PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaimana Kahana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes into the arena with Numb Encore blaring out of the sound system. Kahana has chosen Hawai'i 78 as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Kahana

194 cm
20
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kaimana Kahana!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones misses with a low kick.
Kahana throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jones throws a nice outside leg kick.
No joy there for Kahana, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Kahana.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Jones lands with a kick to the temple. Kahana shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kahana blocks a leg kick.
Jones lands with a kick to the temple. Kahana shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Jones darts in and clinches Kahana up against the cage.
Kahana takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Kaimana Kahana has been cut.
Kahana blocks an elbow strike.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Kahana in his tracks for a moment.
Kahana is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kahana is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Kahana blocks an elbow strike from Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahana is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones landing knees to the body.
Kahana looks gassed!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kahana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Kahana tries to tie him up.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Kahana wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Jones.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice elbow from Jones.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kahana's defenses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kahana's brow.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Kahana in his tracks for a moment.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kahana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Jones.

That has opened up Kaimana Kahana's cut even more.
Kahana blocks the elbow strike.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kahana's brow.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kahana blocks an elbow strike.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kahana takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Kahana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kahana avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kahana's defenses.
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Kahana wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kahana in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Jones lands a nice knee to the body.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kahana's defenses.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kahana being controlled against the cage.
Kahana dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Kahana avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Jones landing knees to the body.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kahana's defenses.
Kahana avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones has Kahana pushed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kahana's brow.
Kahana blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to control Kahana's arms but Kahana gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jones has his back to the cage.
Kahana avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Kahana blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones has Kahana pressed against the cage, preventing Kahana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kahana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kahana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones avoiding damage.
Kahana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones has Kahana pressed against the cage, preventing Kahana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kahana avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Kahana is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kahana as Jones tries to tie him up.
Kahana avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Kahana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaimana Kahana's cut.
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.

Jones misses with a low kick.
Kahana misses with a jab to the body
and Jones counters with a big head kick but Kahana shrugs it off.
Jones tries to clinch but Kahana moves out of range.
Jones throws a front kick aimed at Kahana's knee but Kahana avoids it well.
Some bone on bone action there as Kahana checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jones tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Jones.
Kahana takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jones chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A slow jab from Kahana misses its intended target.
Kahana works the jab nicely.
Kahana's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kahana duly obliges.

It looks like Jon Jones has been cut.
Kahana chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jones can pounce on him.
Jones scores with a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jones.
Kahana is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jones throws a head kick that Kahana semi-blocks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahana takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jones with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jones connects with a solid leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jones.
Kahana has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jones.
Jones turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jones turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jones thumps Kahana with a low kick.
Jones connects with a high kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones feints and then cracks Kahana's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kahana down.
Jon Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Jones pushes Kahana up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Jones lands an elbow just above Kahana 's eye.
Jones lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees to the body from Jones.
Kahana's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The cut above Kaimana Kahana's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kahana tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kahana avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A frustrated look appears on Kahana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kahana's brow.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Kahana in his tracks for a moment.
Kahana is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones scores with a knee to the head.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kahana dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Kahana takes an elbow to the temple.
A frustrated look appears on Kahana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kahana wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Kahana in his tracks for a moment.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Kaimana Kahana's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Kahana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kahana takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jon Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Jones lands an elbow just above Kahana 's eye.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kahana dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Kahana blocks the elbow strike.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Kahana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Kahana dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kahana can do to turn this around?
Kahana tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Kahana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jones prevents Kahana from breaking the clinch.
Kahana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kahana is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Kahana in his tracks for a moment.
Jones lands an elbow inside.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kaimana Kahana's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jon Jones!