PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucifer Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen Weapon of Choice as his entrance music. Lucifer Jones has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Frank Esposito's chin.

Esposito
vs
Jones

178 cm
25
182 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

192 cm
26
178 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Esposito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lucifer Jones!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esposito fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jones checks it well.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones looks for the body kick but Esposito saw that one coming.
Esposito staying out of range there.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Esposito dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jones. That did some damage!
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
A low kick from Esposito is predictable there
and Esposito takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Jones pushes Esposito up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jones lands a nice uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.
Esposito keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Esposito blocking some punches.
Esposito manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jones is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Esposito with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Esposito throws a sloppy head kick
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Esposito counters with a nice leg kick.
Esposito throws a head kick that misses
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Esposito throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jones lands a glancing blow to the side of Esposito's head.
Jones throws a right hand that misses
and Esposito counters with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Esposito thows a leg kick but Jones checks it
letting Jones counter with a right hand.
Esposito tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a right hand that misses
and Esposito counters with a low kick, right behind Jones 's knee.
Esposito takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Esposito fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Esposito misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Jones checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Esposito lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
A low kick from Esposito is predictable there
and Jones counters with a left to the body.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Esposito misses with an uppercut
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a jab to the body
and Esposito counters with a thumping low kick.
Esposito tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Esposito tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jones.
Jones works the jab nicely.
Jones is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Esposito had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones scores with a nice head shot.
Esposito takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Esposito takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Esposito throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jones counters with a series of strikes. Esposito will be more careful next time no doubt.

It looks like Frank Esposito has been cut.
Esposito takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Esposito throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Esposito throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jones counters with a good, hard body kick but Esposito shrugs it off.
Esposito misses with a leg kick
and Jones counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jones cracks Esposito with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones connects with a crisp jab.
Jones is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Esposito misses with a leg kick
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Esposito does a little dance to reset his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Esposito is looking to clinch.
Good leg kick by Esposito there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucifer Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Esposito's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Donk. Jones catches Esposito right on the button with a cross.
Jones lands a really nice looking cross but Esposito seems unphased.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.
Esposito throws a leg kick
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Esposito.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Esposito counters with a head kick.
Jones misses with the body kick
and Esposito counters with an outside leg kick.
Jones has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones digs a good hook to Esposito's body.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Esposito counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jones is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Esposito misses with the body kick
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lucifer Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Esposito tries to move into range but Jones moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Esposito throws a poor cross that misses
and Jones counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Esposito lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Esposito lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Esposito wants to land a leg kick but Jones is out of range.
Esposito misses with a shot to the body
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Esposito throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Jones as he connects with a hook.
Jones throws a leg kick
and Esposito counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Esposito misses with a leg kick
and Jones finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones thuds a left hand into Esposito's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good exchange - Jones coming out on top.
Jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Esposito dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jones. That did some damage!
Jones scores with a jab to the body.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Esposito.
A clash of legs there as Esposito blocks the low kick.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Esposito scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Jones shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Esposito eats them both and turns towards Jones to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jones throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jones connects with a looping right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Esposito.
Jones misses with a kick to the body
and Esposito counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jones's knee momentarily.
Jones misses with a straight right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Esposito. That's going to slow Jones down.
Jones is looking to slow Esposito down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito walks into a straight right hand from Jones.
Esposito misses with a leg kick
letting Jones counter with a right hand.
Jones throws a body punch but Esposito moves out of range.
A low kick from Esposito misses
and Jones makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Esposito really felt that one!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Jones there.
Jones tries to land a body kick
and Esposito counters with a slapping leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good shot there by Jones.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Jones misses with a hook
and Esposito counters with a good low kick that Jones was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucifer Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Frank Esposito's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Jones scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jones scores with a jab to the body.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Esposito throws a chopping leg kick but Jones manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Esposito looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A lazy body kick from Esposito
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw.
Esposito misses with a leg kick
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Esposito is rocked!

Jones darts in and clinches Esposito up against the cage.
Esposito content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jones blocks a body shot from Esposito.
Esposito stalling the fight.
Esposito struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Esposito throws an elbow that misses.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Esposito just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Jones stalling in the clinch.
Esposito slowing the pace effectively.
Jones's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones pressing his opponent against the cage.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Esposito misses with a leg kick.
Esposito throws a poor cross that misses
and Jones counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Esposito looks to throw a body kick
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A low kick from Esposito is predictable there
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Esposito misses with a hook
and Jones counters with an outside leg kick.
Esposito drops his hands momentarily and Jones takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jones - that will leave a mark!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Esposito throws a leg kick
and Jones counters with a low kick, right behind Esposito 's knee.
Esposito takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch lands to the side of Esposito 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jones scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jab from Jones.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Jones is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Esposito like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Esposito from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucifer Jones!