PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mijail Bakunin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bones Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bakunin comes to the cage accompanied by SDJ-COMMANDOS. The crowd seem to be enjoying Jones's choice of entrance music: Gimme back my bullets. Mijail Bakunin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bones Jones's chin.

Bakunin
vs
Jones

187 cm
22
205 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

194 cm
27
208 lbs
21 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%
Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mijail Bakunin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bones Jones!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Bakunin.
Jones with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bakunin ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Bakunin blocks a head kick by Jones.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Bakunin missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A low kick from Bakunin is predictable there
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Mijail Bakunin has been cut.
Jones wants to clinch.
Bakunin misses with a jab, cross combination.

Jones has Bakunin up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones digs a right hand into Bakunin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bakunin's gas tank.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bakunin is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones goes for a takedown attempt but Bakunin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bakunin throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Bakunin misses with a right hand
and Jones counters with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Bakunin misses the target.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bakunin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bakunin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to land a front kick but Bakunin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jones throws a head kick but Bakunin moves out of range.
Jones lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bakunin misses with a looping left.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones throws a head kick but Bakunin moves out of range.
Bakunin tries to land a leg kick but Jones saw it coming and moves away.
Jones throws a low kick, looking for Bakunin's leg but Bakunin calmly moves out of range.
Bakunin moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Bakunin misses the jab.
Bakunin avoids the head kick by Jones.
Mijail Bakunin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bakunin misses with a wild combination.
Jones misses with a hook to the body
and Bakunin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bakunin throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Bakunin scores with a body shot.
Bakunin misses with a wild body shot.
Jones ducks right into an uppercut from Bakunin.

It looks like Bones Jones has been cut.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bakunin.
Bakunin throws a leg kick but Jones sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jones digs a good body shot into Bakunin's ribs.
Jones lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones lands with an overhand left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jones.
Bakunin throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.

Bakunin gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bakunin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bakunin tries to get out of the position.
Jones advances to half guard.
Bakunin tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Bakunin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bakunin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bakunin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.
Jones is trying to control the action in half guard but Bakunin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Jones seems to be working for a kimura but Bakunin defends the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bones Jones dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nice cross by Jones.
Bakunin throws a left and a right that both miss

and Jones counters with a head kick that drops Bakunin to the mat! Bakunin scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bakunin takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Bakunin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bakunin gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Jones gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bones Jones!
Bones Jones is the new light heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Bones Jones made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.