PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mister Irrelevant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nappa Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Irrelevant
vs
Jones

194 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mister Irrelevant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nappa Jones!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones lands a big head kick that sends Irrelevant tumbling to the mat! Jones takes a step backwards and waves Irrelevant back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Mister Irrelevant has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irrelevant lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Irrelevant throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jones throws a leg kick but Irrelevant sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jones throws a low kick but Irrelevant moves out of range easily.
Irrelevant tries to work over Jones's front leg with a kick but Jones checks it.
Irrelevant on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jones checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jones looks for the body kick but Irrelevant saw that one coming.

Jones cracks Irrelevant with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Irrelevant looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Jones finish him?
Jones checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Irrelevant wants to clinch.
Irrelevant throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Irrelevant misses with a leg kick.
Jones pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irrelevant tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Irrelevant was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Irrelevant misses with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Irrelevant.
Jones getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Mister Irrelevant's cut is getting worse.
Jones tries a head kick but it misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.
Irrelevant throws a low kick but Jones moves out of range easily.
Irrelevant tries a low kick but Jones avoids it.
Jones fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Irrelevant is out of range.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Irrelevant throws a leg kick that misses.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Irrelevant looks for the body kick but Jones saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Irrelevant does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jones connects with a right hand. Irrelevant shakes it off.
Jones punishes Irrelevant's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Irrelevant does a little dance to reset his feet.
Irrelevant stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jones.
Irrelevant is breathing heavily.
Jones moves out of range as Irrelevant throws a body kick.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jones throws a head kick but Irrelevant moves out of range.
Jones checks a low kick from Irrelevant.
Jones checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jones takes a swing at Irrelevant's ribcage but misses.
Jones motions for Irrelevant to come forward. Jones throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Irrelevant is looking to land body kicks.
Some bone on bone action there as Jones checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Irrelevant misses with a low kick as Jones jumps back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irrelevant is looking to chop away at Jones's legs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Irrelevant controls the action.
Irrelevant is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Irrelevant tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Irrelevant blocks an uppercut.
Irrelevant comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones effectively controlling the action here.
Irrelevant misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Irrelevant.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Irrelevant pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
Irrelevant misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones avoiding damage as Irrelevant throws knees to the body.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
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 avoiding damage as Irrelevant throws knees to the body.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Irrelevant blocking some punches.
Irrelevant throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Irrelevant misses with an elbow over the top.
Irrelevant comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Irrelevant throws an elbow but misses.
Irrelevant trying to land knees to the body.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Irrelevant.
Jones misses with some punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Irrelevant blocks an uppercut.
Irrelevant throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Irrelevant lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Jones tries to stall but Irrelevant uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jones leaning his opponent against the cage.
Irrelevant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Irrelevant tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Irrelevant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Irrelevant prevents a body shot from Jones.
Jones misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
Irrelevant lands a nice elbow.
Jones taking a breather.
Irrelevant prevents a body shot from Jones.
Nice elbow from Irrelevant.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Irrelevant misses with an elbow strike.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Irrelevant.
Jones avoiding damage as Irrelevant throws knees to the body.
Irrelevant throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Irrelevant.
Irrelevant creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Irrelevant just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Irrelevant blocks an uppercut.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Irrelevant.
Irrelevant lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irrelevant blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Irrelevant lands a damaging elbow.
Irrelevant utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones looking to slow down the pace here.
Irrelevant lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Irrelevant.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Irrelevant.
Jones is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Irrelevant pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Irrelevant or not.
Irrelevant lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Irrelevant.
Irrelevant misses with an elbow over the top.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Irrelevant displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Irrelevant blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones working aggressively here.
Irrelevant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Irrelevant.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Irrelevant lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Irrelevant throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Irrelevant.
Irrelevant is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Irrelevant displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Irrelevant seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Irrelevant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Irrelevant just leaning against Jones, taking a breather.
Jones looking to stall.
Irrelevant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Irrelevant lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Irrelevant, against the cage.
Irrelevant tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Irrelevant pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Irrelevant just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Irrelevant gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Irrelevant.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nappa Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 9:10
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 9:10
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nappa Jones!