PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shiek Yerbooty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yerbooty comes into a darkened arena with his song building. ABK - Kill Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Jones
vs
Yerbooty

186 cm
30
195 lbs
17 - 9 - 1

185 cm
25
191 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shiek Yerbooty!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Dean Styles and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yerbooty.
Yerbooty misses with a looping left.
Yerbooty uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
Yerbooty clobbers Jones with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A left lands for Yerbooty.
A jab from Yerbooty misses.
Jones blocks a jab.
A big right from Yerbooty misses.
A jab from Yerbooty misses.
Yerbooty throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yerbooty slips under a jab.
Yerbooty waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Jones slips under a jab.
Shiek Yerbooty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yerbooty throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yerbooty misses with an uppercut
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yerbooty connects with a jab.
Yerbooty might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Yerbooty.
Yerbooty swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yerbooty swinging wildly here.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Yerbooty.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yerbooty.
Yerbooty lands a really nice looking cross but Jones seems unphased.
Donk. Yerbooty catches Jones right on the button with a cross.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yerbooty throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yerbooty misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Yerbooty ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Yerbooty throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yerbooty clobbers Jones with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fighters circling - Yerbooty throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yerbooty misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Yerbooty cracks Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Yerbooty misses with a left hand
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Yerbooty.
Yerbooty is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jones had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Yerbooty thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yerbooty throws a big shot that misses.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Yerbooty is just out of range.
Yerbooty lands with a nice body punch.
Yerbooty with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a hook but Yerbooty avoids it easily.
Yerbooty throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yerbooty cracks Jones with a good jab.
Yerbooty lands a really nice looking cross but Jones seems unphased.
Yerbooty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Yerbooty.
Yerbooty throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Yerbooty misses with a straight right.
Jones takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yerbooty moves away from the strike by Jones.
Yerbooty misses with a double jab.
Yerbooty falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a stiff right hand.
Yerbooty throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yerbooty looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Yerbooty works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Yerbooty feints a jab promting Jones to slip. Yerbooty then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jones slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Yerbooty.
A swing and a miss from Yerbooty.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones connects with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yerbooty slips a straight right by Jones.
Yerbooty throws a lazy uppercut
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yerbooty bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jones's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shiek Yerbooty dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Yerbooty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Yerbooty throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Yerbooty throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yerbooty getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jones 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 lands with an uppercut that bounces Yerbooty off the cage and back into rage.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yerbooty misses with an uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Yerbooty. Beautiful body shot.
Yerbooty fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yerbooty manages to avoid it.
Yerbooty throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Yerbooty. That snapped Jones's head back.
Yerbooty lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yerbooty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Yerbooty thuds his right hand into Jones's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yerbooty misses with a double jab.
Jones scores with a jab. Yerbooty acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jones staying out of range there.
A lazy left from Jones finds it's target.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yerbooty.
Yerbooty swinging wildly here.
Jones blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yerbooty throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Yerbooty misses the target.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yerbooty.
Shiek Yerbooty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yerbooty throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yerbooty misses with a straight left.
Yerbooty throws a big shot that misses.
Yerbooty throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yerbooty's head.

Yerbooty is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yerbooty is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Yerbooty is breathing heavily.
Yerbooty takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jones lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Yerbooty head around and knocks him out cold! Jones hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Jones!