PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Marx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Joney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marx
vs
Joney

189 cm
21
210 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

193 cm
22
210 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Aspire Clothing

Urban Fighter
King of Clothes

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Karl Marx!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonny Joney!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joney swings for the body but Marx moves out of range.
Joney bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Joney lands a leg kick that knocks Marx off balance momentarily.
Joney misses with a straight left.
Joney lands a leg kick that knocks Marx off balance momentarily.
Joney uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marx.
Joney blocks a jab.
Joney throws out a counter right but Marx avoids it with no problem.
Joney digs a good hook to Marx's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Marx misses.
Joney jabs at Marx's body.
Joney lands a front kick.
Marx takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joney scoring well with a low kick there.
Marx throws a body shot but no joy.
Jonny Joney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joney looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Joney connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Joney misses with a wild body shot.
Marx throwing a counter right hand but Joney manages to avoid it.
Joney is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Marx rather than just go for the knockout.
Joney tries to clinch up but Marx circles away and keeps his distance.
Marx throws a jab but it's blocked by Joney.
Joney misses with a body shot.
Joney has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Marx is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Marx throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joney ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joney lands a leg kick that knocks Marx off balance momentarily.
Marx 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joney lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marx at a distance.
Marx bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Joney's head backwards.

Joney clinches up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joney throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marxs head.
Joney misses with a punch to the body.
Joney blocks a body shot from Marx.
Joney working aggressively here.
Joney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marx's elbow.
A short right from Marx.
Marx stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Joney.
Marx digs a right hand underneath Joney's ribcage. Joney let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Marx fails to land.
Marx digs a right hand underneath Joney's ribcage. Joney let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joney looks winded!
Marx lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marx doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marx prevents a body shot from Joney.
Joney digs a right hand into Marx's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marx's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Marx.
Joney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joney prevents a body shot from Marx.
Marx misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Joney fails to land.
Joney lands a body punch.
Joney lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marx throws a punch but it's blocked by Joney.
Joney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marx scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marx goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marx tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joney's elbow.
Marx throws a punch but it's blocked by Joney.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marx.
Joney swings wildly with an uppercut but Marx uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joney swings wildly with an uppercut but Marx uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joney lands a shot to the body.
Marx lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Joney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joney working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marx misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marx tries a body shot but Joney blocks it.
Marx tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Joney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marx misses with the head strike.
Joney makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Joney misses with some punches.
Marx lands with a short shot to the head.
Marx blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marx is trying to maintain a safe position but Joney gets an underhook and turns Marx into the cage.
Marx misses with the head strike.
Marx tries to stall but Joney uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marx.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marx.
Joney lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Joney.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Joney dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Joney delivers a nice body kick.
Joney lands with a good body shot.

Joney moves into range and clinches up with Marx.
Joney tries to work over Marx's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marx misses with a punch to the body.
Joney misses with some punches.
Joney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joney lands a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marx.
Joney lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marx lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Joney misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joney.
Marx goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joney tries to throw a body punch but Marx avoids it by throwing Joney back against the cage.
Joney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joney lands a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Joney.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marx tries a body shot but Joney blocks it.
Marx lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joney presses Marx against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Joney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joney blocks a body shot from Marx.
Jonny Joney seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Joney tries to work over Marx's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joney blocking some punches.
Joney blocks a body shot from Marx.
Joney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good body shot from Joney.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marx.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Joney softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marx can't find room to land a body shot as Joney controls the action.
Marx has a couple of punches blocked by Joney.
Marx tries to throw a body punch but Joney avoids it by throwing Marx back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joney lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Joney misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Marx.
Marx blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Marx fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joney prevents a body shot from Marx.
Joney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joney struggles to land a body shot inside as Marx controls his hands.
Joney digs a right hand underneath Marx's ribcage. Marx let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joney blocks an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Marx takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Marx works on Joney's body with a couple of short punches.
Joney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marx misses with a punch to the body.
Joney lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joney.
Joney blocking some punches.
Joney misses with a body punch.
Joney struggles to land a body shot inside as Marx controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joney lands a body punch.
Joney lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Joney lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marx backwards.
Still in the clinch, Joney scores with a nice short uppercut.
Joney lands with a right to the head.
Joney tries to work over Marx's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marx goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marx tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marx swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joney lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marx backwards.
Marx working aggressively here.
Joney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joney swings wildly with an uppercut but Marx uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marx tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marx tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joney's elbow.
Joney lands a left hand.
Joney is leaning against Marx and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Joney can't find room to land a body shot as Marx controls the action.
Marx tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joney cracks Marx with a nice body shot.
Joney throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joney lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Joney lands a nice uppercut.
Joney lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Joney.
Joney lands a left hand.

Marx is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Joney.
Oh Marx is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Joney is working Marx over against the cage.
Good body shot from Joney.
Joney unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Marx! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Joney is unloading with more strikes now! Marx drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonny Joney!
Jonny Joney is the new light heavyweight champion!