a hook to the body
and Krom counters with a right hand to the body.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Krom connects with a crisp jab.
Jones has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good standup being displayed there by Krom as he connects with a hook.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A swing and a miss from Krom.
Krom lands with a nice body punch.
Krom lands with a good body shot.
Krom wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Krom scores with a jab.
Krom lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Krom goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krom's corner calls for a 1-2. Krom obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Krom looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krom lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Krom catches Jones with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nice shot lands for Krom.
Jones misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Krom counters with a left to the body.
Krom cracks Jones with a good jab.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Krom counters with a stiff right hand.
Jones shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Krom is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Krom digs a good body shot into Jones's ribs.
Jones gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krom.
Krom fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Krom lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Krom counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Krom to score with a decent uppercut.
Krom throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones slips under a jab from Krom.
Krom lands a glancing blow to the side of Jones's head.
Krom bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jones's head.
Krom stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Krom catches Jones with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Krom moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Krom lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jones wants to clinch but Krom slips to the side
and Krom counters with a series of strikes. Jones will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jones takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Krom throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones takes a jab right on the kisser.
Krom sizes up Jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Krom cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Krom connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krom.
Nice straight punches there by Krom. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Krom.
Krom swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Krom takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Krom avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krom lands with a shot to the body.
Krom's corner calls for a 1-2. Krom obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krom takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jones misses with a shot to the body
and Krom counters with a three punch combo that has Jones backing up. Jones nods at Krom to acknowledge the strikes.
Krom misses with a double jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krom keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jones misses with a combination
enabling Krom to counter with a crisp jab.
Krom staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Krom dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Jones throws a shot from downtown. Krom moves away and avoids it.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Krom.
Krom looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Krom misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Krom counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Krom!
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones throws a hook but Krom blocks it.
Krom ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones throws a right and a left that Krom avoids nicely.
Krom with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones closes the distance but Krom moves to the side
and Krom counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Krom goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jones gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krom.
Krom scores with a nice right hand.
Krom uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jones has time to react.
Krom listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krom jabs at Jones's body.
Jab by Krom.
Krom misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Krom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones tries to bum rush Krom with a series of wild strikes but Krom uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Krom lands a head shot.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krom counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krom fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jones on the side of the head.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Krom counters with a straight right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Krom. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Krom.
Krom lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jones defending well as Krom loads up on a big left hand.

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

Krom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krom throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Krom doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones swinging wildly here.
Jones misses with a double jab
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Krom ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Krom is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Good exchange - Krom coming out on top.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krom throws out a powerful jab.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones looks to clinch
and Krom counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Krom's shoulder, as Krom tries to avoid the shot.
Krom jabs at Jones's body.
Jones takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krom misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Krom throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Krom changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Krom misses.
Krom scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Krom moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Krom darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Krom throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones staying out of range there.
Jones scores with a sloppy right hand. Krom should have avoided that one.
Krom thows a body shot but no joy.
Gregory Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krom throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krom lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Krom connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krom counters with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Terry Krom showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Krom, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:26
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terry Krom!