PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kara Hiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Bones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bones is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fight Music D12. Jonny Bones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hiri
vs
Bones

190 cm
33
214 lbs
24 - 13 - 1

192 cm
27
225 lbs
14 - 7 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
World class boxer
Granite 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 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kara Hiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 3, fighting out of New York, Jonny Bones!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Bones.

Bones shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Bones won't allow Hiri to sweep him here.
Bones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hiri is trying to control the position but Bones postures up.
Bones wants to control from the top but Hiri keeps moving.
Bones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hiri is keeping the position for now.
Bones with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Hiri looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bones is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Bones throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bones slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Bones postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bones content to stall in guard here.
Bones postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bones won't allow Hiri to sweep him here.
Hiri looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bones wants to control from the top but Hiri keeps moving.
Bones postures up and lands a big shot to Hiri's brow.
Hiri keeping full guard, as Bones tries to pass.
Bones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bones tries to free his leg and advance position but Hiri is retaining full guard.
Bones preventing the sweep.
Bones with a nice head shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hiri looking for a sweep. Not yet Hiri, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bones looking to sit in guard and control but Hiri gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bones trying to keep a closed guard but Hiri is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bones holds on and takes a little breather.
Bones is trying to keep Hiri in close.
Hiri has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hiri wants to control from the top but Bones keeps moving.
Bones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hiri preventing the sweep.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jonny Bones.
Hiri swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hiri misses with a series of wild punches.
Bones scores with a nice head shot.

Hiri decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bones manages to get to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bones looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bones looking for a sweep. Not yet Bones, not yet.
Hiri trying to control the position from guard on top but Bones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hiri tries to free his leg and advance position but Bones is retaining full guard.

Bones has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hiri can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Hiri avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bones bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hiri's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bones with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bones with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Bones dominated that round.
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.

Hiri looking to score a takedown here. Bones is defending well but Hiri drives through and ends up in Bones's guard.

Hiri drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hiri jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hiri is one step ahead there.
Bones is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hiri looking to pass the guard.
Hiri postures up.
Bones lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hiri!
Hiri is in a horrible position here. Bones smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bones punching from mount but Hiri doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bones thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Bones working Hiri over with strikes here.
Bones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bones punishing his opponent with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bones lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hiri hang on?

Hiri is rocked!
Bones landing shots from mount.
Oh Hiri is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bones postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Hiri is out cold - huge knockout for Bones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jonny Bones!
Our winner, Jonny Bones, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.